All music lovers are about to be green with envy the moment they lay eyes on Asha Mevlana‘s Arkansas tiny home.
Asha is a professional electric violinist for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, life coach, film producer, and avid traveler. While she was living in New York City, she decided she wanted to get out of the big city and build a tiny home in Arkansas near her brother and nephews.
Asha applied to ‘Tiny House Nation,’ and after being accepted, she sought out the help of a designer to help build a home that truly represented who she was. With the help of her brother, brother-in-law, designer Brian Crabb, and Zack Griffin, the host of Tiny House Nation — they all got to work.
The professional violinist wanted a home that was a sanctuary for music, not only on the inside but the outside too.
Luckily for Asha, her brother, Z, is a contractor and the owner of eco-friendly housing company 3Volve. Plus, her brother-in-law, Stefan, owns Vickery Construction. She had the perfect team at her disposal to create the tiny home of her dreams. And she nailed it.
The finished home consists of a stationary 400-square-foot main home, and a mobile 120-square-foot trailer with working amplifier.
The trailer can be detached from the home and taken on the road. When the two structures are joined, there is a giant deck for concerts and entertaining guests. The giant amplifier outside actually works! Any electrical music instrument can be plugged into the trailer and amplified through the front speakers.
“Coming from NYC, I was used to living in a small space, and what I love about this house is that it has everything I actually need,” Asha told CountryLiving.com. “It feels open and bright with a lot of light. It feels spacious because of the amount of windows and the expansive porch. I also really like the shape of it. Having two separate structures makes it feel so much bigger.”
Inside the stationary home, the 400-square-feet seems much larger thanks to the high ceilings, light colors, and a garage door that opens to the large deck.
Another view from the dining nook to the living area shows how spacious room is. Keeping furnishings in neutral colors helps the room avoid feeling cluttered.
The coffee table in the living room doubles as a video-editing desk with built-in monitors.
The simple kitchen has all of the amenities you could ever need, including a dishwasher. An old bicycle wheel can be turned to lower the rack for pots and pans.
Also located in the stationary structure is the sleeping loft that is large enough to fit a king-size bed.
The bathroom, at the base of the loft stairs, features gorgeous tile work and a unique shower.
The mobile portion serves as a recording studio/music room, guest room, and a trailer to bring to music festivals. It has even been sound-proofed using recycled denim.
The expansive deck is untraditionally located in the front of the home versus the back.
“One of the reasons I built a deck in the front of the house rather than the back is because I wanted it to have a welcoming feeling,” Mevlana says. “Most people recommended I build a porch in back for privacy, but instead I built it facing the streets, on a corner. I’ve started a concert series where local musicians or musicians coming through town play concerts on my deck. I’m also working on putting together a music festival called Fayetteville Amplified Music Festival, which brings in musicians from around the country. The first festival will most likely take place next summer.”
Asha’s imaginative and artistic home was featured in an episode of ‘Tiny House Nation‘ on March 4, 2017.
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