Mar. 3—CHIPPEWA FALLS — Brian Huset and Rich Haase said they were provided with a camper and a simple instruction to turn it into a tiny home. With few other guidelines, it was up to their creativity.

“All we had was the frame, and we started from there,” Huset said. “There were no blueprints, just four walls and a ceiling. It was just [sketched] on a square box on a piece of paper. So, everything is from scratch.”

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