small house living

Continually Chasing Dreams

  Every once in a while, I will find myself dreaming of a small 1920’s-ish cottage or Tudor in an older section of our hometown. A house with arched doorways and where my antiques...

The Lazy Dumping Spot

Every home has one: a dumping place we lay stuff down when we come in the house. In our house in the city, it was the stairs, as the foyer was perched between one...

Three Huge Boxes and a Cedar Chest Down

Dale and I took advantage of the great December weather (in the mid-upper 70s) this past weekend by staying on the continuous journey of cleaning the storage building of all of the stuff that...

More on Stuff and Simplicity

Based on a couple of comments regarding “stuff” last week, I wanted to follow up my list of the Top Ten Reasons to Live in a Small Home. Jessica was pretty passionate, feeling I...

Top Ten Reasons to Live in a Small House

When I’m being interviewed by the media about living in Our Little House, the reporter will always ask me what are the advantages of living in a small home. I thought I would put...

Living Green by Living Downtown

Today, I’m happy to present a guest post by Kim Smith, who is part of our Living Large community. Kim lives in an older home, which is another way to live a green lifestyle:...

In Like a Lamb…

Today, the weather came in like a lamb. Let’s hope it stays and ushers March out the same way. The weather hasn’t really been cooperative, but it is March 1 and around here, that...