Microshelters

If you dream of living in a tiny house, or creating a getaway in the backwoods or your backyard, you'll love this gorgeous collection of creative and inspiring ideas for tiny houses, cabins, forts, studios, and other microshelters. Created by a wide array of builders and designers around the United States and beyond, these 59 unique and innovative structures show you the limits of what is possible. Each is displayed in full-color photographs accompanied by commentary by the author. In addition, Diedricksen includes six sets of building plans by leading designers to help you get started on a microshelter of your own. You'll also find guidelines on building with recycled and salvaged materials, plus techniques for making your small space comfortable and easy to inhabit.

Discover how "big" tiny can be! With stunning photographs, fascinating information, and plans to build your own, Microshelters proves that small structures are not only useful, but stylish as well. Derek "Deek" Diedricksen is the author of Micro Living and Microshelters. He hosts the YouTube channel RelaxshacksDOTcom and has hosted, built, and designed for the HGTV series Extreme Small Spaces and Tiny House Builders, as well as for the DIY Network. His work has been featured in numerous places in print and online, including NPR, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, the Seattle Times, the Wall Street Journal, Make magazine, Yahoo.com, and Apartment Therapy. Diedricksen lives in Stoughton, Massachusetts.

  INTRODUCTION: WHAT'S WITH THE "TINY" OBSESSION?

 

PART 1: AMAZING MICROSHELTERS

Tiny Houses


• Matt Wolpe's Tiny House
• Little Yellow
• The 227
• Mendy's Shoe Box
• The Tumbleweed Linden
• The Rustic Modern
• The Pico-Dwelling
• Chris Haynes's Humble Home
• Hal's Uber-Funky Micro Guesthouse
• The Luna Bleu
• The Matchbox
• The V House
• The Giant Journey HomeBackyard Cabins, Camps, and Hideaways


• The Owl House
• The Transforming A-Frame
• Jim's Streamside Retreat
• The Rock Bottom
• The Writer's Haven
• Dianne and Bill's Place
• The Rock Shed
• The Vision Hut at Ancient Oaks
• The Relax Shack
• The Miner's Shelter
• The All Eights Microcabin
• The Hinterland Studio
• Tyler's Marshside Shack
• The Horror Hut
• The Periscope
• The Sunset House
• The Collapsible House
• The Bread Box
• Sleepbox
• Neil and Kurt's Teenage Log Cabin
• Austin Guest HouseTree Houses and Stilted Shelters


• Schaumburg Tree House
• Swanky San Francisco Tree House
• Fern Forest Tree House
• The RF 800
• The Steam Studio
• Tree House on a Farm
• The Lime Wedge
• The ModFruGal Stilt House
• The Wolfe's Den
• Nashville Modern Fort
• Jonas's Tree HouseOn Wheels


• Shepherd's Huts
• The Cub
• The Gnomadik
• The Mighty Micro House
• The Professor's Pod
• The Gypsy Junker
• Henrietta
• Jean's Gypsy WagonPlayhouse and Nooks


• The Li'l Orange Playhouse
• The Book Nook
• The Nisker Nook
• The Little Blue Bump
• The Crate EscapePART 2: TOOLS AND MATERIALS

Gathering Your Tools

Budgeting & Salvaging

Decor on a Dime



PART 3: PLANS TO INSPIRE

Six from the Masters


• The Sawtooth
• The Micro Dogtrot Cabin
• The Stilted Sleeper
• The Permatent
• The Carey Cabin
• The Woodsy WaggonResources

Discover the Great Big World of "TINY"



Take a wild cross-country road trip with the king of all things small and funky, Deek Diedricksen, to explore the most creative, clever microshelters out there and what makes them work. Chock full of scavenging tips, ideas from leading designers, and a handful of building plans to get you started, this book will have your hammer hand twitching. "Author Derek Diedricksen zeroes in on the DIY art of small living in his new book, Microshelters. What he finds is a highl