Tour our 2000 sq. ft. of Tents

We've been living in East African Safari Tents since August 2015 out in the country of North Texas. And even have a heated toilet seat too. It's awesome. We've been learning some do's and don'ts as we go along.

[@Arcadia_Boxer]

I’m from Zimbabwe, as soon as you showed your first tent, I thought, this looks like a safari lodge. Awesome, you’ve created your own lodge.

[@gretavains8707]

Wow absolutely incredible. From Australia 🇦🇺 ❤

[@ryand6822]

LOL....your mother in law is a real bundle of joy!

[@ljubomir021]

Mine is worse... 🥺

[@ima1sthuemanonearth91]

I didn't know u like old ladies like that WoW

[@Beach_Guy]

Most are lol

[@arthurh1969]

By jove! It's the greatest set of tents I've ever seen. I'll have to check out that company for my project. Thanks for the tour! Amazing

[@kbc1883]

What a spectacular set up...and the decorating...whoah! So impressive. As someone that lives in a 17' yurt and has a wall tent for bathroom, laundry, and kitchen... I feel qualified to say that having an unconventional place that looks gorgeous and is functional is a feat. Bravo!

[@Iwasthere321]

Did you build this yourself? If so is it easy enough? Or do they come built already? Where can i get something like this set up? Do they have a company that will build it for you? Thank you! I absolutely love it!!!

[@ChrisLee-xq9le]

I would love to know too, this looks amazing

[@Peaches.Gonsalez]

Not sure if camping or just straight out living, type of feeling.

[@ExclusiveTents]

Let us know if you guys ever need fresh Safari Tents! Ours are proudly made by South African hands and have been known to stand for 20+ years. We are Master Canvas Crafters ⛺️

[@brushed5252]

I wanna live like this one day

[@wheelzwheela]

Wow. What a cool way to live.

[@dahveed284]

Pretty amazing. How do you keep the pipes in the outdoor shower from freezing in the winter? I live outside of Fort Worth and we do get some cold spells that could freeze those exposed pipes. I'd like to have an outdoor shower in my next house.

[@christiansaravia7865]

This is amazing. I would love to do something like this myself for me and my animals. I wish I had land to do this.

[@Princ393]

Curious what the cost of the total setup was, ballpark? Thank you

[@msworkinitout]

This is freaking awesome…. I love it

[@mikehonda7310]

Truly awesome set-up! My biggest concern if I did this would be high wind storms, tornado or straight line winds even deep snow load. Have you ever experienced bad weather like that in there?

[@loriturner609]

Nice place!!

[@TwistedWVaGrin]

I've been really fascinated with this kinda stuff and living laity. Is it possible for cold weather? Like mountain area of east cost where snow fall is a serious thing in the winter.

[@lunarminx]

Yes, make sure it has vents for the fireplace. You can even take the pink foam insulation, cover and make panels to cover the walls on the outside too. Just insert natural heavy duty magnets in various areas to attach from the inside. In the summer put up a 90% shade cloth over to reduce the heat. Some how attach flag poles at the 4 corners of the roof, sticking up and out, hook the shade cloth to that. It's getting so bad in areas, I don't see why cities are doing this across building to make shade. Many gardens need it now and play areas for kids can have a 30-40% shade over their area. It comes 30% to 90%, this is how it's used now. **Shade cloth, also known as shade fabric, comes in different densities, or percentages, that indicate how much sunlight the cloth blocks: 30-50% Often used in gardens and greenhouses to protect seedlings, vegetables, fruits, and shade-loving plants. 30% shade cloth can also be used for pond netting and to keep leaves out of swimming pools. 40% Can help prevent vegetables from burning and is good for bedding plants and lilies. 50% White 50% shade cloth can be used for backyard shade cooling, while black 50% can be used as a paintball barrier or to protect ficus from heat. 75% and higher Used to protect people, plants, or animals from intense sun, such as on patios. ** I'd love to see it run across smaller neighborhood streets, not just say downtown businesses. too

[@jeffscricket23]

How much does the tents cost? I can’t find a price, This is a very nice set up

[@sungaze3811]

I've thought of this if we purchase land, sell the older house and just focus on land and greenhouses, but would wrap the tent homes in glass greenhouses, bear country, and warmer for our area, and also put the heating wires under the flooring. But to me this innovative.

