Makes its Tennessee debut

After taking back my tiny home as a For Sale By Owner listing, I decided to hold a two-hour open house. It was quiet. No dogs, no cats, no furnishings except for the one chair to sit out on the covered porch and take in the beauty. In the serenity, I saw a blue jay swoop down, then take flight to a nearby tree branch. The air was warm, but not stifling. I had brought a couple of inspirational books to read. In reflecting on the joy of being there in that moment, I recalled my stay in Maryland last year at an Airbnb and how sweet it was.

It was as if God tapped me on the shoulder to say what about this cabin? Make it an Airbnb. Excuses flooded my mind. As I took each one, a solution came to me. So, I put out a request for recycled furniture.

A dining set appeared first. A friend of a friend was moving and needed to rehome a small table with chairs. Then a loveseat for free was on Facebook marketplace, but it went to someone else.

With time off from work I arrived at the Habitat for Humanity Restore on a Tuesday when new items are set out on the floor. There was the perfect loveseat with a full-sized couch. They were a pair. But the tiny home could only accommodate the smaller of the two. With a little persuasion sales personnel allowed me to purchase the loveseat as a stand-alone. It just barely fit into the back of my truck with a cab over and friends helped me get it up the steps and into the cabin, setting it in front of the sliding glass doors with a view.

It had been my plan to get a twin bed and offer the Airbnb to one guest at a time, but my friend Judy suggested not limiting my options.

So, a double bed this time from FB marketplace completed the necessary furniture for my 400 square foot cedar-sided tiny home in the country. A few knickknacks and some essential dishes and linens made it ready.

My Airbnb host in Maryland, helped me finish my online set-up for hosting. No t.v. or wifi, but a view of horses, including a newborn filly, on a neighboring farm offer another kind of experience.