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

New Low-Dough DIY Video- with a Hobbit Huts/Tiny House Tour

Here's a NEW VIDEO I did over at Make Magazine- which is certainly on the goofy side, but fun (well, I hope you'll find it so)- This tour shows you the Wooden Wonders Hobbit Huts/Holes in Unity, Maine- AND I wrapped in a simple little weird art-meets-functional shelving DIY project into it too....

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This one's not for everyone, but the intentions of the "Bicycle Inner Tube Book Shelves" Project....

-Keep it VERY affordable
-Keep it simple, and time-wise, quick to make 
-Its easily removable and stowable
-It works to house and "tether" your books down while underway/under transport (in the case of a Tumbleweed-like travel trailer or tiny house)
-It utilizes materials that might otherwise be thrown out- recycled materials....

So, check it out- AND, I'll soon have another video debuting over on Kent Griswold's TinyHouseBlog.com site, which tours The Whittled Down Caravan (shown below)- a traveling gypsy wagon/canestoga wagon that was built by Tristan Chambers and Libby Reinish for a mere $1500.00! You'll love this lil' place.

It was a guest structure at our last hands-on, Relaxshacks.com "Tiny House Building Workshop"....

Photos by Deek

 OUR NEXT HANDS-ON WORKSHOP... where Kent Griswold will actually be a guest speaker.... APRIL 26th-28th- WILMINGTON, NC- THREE DAYS of building, demos, guest speakers, and more! Email me at kidcedar at gmail dot com if you might be interested. Class is limited to 25 people- no more. We'll all build a tiny guest house together!

-Derek "Deek" Diedricksen