[@pickledpepper6576]

Are these the tents from the DisneysTarzan movie? Super cool!!

[@yeahright5092]

That’s pretty cool actually. Your mother in law looks thrilled tho 😂

[@WickedZZzY]

Wow! This is cool

[@clintonwithrow5169]

where did you get your tents from ?

[@trishmaxwell3187]

OK, maybe I missed it, but how do you secure your home from thieves? Seriously, my husband has been researching wall tents as an alternative temporary housing while we develop on our new property. My concern has been keeping people from just cutting through the tent and taking whatever they want. I do love and mean really love the airy open ideal of the wall tent for I am an outdoors type of gal, but we work hard for what little we do have and guns and dogs don't stop everyone. Please share the secret because I love this ideal. A wall tent nestled amongst our pine and cedar forest would be so comfy and cute(at least in my head it would be). Beautiful home, by the way.

[@claudiapatry9454]

Hello ! ...Where did You Take That Tent ? .It's So Long & Large ?...Wow ! ..Thank You To show us ! I Need One Like That ! .& We Could Live For sure Better than Where We are me & my son ! .From Downtown Montreal ⚜️🇨🇦

[@nickriebe]

Impressive! Thanks for the tour!

[@saddlebackleather]

You're very welcome. I don't know why more people don't do it except for the fact that it's not a good idea to lock the door. But other than that, it's cool.

[@christophermcguire9921]

This is so cool… you would have sooo much more followers n such if you recorded the process n such

[@pgadeb]

Just curious to compare this 'compound' to building cost of traditional house...

[@twinarrowssurvival.2.065]

Beautiful

[@petroscephas]

Gorgeous and somewhat spectacular home you have. Reminds me of a place i was in Kenya. :) Thanks for sharing, brought back some good memories.

[@saddlebackleather]

They came from Kenya. So I guess that makes sense.

[@Lizzabitty]

@@saddlebackleather Where in Kenya did you get these?

[@joeyproctor7954]

wow!!!

[@robojunker]

I've always wanted this tour, thank you for sharing this with us. I've always wondered how you deal with the heat and cold. We will talk more about that in August. Can't wait to visit with ya'll

[@saddlebackleather]

Looking forward to it. Yes, this is the tour I always wanted to do. Finally it was time.

[@heatherfaust9682]

@@saddlebackleather where did yall buy your tents from? My husband and I are wanting to build the same on our property.

[@Beach_Guy]

@@heatherfaust9682 don't you just love when these channels don't respond to questions? lol ... following ....

[@Lexi95Rob95]

Just subscribed because of this video 👏👏 well done .. your home is awesome and beautiful .. would love to see more like this👍👍 thanks for the video... Also was wondering if you had a problem with the snow or heat???🤔🤔 Thanks again 👏👏😀

[@corikay]

Wow! That is amazing! Do you live there all year long? How did you come up with the plan for these tents? TFS! Really interesting!

[@saddlebackleather]

Yep, all year long. The greatest tentmaker in the world helped us with the plans. It's a common type safari camp.

[@Mommapunkin]

@@saddlebackleather Do you live in the States, if so, what part? Just wondering about heat, humidity and cold..

[@remgu2000]

@@Mommapunkin Just outside of Fort Worth, TX

[@septinawillis31]

My son sent me this video..Love..Love..Love.Thanks for the Tour...💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@MoneyAndPoliticsNOW]

Are you on the grid? are you plumbed to a septic system? What's your water source? What are those A/C units?

[@UnitedWeStandFreedom]

Can we move in ?😄. I really need this in my life .

[@UnnormalHumanBeings]

you cannot convince me that this is a tent, this is a full on house

[@pavlobodnar8689]

Your house is like a paradise in this world XD

[@1polonium210]

How much did this cost? And how long did it take to put everything together?

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

Very different. Also very good set up 👍

[@Schindlabua]

So much A/C! The electricity bill must be through the roof. Looks awesome though.

[@gailspaw5521]

Very Nice❤

[@healthrecord508]

Heaven.

[@user-ql2id3ml3i]

what is it like during hurricane season?

