Just one glance at Chloe Barcelou and Brandon Batchelder’s 300-square-foot New England tiny home and you’ll feel transported. The façade itself gives off a steampunk vibe, with an original steering wheel from a wooden ship, while the inside is carefully stacked full of curated vintage finds, like a retro-style oven; hand-crocheted blankets; and Chloe’s pet rabbit, who sleeps in her own doll-size bed.

The couple, who runs their own production company , ultimately decided to live the tiny-house lifestyle due to the low cost and the creativity involved. They began building their tiny home from scratch in the fall of 2014 in New Hampshire.

With a pile of two-by-fours left over from a film set, the couple was able to build the frame of their home. Even though the structure is composed of a lot of small fragments of wood , it has the impression of one large piece of timber.

“For many years, my fiancé and I had struggled to free ourselves from a sort of financial trap we had been living in—needing money to make time, time to live, time to make money—and we were actively looking for a solution and a way out,” explains Chloe. After their first major gig, where Chloe served as the production designer while Brandon worked as the set builder, they decided to commit: “It was our first opportunity to make a little money, and we didn’t want it to go to waste and end up back in the same situation when it was over, so we decided to invest in a tiny home. We also knew that film work could be anywhere in the country, so we thought it would be great to have a home on wheels. That way, we could take it with us to film sets and live in our own creation instead of in hotel rooms.”

Chloe and Brandon each have their own desk within the tiny home with custom-sourced furnishings and personalized details.