The World's Tiniest A-Frame Cabin!? What the heck? (my latest project)

     No, it doesn't have any luxurious features (well, its not done yet, so who knows!), and its a mere shelter/single sleeper and not so much a tiny house (then again "What IS a "house"? Many different cultural interpretations there...), but here's a few shots of A WORK IN PROGRESS- its far from finished. Ultimately I'm either going to donate it for use, or sell it to then donate the proceeds- we'll see- depending on who can realistically make use of it.

Always with the jump shot, always with the jump shot..... The micro A-frame cabin is almost 8' tall, and utilizes a thick recycled door as its base.

     Oh yeah, aside from the tar paper (1/2 a roll), some caulk, a portion of the screws, and the wood that frames the window (and 1/8 of a gallon of $5.00 "Oops Paint")- its ALL free, recycled, and dumpstered/curbed materials- some donated by my neighbor Paul LaCivita (thanks Paul!).

I employed one of these square-meets-circle, simple cantilevering windows in a build we did for The History Channel in Brooklyn the other month, and I liked the look so much that I brought it back again. This pop-out window also makes the interior of this small A-frame cabin appear less cramped- and it serves as table/shelf space (you could easily add some shelves in it too!).

The tiny A-frame with SOME of the trim and battens on.....amongst many of my other recycled material cabins.

 TOTAL BUDGET: $48.00 (it could have been built for less if I had more time to search for window-frame wood (that set me back $21.00- although I didn't use the whole 12' pine board). Also, I bought the tar paper, but have almost half left (and the price of a FULL roll was incorporated here).

By the way, the above shot, with all the cabins, will most likely be the site, again, for our NEXT hands-on, tiny house/shelter building workshop here in Massachusetts- we're still in the process of nailing down a date for our 2nd annual tiny-house-a-thon.  For any interested, email me at kidcedar at gmail dot com. Thanks!

 

For all you A-frame cabin/tiny house addicts- the new version of my book (below) will have some A-frame sketches and ideas, an INVERTED A-Frame house, and then some....THANK YOU, THANK YOU, those who have supported me by picking up a copy on Amazon.com.

Here's one of the sketches....(all in all, the new book has something like SIXTY cabin, house, shack, cottage, and fort concepts- and then a TON of other related stuff- building tips and ideas, design help from some pros...).

-Derek "Deek" Diedricksen