[@jamiemay6065]

Amazing home. I’m glad I stumbled upon your video. That was 6 min. 25 seconds well spent. Watching from Ottawa 🇨🇦🤜🤛🇺🇸

[@abbykay4439]

You guys did an awesome job ..beautiful.

[@BYMLV1]

Thank you for sharing. The place looks beautiful and peaceful, a gift from God!!!!

[@saddlebackleather]

Dave here. It is for sure

[@aliceinchainz3003]

ok so we all wanna know man....... the first bad storm blows thru... how much trouble would u be in.!!

[@archerjackson690]

Your wife offered you the last cookie… she really loves you I’d never do that!

[@stevenkenney5691]

how did you do this? like plumbing etc how far can i take this? i have land and i have aloooooot of time on my hands and i dont feel like builing a conventional house or three and this looks like a more affordable and reeeeeeeeally cool alternative as much info you can provide would be awesome as i research it all right now

[@saddlebackleather]

You can check them out here: www.eastafricancanvas.com/ ~Susan~

[@bythedog]

@@saddlebackleather Are they still in business? I can’t seem to get the web page to come up ?

[@markuspoe7499]

looks inspired from Africa trips maybe .

[@ARTUROSIERRALOPEZ]

beautiful mother in law

[@PazLeBon]

omg, inspired . thnx. id consider this as looking at moduules but a safari tent around the pond more my style really.. how did you hook up all the electrical sockets etc m8? it puzzles me

[@rickwilliams739]

This is super cool!! What do yall do when it rains or snows?

[@geoffreyshubert2263]

We relocate the copperheads if they are a nuisance, but most of the time they want to leave quicker than we want them to leave. Perhaps my husband is just good at handling snakes, as he grew up messing around with snakes even poisonous ones and they never try to bite him. when he puts them in a bucket and carries them off if the dogs won't leave them alone. And the dogs make them want to leave too of course. It always seems to me that people are too quick to kill things that could be a danger. Yes they are poisonous, but I kind of feel that trying not to kill things if we possibly can (I know sometimes it is unavoidable), is better than a blanket kill everything on sight that moves that could possibly hurt, even when the creature in question really does not want to hurt and wants to go itself. It seems an action that is too borne out of fear to be right. In the end of course its everybody's choice, but I think there is a morality present here too. And an accountability to God to NOT kill if we can possibly avoid it. I am just putting there here really for other people, who maybe think that everybody kills poisonous snakes on sight. Both my husband and I worked hard once to free a copperhead snake from some deer wire I have put up for my peas and beans, and I will never forget how terrified the poor creature was and how it dipped its head into the bucket we had up between our hands and the clippers and tried to hide. But it seemed to know we were trying to help it and never once tried to attack us. It felt like we were Adam and Eve and somehow we were part of healing the world. I am not suggesting everybody should do that, we they are not confident but we should "Choose LIfe" as much as we possibly can - both for ourselves and for every other creature when we can. They are often so beautiful and unique in their own way. God truly has made all things good. We cannot help living in a sinful old world. But it is good to reflect his love for his creation. And to show mercy. And I think mercy will be returned to you. That is how I feel anyhow. You have some really lovely tents by the way!

[@ruthbolton2361]

What are you guys doing for humidity? Wouldn’t the furniture get moldy?

[@emilyfyates]

Can you tell us where you purchased the guest tent?

[@CreationsByWill]

do you have a tornado shelter there too?

[@1polonium210]

Where are you in North Texas. I have many questions for you.

[@nmcd2206]

4:08 If you don't introduce your kids to Calvin and Hobbes, are you even a parent? Nice job, Dave.

[@saddlebackleather]

Thanks. Calvin and Hobbes and Indiana Jones. I think neglect is the term for not

[@raneysarachaney1448]

Raney Sara Chaney,don't know who you are but while i was shopping for tents for the ARMY I ran across this video and my father DENZEL WASHINGTON built me these tents and me is going to bring me up there to give it to me and everything better be the way my father left it.

[@Sage-1111]

OK, I can order this but I need someone to set it up. I am in Mississippi , plus we have Mestizos BAD. But, I will move anywhere now. Oh my heart sunk when I saw your lovely home. Can , someone visit? Like an AirB&B ? Thank you for sharing !

