Tiny Living & Vintage Trailers Articles

Do you dream of living in a tiny house?  Or fancy remodeling a vintage trailer?  Me too!

In these blogs I share knowledge gained from differing sources – a job at a tiny house builder, meeting a YouTube star and renovating (complete gut job) of a 1975 27′ Airstream (which will someday be our home on wheels, and allowing me to become the roaming digital nomad of my earlier visions – and to have “backyard adventures” everywhere!)

Common Fields Update: More Tiny House Food Trucks

Common Fields Update: More Tiny House Food Trucks

When you follow your passions with an adventurous attitude, who knows what can happen?  The first summer of the pandemic I had the opportunity to interview Jacob Oliver about becoming the first tiny house food truck owner, and his pursuit of turning it into part of a...

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Mood Boards for Vintage Trailers

Mood Boards for Vintage Trailers

What do you want?  When following your passion, the advice is to find what makes you feel good and go do more of that.  If you believe in manifesting or the law of attraction, then the next step is that more of what you like shows up.  It’s not all magic and mantras. ...

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Tiny House Food Truck Pod Dreams

Tiny House Food Truck Pod Dreams

Jacob dreams of a pod of tiny house food trucks at his Common Fields tap room. When you’re washing dishes for hours on end, what would you dream of?  For Jacob Oliver, he dreamed of becoming his own boss and serving all kinds of different cuisines.  While he...

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Tiny House Reality Check List

Tiny House Reality Check List

Tiny SMART House has been featured on HGTV's "Tiny House Hunters"! Binging on all those Tiny House TV shows featuring unique designs, creative storage solutions, minimalistic living, and many who say they have financial freedom can entice you to wanting to go...

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Wednesday the Airstream, 11.2019 update

Wednesday the Airstream, 11.2019 update

Thank you for letting me know you enjoy learning about Wednesday the Airstream Adventure Mobile, a 27' vintage 1975 Overlander.  We bought her in September, on a Wednesday (See “Introducing Wednesday, our Airstream Adventure” for this story).  She does have her own...

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Introducing Wednesday, our Airstream Adventure

Introducing Wednesday, our Airstream Adventure

We did it! We found our rolling home project and bought it (on a memorable Wednesday - 9/11/19) Introducing Wednesday, our Airstream Adventure! (Did you know we were looking? Check out last week's blog here: "Could this be my new tiny home?" ) This is a big moment, as...

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Could this be my new tiny home?

Could this be my new tiny home?

This banner from a travel expo expresses the sentiment of having all the choices... When “The World is your Oyster” and you have the opportunity to choose what you want, how does it make you feel?  Excited?  Or overwhelmed? Or both?  The range of...

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Q: What about health insurance as a nomad?

Q: What about health insurance as a nomad?

“What do you do for health insurance, now that you’re a nomad?”  Health care is a hot topic question, no matter what your situation is these days.  When I was in corporate, it was slightly easier, though the contribution costs kept going up. Launching my own...

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