Have you ever wanted to build an affordable, DIY tiny home?
Well, this is a $1200 tiny house built with recycled pallets.
In this story, Deek takes you on a tour and interview with the owner/builder.
Please enjoy, learn more, and re-share below. Thank you!
Screenshot via YouTube/RelaxShacksDOTcom
If you weren’t one of the 40,000 people who made it to the 2015 Tiny House Jamboree sponsored/hosted/organized by Eco Cabins ( in Colorado Springs, Colorado this post will give you a recap of what you missed!
Can you believe it? Thousands of tiny house people from all over the world got together in one place over the course of a weekend? People from all 50 states and 10 different countries too!
This event proved that LOTS of people want and need more affordable housing options. More alternative housing projects, developments and communities that are smaller, smarter, and more affordable, right? And the good news is that we’re making progress aren’t we?
Please enjoy this recap of the 2015 Tiny House Jamboree, learn more, and re-share it with your friends below. Thank you!
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In celebration of TWO upcoming hands on tiny house building and design workshops that my friend Deek Diedricksen is putting on (see below) we’ve teamed up to give away quite a few tiny house books (about $200 worth).
In addition, Deek is tossing in a hard copy of his Transforming A-frame tiny cabin plans that can be found on RelaxShacks.com.
If you want to win this contest we’re just looking for “the best” and most creative and space efficient 8′ by 12′ cabin/tiny house design. All you have to do is submit your design via e-mail to contest@tinyhousetalk.com by Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Thanks!
In this video you’ll discover 20 space saving tiny house design tips thanks to Jenna and Guillaume from Tiny House Giant Journey and Derek ‘Deek’ Diedricksen of RelaxShacks.com.
The two have designed and built their own DIY tiny house on wheels and are now traveling the United States and Canada with it while living full time in it. Very exciting and inspiring, isn’t it?
Related: Couple Living and Touring in their DIY Tiny Home on Wheels
Reminder: Upcoming Hands On Workshop with Deek in North Carolina (Space Limited)
If you enjoyed these 20 space saving tiny house design tips you’ll absolutely LOVE our free daily tiny house newsletter with even more! Thank you!
Right now I wanted to show you a video tour of Lee Pera’s DIY tiny house on wheels thanks to Derek Diedricksen of RelaxShacks.com.
Her little house is still in the works but the tour will give you a good idea of what’s involved when designing and building tiny.
This home is located at Boneyard Studios in Washington D.C. Please enjoy below.
Image © RelaxShacks/Joe Coover
Meet Jenna and Guillaume. They’re a DIY tiny house couple who’ve built a 20′ tiny home on wheels and now they’re getting ready to travel around the United States for one year with their little house in tow!
They started building their home in California but ended up finishing it in Illinois. In the video you’re about to see below- thanks to Deek at Relaxshacks.com– they’re in Philadelphia at a Tumbleweed workshop.
Definitely watch the entire video below- and pay attention too- because you’re going to get to see tons of space saving techniques. Plus some creative (yet simple) use of multi-functional furniture that you may not have ever thought of before.
Images © YouTube/Derek Diedricksen/RelaxShacks.com
Deek just emailed me about this micro cabin ‘study pod’ that he just finished for an NYU professor who plans on using it in his property in New Jersey so I wanted to share it with you here.
It’s a peaceful place where he can grade papers and read. And it completely opens up to nature. On top of that, Deek used recycled materials that he saved from other projects over the years on the back wall that you can see in the photo below.
And the flooring was reclaimed from a 100-year-old home! The roof is built using polycarbonate roofing called Tuftex. The micro cabin on wheels is just 4’6″ x 7′ and about 5’6″ tall.
Image © Derek Diedricksen
That makes for a pretty awesome micro office in the woods, doesn’t it?
I encourage you to learn more about it and watch the video tour below w/ Deek:
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In this post Deek is going to show you some tiny cabins right on a river in New Hampshire.
They’re called ‘The Pemi Cabins‘ and are on Old Route 3 on Pemigawasset River right by Franconia Notch State Park.
Also- Deek’s upcoming ‘hands on’ tiny house workshop- ‘Tiny House Summer Camp 2‘ is in Orleans, Vermont this August 15-18, 2014.
Image © RelaxShacks
Get the full tour of this little cabin in NH with Deek in the video below:
I’m so excited to feature this video tour of Brian Levy’s 210 sq. ft. one-level modern tiny house on wheels at Boneyard Studios thanks to Derek Diedricksen of RelaxShacks.com.
Brian designed his own tiny home because there was no set of plans out there that really met his needs.
So he ended up with a design that perfectly suits his needs. It has a big kitchen, downstairs bed, and all the amenities of home. And he built it using SIPs (Structurally Insulated Panels).
Enjoy the full video tour below:
