SIXTEEN tiny houses, A-frames, Huts, Art Studios….An eye candy photo gallery

Every once in awhile, I look through my photo archives and realize "Man, I have a lot of photos I've never used", so I then put together a fun, photo gallery, such as this one, where many of these shots I've taken of cabins, tiny houses, A-frames, and huts, get to see the light of day. So Enjoy, and may you get some inspiration, or a few ideas from these!
    Also, check out our fb page on Tiny Houses, and DIY projects- www.facebook.com/tinyhousehub
And details on our upcoming HANDS-ON building and design workshop in Memphis, TN- April 11-13th, 20141 I can't wait!!!

 A lil' A-frame Cottage-rental office I spotted near Acadia National Park in Maine….

 Doug Immel's Tumbleweed Fencl- which came out to our last Relaxshacks.com Building Workshop

 Joe Everson's Work- a 192 Square Foot Tiny Home in TN

 Above: My "Rock Shack" in my backyard, built and designed with recycled materials

 Another cabin on wheels called "The Cub" which I built and designed too- plans eventually coming!

 We built and designed this little getaway cabin in the woods for Vermont for only $300!

 Another reading/writer's retreat I designed in MA (not finished in this photo)

 An A-frame design of mine (it transforms!)- more details and photos coming soon!

 A tiny house in CT

 Another view of my Rock Shack (the one photo here I didn't take- its from Andrew Prince)

 Jim Matus' backwoods cabin in MA

 A micro modern cabin in MA that we recently toured!

My trash-built Gypsy Junker cabin that I built and designed (it sold last year)

A great A-frame I spotted on a road trip near VT

 Incomplete: A cabin I'm working on called "The Periscope"

I built and designed this tree house in late 2013 for a client near Boston, MA

A yurt, one you'll see, and possibly get to stay in, at our Memphis Hands-On Building and Design Workshop 2014

-Derek "Deek" Diedricksen

My Book….

The Weird Paintings in My Tiny Cabins....who? why?

The Super Cool Art of Painter Karl Mullen....

(because this site has always been a little eclectic with art and diy crafts too- not just tiny houses)

Check out this cool little video, laden with vibrant, funky, and damn off-beat oil paintings from Massachusetts artist Karl Mullen- some of his work has been featured in my past "Tiny Yellow House" how-to/diy videos on the little shelters, greenhouses, and tiny cabins I've created. I've posted two of those videos below. 

I LOVE this type of art, because its so very different, but also fun, colorful, and often thought provoking.

Other artists I currently dig and check up on.... Gus Fink and Cathy Johnson (of the blog "SHED OF REALITY").....

-Derek "Deek" Diedricksen

THIRTEEN Tiny Dream Log Cabins- AND a floating log home!

A TINY LOG CABIN PHOTO GALLERY 

Rustic old log cabin from weheartit.com

     Over the last few months I've had many different readers send in photos of log cabins that they've seen, found, or own. More recently, Steven Harrell (who I'm co-hosting the April, hands-on, three day, tiny house building workshop with (Wilmington, NC)) posted a super cool TINY LOG CABIN HOUSEBOAT on his tinyhouselistings.com site (A steal at $12,000.00- If I only had a pond!), and that served as a reminder for me to post up some of these photos. That log cabin, is far below in the gallery too.

Check out info on that upcoming TINY HOUSE WORKSHOP- with MANY guest speakers, builders, and bloggers....HERE....

While they are only exterior shots, there's still a lot to be learned from them in style and form, so check 'em out, enjoy, and may they spark some inspiration in you!

PS- I also have a "Log Cabin In The Vermont Woods" video coming soon as well.....AND another on The Whittled Down Caravan- a DIY-built Gypsy Wagon/tiny dwelling on wheels that made a guest appearance at our last building workshop.

1974- The Emma Brook Log Cabin in Nebraska

The "Dreamstime" log/slab cabin

From Survivalistboards.net- a log cabin of a more ramshackle variety

A modern log cabin from Mimi Zeiger's "Micro Green" book

THE log cabin from "One Man's Wilderness"

Benton, Illinois ultra-tiny log cabin

Cordwood Log Cabin from CordwoodConstruction.wordpress.com

Zane Grey's Log Cabin

Uncle Bob's Log Cabin in Vermont (site, and bunk-spot for our last Tiny House Building Workshop)

From cordwoodconstruction.org

And...one very nice looking floating log home- there's more on it over at TinyHouseListings.com- here's the specific link.... CLICK HERE....

-Derek "Deek" Diedricksen

SAVE a FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS while building your tiny house....

This is a topic I'll be talking about at my Wilmington, NC Tiny House-Building Workshop on April 26th- 28th- HOW TO SAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS while building your tiny house, cabin, or travel trailer. We'll put some of these tips into action as we build a tiny guest house as well! There are a TON of tips I talk about, but let me drop one simple one on you by means of a question. First though, I want you to look at this photo....

Now ask yourself, "Did I notice that the floors are mere plywood?". Looks pretty darn decent doesn't it.
     By using plywood, and skipping a second layer of flooring (where applicable), you eliminate one step of work in the path towards your tiny house, the large chunk of time required to lay a tongue and groove floor is done away with (and the need for specialty tools), AND you're only buying plywood for the task.
     Now granted, you're going to have to buy better grade plywood than what you might have otherwise hid under a layer of fancy flooring, but you're saving a large wad of cash, time, and with a simple swabbin' of polyurethane, or some other protectant, these floors still look great! If you're worried about seeing seams, keep in mind that area rugs and furniture may be taking up half of the floor, visually, anyway.

I also love that the walls you see in this photo are structural, but with the addition of thick blocking, also become storage shelves- an age old trick.

Coming up, I'll also have alternate flooring techniques- ALSO money saving! A decent portion of these ideas are in the book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks", but I've come up with a few new ones since that book was printed.

-Derek "Deek" Diedricksen

ONE of the "nuttier", more offbeat, tiny house books....

I don't post too many book reviews on this blog, but I felt that this one was worth the attention/mention....

When it comes to books, I rarely like to spend over $15 or so, UNLESS I do a little research or peeking first. Well, NO ONE I knew had the book "The $50 and Up Underground House" by Mike "The Moleman" Oehler, and it being priced at $20 or so made me hesitate to pick it up a few times in the past.

Well, ladies and gents, I was an IDIOT not to, and in terms of being just out there(!), while making perfect sense, and being loaded with some GREAT building information, not to mention illustrations and photos that make Oehler's approach very clear, I ordered, devoured, and LOVED this book.

Again, its a bizarre book, and Oehler loves a good occasional rant, but, the information is great and after reading this book, I'm pretty damn inspired to go on and try building an underground dwelling at some point. I actually have always wanted to do this, but this book has given me a good, needed, kick in the pants.

To sum it up, if you're fascinated by underground dwellings, do check this one out.

OTHER INSANE Tiny House and DIY/Thrift Living BOOKS I LOVE (and some say my own book is insane (thank you!))

"Radical Simplicity" by Dan Price- a funky, journal-style entry on one man's streak of tinkering with tiny, homemade, dwellings. 

"The Art And Science of Dumpster Diving" by John Hoffman- humorous, informative, and down n' dirty- literally. This guy has done it all!

Here's a video of one of Oehler's Underground homes- almost THIRTY YEARS later! Still holdin' up!