Try Out Container Living in This Unique Tiny Home In Texas

Overview of The Anchor

The Anchor is a shipping container home with an upper deck and tiny outdoor patio. This shipping container home design can accommodate up to 2 guests, with one bedroom, and one bathroom located in Waco, Texas. During your stay, you will have the entire tiny house to yourself. This is the ideal vacation idea if you are wanting to visit the Waco area, with the tiny house seen in the Magnolia Journal May 2018 issue. If you are new to small house living and container home living you are in for a surprise with this unique tiny house design. The shipping container home sleeps up to 2 guests in the custom Murphy bed with a comfy Tuft and Needle queen-sized mattress. The tiny house has a kitchen and dining area that features an induction cooktop, fridge, and a custom knotty alder tabletop. You'll love the spacious rooftop patio that lights up beautifully at night with its LED rail lights. There is a full-size custom tiled shower, and a spacious bathroom that complete this modern shipping container home.

Design and Structure

This unique tiny house started as a 20-foot steel shipping container. They insulated and paneled the interior of the tiny house in pine shiplap. The exterior is clad with cedar siding with spacing that allows the original steel shipping container to still be seen. The entry is through the original steel container doors. They removed the steel panels from the shipping container doors and replaced them with a picturesque full glass. The rooftop patio is surrounded by a custom cable railing system and lit with its fully color-adjustable LED lights that are underneath the rail that gives the patio a beautiful glow at night. The outdoor deck is accessed by an alternating step stairway. The cabin building and rooftop patio are all yours to enjoy during your stay.

Location and Accessibility

This shipping container home is located in Waco, Texas, United States. The shipping container home is in a great, safe neighborhood in the country just north of Waco. It is 5 minutes from I-35 and about 3 minutes from Craft Village and Homestead Cafe. This shipping container vacation rental is about 8 minutes from the Waco airport. You can park right at the shipping container house and Uber is available in the area.

Inspiration and Amenities

You will be sure to love the design of this tiny house design, you may even find yourself dreaming of a tiny house of your own. From the back doors that swing wide open for the nice weather, the warm and inviting interior, simple and elegant layout, the dining bar that overlooks the pecan grove, and privacy blinds that pull down over the windows, there are so many things to inspire. You will love the hidden wall art that hides the television which you can watch during your stay if you choose. There are candles that you can use during your stay, or you might watch the sunset from the upper patio for a vacation that is relaxing and calm. This shipping container home is in an excellent location to see all the things that Waco has to offer.