[@jeanjoyce2646]

If I had a couple hundred thousand dollars I'd be able to do something like that too. It makes me feel a little bit sad that no one ever really takes and shows the person that is just ripping by on social security SSI or any of the others how they too can live nice like you do without having half a million dollars

[@prophet71124]

No thanks, I'll stay at the Motel 6. They left the light on for me...

[@chucklander5475]

Do you have a web site for more information about the tents?

[@madman432000]

And the pond is the septic tank? Is this a vacation getaway or are you living full time here? Just kidding about the pond....

[@Truthseeker371]

Tepe may be more appropriate for the location. My stereotype.

[@dufmc]

what company made this tent?

[@beckyrehman1059]

Please tell me about WIND? I just bought 11 acres and really need to get out of the city I can’t take it anymore!

[@aaronmcghee7902]

Well I'm not so sure if you can exactly call those tents I can see the walls are made of canvas and the roof but it's so crazy there's like real doors and cabinets and counters and floors that is a lot of work it seems like my could have just built houses or shacks laughing out loud

[@77FINNBEAR]

What’s the company that makes the tents? Cheers ❤

[@bethanybutler580]

Hope they were careful with those candles outside. Amazing Place .

[@gerardhaubert8210]

Did you down-size from a very large house…..based on size and quantities of furnishings

[@El_hombre1965]

Cool, but a little to cold for the weather we have here in Denmark, especially for my Filipino wife 🥶

[@t-6273]

Where are you at that allows you to live full time in your tent? Its illegal here in Iowa :( I love the idea of having a decent size wall tent and a solar powered utility trailer for my tools so I could just travel, work odd jobs and be able to setup a decent home where ever I may end up for that time.

[@Grevlain]

I don't think I've seen anything quite like this. Very cool. North Texas...so you don't have to worry about hurricanes, which is good.

[@saddlebackleather]

Just an occasional tornado, but don't we all

[@rhondaclark716]

That’s so nice. They looted my entire house and it’s destroyed and both cars they took everything we have

[@lorenzowheeler1194]

This is amazing 👏 brother keep it up. The way god intended for us to live

[@mildredjohnson7166]

I did not C mom's Bedroom.😮 but this is a very cool place.

[@Tiger74147]

Lovely setup. Very curious how it's powered. Those mini-splits have a big draw I'm guessing.

[@ritarichardson3881]

I hate those poison snakes.Thank God you're all safe. Nice tents.

[@thereturningshadow]

Mother-in-law doesn't give a shit about anything but her spaghetti.

[@TheWilliamHoganExperience]

Where do I get me some of that 3:56 action? EPIC!

[@janpeturbanlife5084]

İs it water proof, snow or heat resistant?? What are the differences or changes if we want to use it as home??

[@vagabond-yj8pn]

Pretty nifty.

[@saddlebackleather]

We're in love with the place

[@LWJCarroll]

Thanks, interesting to see….Laurie NZ. 😊

[@futurekron]

Gorgeous!

[@DaEricLyles]

Is this an AirBnb?

[@sherrywaters1536]

How well does air conditioning work in a tent especially in Texas

[@pabloreyes6982]

Hello! where can i buy those tents?

[@nextwayeducrafts5567]

Though that amazing to know how you're living in tents. When I was watching, I was wondering how vulnerable your tent is to weather. Is there no stormy weather? If it would have been here (Assam, India), it wouldn't stand through April of any year. Love from Assam.

[@JC52282]

What is the $rice Tag?

[@stevesmith7843]

awesome... wonder how much it all cost?

[@christophermcguire9921]

Would love to know how you built it all … the walls the plumbing and all of it !!’

[@Dmogul]

how much did just one of those cost

[@saddlebackleather]

You can reach out to them here: www.eastafricancanvas.com/ ~Susan~

[@lanarobin7749]

Wow I wish we could send some to tents to Hawaii

[@mitchelllustig232]

I see mosquitoes.

[@terryhodges5850]

With all that canvas how do you keep leaks from happening?

[@deloentertains3370]

This is beautiful man. Absolutely amazing setup

[@ironmyno]

Not even Disney has anything like it