Some kids have a tree house. Or maybe a rec room for hanging out after school, or a basement. In Texas’ Hays County, two teenage daughters might have outgrown those options, but they hit the hang-out jackpot: their own cozy, three-room tiny home.

The project team and client came up with a plan to repurpose materials on the family’s property while staying true to the area’s unofficial instruction to “Keep Austin Weird.” They would turn a repurposed shipping container up on its end and weld it to an old bison shed (contrary to the old song, only bison live in North America, not buffalo). One entire wall of the main space would be glass, and a ladder would lead to a smaller room with a pair of bunk beds.