Even the classic, fresh Christmas tree is not immune to inflation. According to CBS News the price of Christmas trees this year has gone up between 5 and 15 percent from last year. This is due to the increased cost of growing the trees as well as transporting them to … Read more
One of the camping tools I get asked about the most is not our cute Burro fiberglass camper, but our cute red Omnia oven. (also available at Amazon -affiliate link) Along with our trusty cast iron skillet, this lightweight oven is one of our most useful kitchen tools for living … Read more
He’s making a list / and checking it twice. / He’s going to find out who’s naughty or nice. / Santa Claus is comin’ to town. But what does the jolly ‘ol man give the tiny houser? We’ve denounced materialism. We’ve given up on hard copy books and DVD cases. … Read more
It’s Black Friday again. The nationwide day of shopping until you drop, literally in some cases. A mad rush of shoppers trying to score deals for their holiday gift list is a stressful, heart-pounding experience. Not the kind of experience us tiny dwellers are keen on. There’s nothing wrong with … Read more
Since I don’t have my own tiny house to decorate for Christmas I am sharing with you Jenna and Guillaume’s from Tiny House Giant Journey tiny house decorated for the holidays. Jenna says: So much has happened in the past year and this teeny tiny home has taken us on … Read more
It never fails. Each year around mid-September I make an announcement that we are going to have a holiday season this year that is relatively stress-free, is more organized, and presents more opportunities to just relax and enjoy each other. It seems though that no sooner do I say that … Read more
The cruising life often takes us to far off places away from our families and our closest friends. We sail off into the sunset with our compass pointed toward paradise. We enjoy the sunsets and sip on tropical drinks with brightly colored straws and little umbrellas. We travel to places … Read more
There is no easy way to handle such a situation. Follow me on this one. Christmas morning is in a full frenetic state. Your kids have torn threw the Santa surprises and made light work of everything you so meticulously planned and anticipated for so long during the year. Wrapping … Read more
According to HISTORY.com the history of the Christmas tree is a rather long one finding a root (see what I did there?) in numerous cultures over hundreds of years. In fact, “long before the advent of Christianity, plants and trees that remained green all year had a special meaning for … Read more
Just because you live in a tiny house does not mean you have to downsize your holiday expectations too! In fact, some of your favorite tiny housers have decorated their homes with BIG style preparing from Hanukkah, solstice, Christmas, and just the winter holidays in general. With an open mind … Read more
Here are three photos of my tiny house during Christmas. To make my house festive on the outside, I installed a string of LED lights along the roofline. It created an amazing “glow” effect and gave off enough light to make up for the fact that there is no exterior … Read more
The big guy from the North Pole might not fit inside this tiny house, but it makes for a cute addition to the Christmas Tree Village shopping center in Incline Village on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. The Christmas Tree Village has been at the lake since the 1970s … Read more