900sqft MODERN SCANDINAVIAN SMALL HOUSE! DEN Prefab Home (Full Tour)

When I had this vision of wanting to build a house and after I found Den as like the perfect marriage, I thought I wanted to have something very Scandinavian influenced that would be totally immersed in nature. So I had this obsession years ago where we would do this yakisugi, shisugi band wood siding and I found this great company in Portland that actually does it in a more traditional way. A lot of people you'll see do the DIY where they're burning the siding with like a blowtorch, but traditionally the wood siding is supposed to be put in a triangle and then they burn it so the flame kind of, you know, charges it from the ground up. But this company actually does the kilning in-house themselves and surprisingly you'd think it would be super expensive, but really the cost is not much more than natural siding. So for the siding I wanted to, I wanted to splurge a little bit on it because you can see the beautiful contrast between the natural cypress which is actually clear grade, so that's the high end cypress and then the burnt cypress is the yakisugi and I think that plays a nice dance between light and dark. As you come into the hutch I wanted you to experience this wide open space. I did it extremely true to the den plans, like I said I pretty much built it to spec, but all of my trim finishes I want it to be as natural and organic as possible. I didn't use any stains in the house, all of the cabinetry and the flooring was natural hardwood and I just wanted it all to sort of flow and have a rhythm to it and that's why I chose when you come in here you see this beautiful white oak flooring and these white oak trim packages here with this mud bench and that'll take us right into the kitchen. Minimalism is, I enjoy the aesthetic of it so I wanted to do the less is more attitude and I went with a lot of natural and neutral colors, sort of keeping more into this cabin feel so these cabinets are all hardwood oak, there is no stain on it whatsoever, the only protection on it is some beeswax so I really wanted to bring out just this beautiful natural element of it. For the appliances I definitely splurged a little bit on it, I went with the Fischer and Paykel, I really like the sleekness about it, the black on the white oak gives it a really nice look. So for the stovetop, the oven, and the dishwasher which was a panel ready I went with Fischer and Paykel. The fridge in itself I did a panel ready fridge so these go right onto it so when you open it it just opens right into this and this is a fridge and a freezer combo. Smaller appliances believe it or not do cost a little bit more money, that was something new that I learned but again being that it's smaller space you could splurge a little bit. To finish off the appliances I did a sackable Electrolux washer and dryer and in total all these cost about ten thousand dollars, maybe a little bit more but all in all not too bad. This is our main space, this is where all the fun happens. These beautiful 25 foot cathedral ceilings make this space feel wide open and there's no other place that I'd rather be sitting and enjoying this fireplace than on this couch where I can look out and see this creek. I wanted to feel like I could bring nature inside and hopefully I accomplished that. One of the most incredible elements of the house is this wood burning stove. This house is actually efficient so this can heat the whole house during the winter and you don't even need the heating element so it's pretty, you can enjoy a fireplace but it's also functional as well. So this is the guest bedroom, it is a little bit of a tighter space but I wanted to make it as minimal as possible. Keeping the white oak theme alive, I have white oak furniture and some nice gold trim which I think kind of brightens it up and gives it a little bit of a luxurious feel to it. All right let's go check out the guest bathroom here. One of the complications I was talking about a little bit of ways that I could have saved money and I wanted to do concrete floors but when I had the foundation built out of masonry block I didn't know it would be a little bit of an issue that to do concrete in the bathroom would be a little complex because you have to have it as a certain thickness so I had to find someone after the fact that would be able to put a real concrete skim coat on so it's level with the rest of the floor. Should we go upstairs? All right let's do it. I had these handrails made for me, this is white oak which kind of matches the aesthetic for the rest of the house and let's take a look in the master bedroom. So this room is obviously one of the nicest parts of the house, it's big, the ceilings are tall, it's amazing that you're able to, I think a lot of people, their first thing they say in this house is wow it's a lot bigger than I'd expected and I was surprised too so I give Den a lot of credit for that but yeah I'm able to get a king bed in here and still have a lot of space where you feel like you're not squeezed in a little spot but as far as design elements you know again I wanted to keep it very light and airy and all natural material wool rug and oak bed so yeah take a look. This is probably one of my favorite nooks of the house. I wanted to put a little writing desk here for guests to be able to sit down and you know do some work. It's small and compact and again very minimal but I think the the white oak here is also a theme through the house and this is cozy little space to read a book or do some work. The master bathroom was the only modification that I made for this house. Originally in their plans they had a closet space so I wanted to have a second bathroom because I think it's important that the master had one so I just brought it out a couple feet and surprisingly I was able to put in a full bathroom there. So here's the master. Again I incorporated the whole concrete which kind of matches the patio and the bathroom downstairs. I also brought it up to the walls. I wanted to do this shower and tub space as well. It was daring but you know it surprisingly works and isn't super duper small. Money is always you know on everyone's mind so I totally get there's going to be tons of questions in terms of what things cost and you know is it worth the investment or not. I personally am an artist by trade so I probably spent a little bit more than the average person would in terms of finishes and details hoping that I would be able to enjoy this for many years to come and also if I do rent this out that clients would appreciate all of the artistic choices that I made. Everyone always asks me that if I would do this again but yeah I loved it. I would 100% dive right back into it.