Tiny House Of a Professional West Coast Swing Dancer!

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Molly King has grown up in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. In her childhood, she fell in love with ‘The Boxcar Children’ books and building forts in the woods, and seeking out small nooks and corners to curl up in. Consequently, she always loved the concept of running away and living in a “found space”. However, Molly is a professional West Coast Swing dancer and a published author who always wanted to follow her passion for writing and living life on her own terms.

Meanwhile, in 2016 Molly seriously started researching about tiny lifestyle and she was confused about choosing whether that was in a tiny home, RV, or van. She learned as much as she could over the course of 8 months and ended up realizing she doesn’t want a mobile living structure. Because Molly still wanted to be in cold environments and she hates dealing with winterizing exterior pipes, wastewater, and electrical. So she postponed the idea and start living in a house in Breckenridge, Colorado for a year and a half. But the idea of tiny living was always still percolating.

“Start paring down your physical items if you can. Tiny living is great in that it has very clear boundaries of how much “stuff” you can have with you. So the more you can get used to living with less, the easier the transition will be.”

– Molly King

Professional Dancer In a Tiny House!

In 2018, Molly had to move to Salt Lake City, UT because she joined a dance partnership program. And of course, she realized that its the perfect time to go tiny. Within 3 months, she finds a perfect tiny home to rent. And, as of February 1, 2019, Molly has been in it for almost 2 years now. However, It’s technically a drivable tiny home measures 24.5 feet by 7.5 feet. It also has two loft spaces and a beautiful pinewood interior. In addition, it was built-in Colorado by Tumbleweed Houses and drive to Utah. Molly is not sure about how long it took to build. And she believes that it cost about $80K to build.

According to Molly, the most challenging part of her tiny house so far is to navigate the ladder either in the middle of the night or when she is sick. “I’ve also found it a beautiful experience to apply that same reasoning to my mental space. Living tiny has forced me to face myself and my shadows a bit more. And it’s been a very insightful and powerful experience to be more mindful of what I bring into my thought space as well, and weed out anything I don’t want to keep in there,” said Molly.

“I’d say that the tasks of keeping up with the propane in the winter for heat, and cleaning the toilet about once a month are the main chores. Not awful by any means though.”

– Molly King

After working in many professions, Molly decided to go with her passion for writing and working for herself. She just finished the recording of an audiobook version of her first book. And she is working on her second book called ‘Live Your Dance’ which will be published in the spring of 2021. If you would like to stay up to date with the publications, just follow Molly on IG or her website!

Watch the story of Molly and her tiny house in video format