Guest Post by Tonita
Some people like to entertain or host holiday parties. Tiny house owners might shy away from any thought of it due to not having an adequate amount of space where people can be seated somewhat comfortably. Dinner parties can be fun in a tiny house, that is of course if your guests are not claustrophobic, and you don’t serve Mexican food in such a small space. Here are some tips to create a festive holiday party in your tiny home.
You might also want to check out my Pink Christmas in a Tiny House post.
Read the rest of the story and see the rest of the 20+ photos below:
Alex
Founder at Tiny House Talk
I'm a huge fan of tiny houses and founder of TinyHouseTalk.com. I became obsessed with tiny houses and other small spaces when I started simplifying my life in 2007. Since then I have been dedicated to learning everything I can about smaller and smarter homes while sharing this knowledge with others.
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It would have been more helpful to see the general layout of your tiny home, rather than the minuscule details of your decor. Your floor plan seems quite different from most, and I was curious to see how you fit in the bathroom, whether you had one or 2 lofts, how the kitchen is laid out, and whether you have a “living room” space. No way to tell those things from the photos. When you show closeups of details, we don’t get a sense of the big picture, which would have given some suggestions of how to fit people into a tiny home for a party.
http://tinyhousetalk.com/tonitas-tiny-house-on-a-trailer-from-slabtown-customs/
This is one of the most gorgeous, most feminine and dainty tiny houses I’ve ever seen. What an eye for details! I wish you’d also included a layout of your home, because I couldn’t figure out where you fit that adorable little fireplace or the two bedrooms. Thank you for the eye candy – it was a wonderful Valentine’s present!
Hey Judith…check here for this entire tiny house blog…
http://shabbychictinyretreat.blogspot.com/2012/12/my-tiny-house-christmas-2012.html
Super fun Christmas style…but the blogger has links to the builder and more pics.
What a treat! I haven’t seen your home before and I love the way in which you have completely filled your Tiny Home with your Big Vision and your own sense of aesthetic. You have my dream porch. It sounds like you built on a 8×24′ trailer. Is there any place where I can see more about the floor plan and the overall design? Thanks for sharing your home.
I have followed Tonita’s blog since she started building. You can find her first blog entries here and follow them thru the building stage:
http://shabbychictinyretreat.blogspot.com/2011/10/construction-on-my-tiny-house-has-begun.html
Wish I could decorate like she does!
This is the prettiest little house, I love all the little details!
I never get tired of seeing this gem and all her trimmings no matter what the holiday you are decorating for. You are a true genius in this realm and I bow to you. This is every woman’s dream! Happy Valentines Day to you!
I love this house it is sooo cute!!!
Love this tiny house its sooo cute!!!!
LOVE THIS HOUSE!!!! Would love the house plans on this cute house. So share it with us. Happy Valentines Day!
Hi Tonita! Your home is just dreamy – so gorgeous. Thanks for the great info on entertaining in a tiny house. I had 17 people in mine last Sunday :) It is like a Rubiks Cube. No one makes any hasty moves, and all is cool. It is interesting, people linger much longer than when I had a ‘big’ house. Maybe it is because they are trapped :) , but I like to think it is because they are relaxed!
Hi, I LOVE this little house, and your decorating eye! You featured a little portable lapdesk/writing box in two of the photos in this Valentine party story, and I MUST KNOW WHERE you found it! As a former writer/artist now living sidelined with MS, I think being able to have those creative essentials more easily at hand would help me work myself back into creating again…
Dear, dear Tonita: To quote you, ” Not everyone who owns a tiny home is a full fledged minimalist. I admit that I am not even near to being a minimalist, nor do I care to be. I like to shop and I like my stuff.” Amen, Sista, Amen!!! I am SO sick and tired of the “New & Improved” attitude of the Tiny House crowd whereby each new zealot tries to chop off another square foot of space, eliminate toilets/bathing, and actually COUNT their possessions to keep them under the “300 body count”. When did Downsizing become a Contest of the Extreme? You live your life exactly as I do, Tonita; I have a dedicated closet in my 800 square foot home JUST for holiday decorations and my grown kids, grandkids and husband LOVE the changeouts! It’s something my Granma did, my Mom did, I do, and now my two daughters do, just to make life more festive.
We used to live in a 2,800 square foot home when all three kids were around so reducing our living to just 800 square feet with NO other storage except the tool shed is “radical” in our social circle. We live in snowy Michigan so having an out-building to house the snowblower, lawnmower, rakes, etc., is critical. But, we have no basement, no attic, no U-Store It; we first offered things to the kids and grandkids and donated the rest that didn’t fit into our smaller home.
I realize that the hipster zealots that think that 80 square feet “homes” are TOO big would scoff at our view that 800 square feet is “tiny”, but it’s all relative. When you have 3 grown children, all married, and they have two kids each, that’s a grand total of TWELVE people that come for dinner each Sunday afternoon, plus my husband and I bringing it up to 14. It’s currently 14 degrees above zero in Michigan; not too many folks would be entertaining on their porch at this time of year so our interior must hold 20 people.
I adore your “Downton Abbey-ette” home and I tip my hat to you in admiration of your decorating style! I’d so dearly love to see the floor plan and an exterior shot of the outside, from afar. Best of luck to you and keep on keepin’ on with the parties! <3
Do you actually live in this beautiful tiny house? If so where do you store the various decorations out of season.