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Zusatztext “Author Derek Diedricksen zeroes in on the DIY art of small living in his new book! Microshelters. What he finds is a highly motivated! occasionally eccentric community of hobbyists who challenge themselves to pack tons of functionality into spaces that are barely bigger than parking spots.” – Dwell Informationen zum Autor Derek “Deek” Diedricksen is the author of Micro Living and Microshelters. He has hosted, built, and designed for the HGTV series Extreme Small Spaces and Tiny House Builders, as well as for the DIY Network, and has just released a feature-length documentary file, The Box Truck Film: Building a REUSEful Home. 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, Apartment Therapy, Treehugger.com, and Design Sponge. Diedricksen has taught hands-on building workshops around the United States since 2010, runs the YouTube design channel "RelaxshacksDOTcom", and professionally builds tiny houses, tree houses, and backyard offices for clients. He lives in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Home Backyard 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 House Tree 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 House On Wheels Shepherd’s Huts The Cub The Gnomadik The Mighty Micro House The Professor’s Pod The Gypsy Junker Henrietta Jean’s Gypsy Wagon Playhouse and Nooks
