hey guys jenna here i'm at the tiny diggs hotel in portland oregon i haven't been on a solo trip in
over a year and a half because of covid having a baby and just generally being too busy so i
decided to take myself on a little two-day trip and to stay inside of their new tiny house which
is called the finlandia this tiny house has a scandinavian theme so i thought this would be
a good chance for me to get a little bit of me time and i'm gonna try the scandinavian art of
hugo and i can't pronounce it and you'll see that
i don't know about you but it's been really hard for me to sit still nowadays
so um i think this will be really good for me and uh wish me luck
oh my god
first up let's get cozy
now it's time to explore my digs for the night up these stairs is the master loft
there's a really cute dining area with an awesome live edge table
on the other side of the tiny house there's a kitchenette with a hot plate
sink and mini fridge also plenty of tea which i'll definitely dive into later
behind the kitchenette is the bathroom with another gorgeous live edge countertop
full-size shower with a rain and handheld shower head
as far as tiny house standards go this is a very spa-like bathroom
above the bathroom is a second loft with a twin bed i really love how they've done these railings
so i've changed into my cozy attire
um look at this thing it's like made of a hundred sweaters all in one so and i got my soft pants on
and all i need is my tea a book i'm gonna turn on this fireplace the rain has started so the
nice little pitter patter on the tiny house roof is creating the ambiance already for sound so uh
okay help me pick a tea breakfast blend no not for night time
green tea maybe something more flavorful would be better oh here we have a winner perfect for fall
yeah this house is really really awesome though this tiny house i love the design
i really do feel like i could live in this space i mean there's seating for four at a table that's
like kind of unheard of in a tiny house this couch pulls out so you can have two more people sleep as
well as the two up in the main loft and one over in the tiny loft so very livable space it has this
cozy feel i love the scandinavian vibe um i love the little fireplace and it's definitely
making me think a lot about like new designs and what i would do differently in my tiny house
now it's time to wind down be still be quiet all things i don't do very often so wish me luck
it was too hot
gee going great so far um
i'm trying to relax even though you know i'm thinking about juniper and uh in some ways wishing
she was here but also like it's nice for me to get away right and i have to learn to do that again um
so yeah this is my attempt and um inspired by the books that are here a little bit
reading up you know what how do you do this how do you hodge right
i'm not saying it right hold on for a second i i got to get this right hugo hugo hugo huga
hyuga hyuga all right well that solves that i've already failed
all right i'm just gonna turn this fire up and give huga a chance there's no tv which is great
for my purposes tonight so i'm just gonna read this book that i half finished three months ago
or maybe i'll try to turn off my brain and relax and was that a text
okay time out because she's trying okra for the first time how can i not look um nabeel's watching
her obviously daddy daughter night and mommy's here in a tiny house look at her she's so cute
bedtime soon all right uh i'm gonna put that somewhere safe now get back to it right yeah
after another hour of half reading half dozing
i decide it's time to call it a night and let the rain lull me to sleep
it's morning time nothing like waking up in a tiny house um feeling totally refreshed
and now it's time for coffee
do
after breakfast it's time to try out that spa shower and get ready for the day
so i've stayed in this tiny house hotel um five times i think now they have 12 different
tiny houses and this one might be my favorite actually it's definitely the largest i think
so it feels larger anyway so it feels very luxurious to me just staying here
alone um i'm loving all the little touches that they've put in the owners do a really good job
of decorating and building out the place to have all the little details to fit the theme
and every one of the tiny houses here has a different theme so so far i've stayed in
the barn that was the first one i stayed in i've stayed in the beach i've stayed in the log cabin
and i've stayed in arthur which is the one that looks like a little yellow caboose and
then i've stayed in the finlandia so this one here and i've been inside of every single one
at some point or another they do open houses here and i've toured quite a few of them as you've seen
on my channel so i just really think this is one of the best places to stay in portland there are
so many amazing restaurants nearby one of my favorite restaurants cuban restaurant is just
patty corner basically to the hotel so it's a fun experience you can stay in and read a book like i
did last night or you can go out and get a beer or have a nice meal so you really can't beat it and
feel comfortable here obviously it's a tiny house i'm a tiny house person it's a little
different than staying in my own tiny house um so you know that's exciting and it's a good little
retreat for me to take every once in a while and um staying in the finlandia has been great because
we we're in fall now it's october and so it just felt like it was a good time to like be quiet
and have a little reflection time and me time which is much needed
after my cozy night in i filmed a few new tours of the tiny houses here with the owner being
behind the camera is a lot more comfortable for me so after doing this little bit of work
i felt re-energized of course we had to have a lava lamp in here and it's going to town today
i had one of these when i was a kid and god i loved it yeah
i should get juniper one tell me about that mirror i love that mirror so over here in the sink area
okay well i'm packing up and it's time to head home
had a great little trip a little solo trip i think i did a good job of trying to do uh
hyuga i don't know if i'll ever be able to pronounce that by the way i
please don't tear me apart for not being able to pronounce that a difficult word for me for some
reason i think i did a good job of trying to you know stay in and be cozy and unwind
let me know if you guys have ever tried to do that sort of thing
for yourself a little solo vacay and relaxation and if so if you have any tips or places that
you like to go because i'm all ears i think i'm gonna have to do this again sometime soon
you