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Micro shelters : 59 creative cabins, tiny houses, tree houses, and other small structures / Derek "Deek" Diedricksen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2015]Description: 255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781612123530 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1612123538 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Microshelters [Spine title]
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction : What's with the "tiny" Obsession? -- pt. 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 -- The Shepherd's Huts -- The Cub -- The Gnomadik -- The Mighty Micro House -- The Professor's Pod -- The Gypsy Junker -- Henrietta -- Jean's Gypsy Wagon -- Playhouses and Nooks -- The Li'l Orange Playhouse -- The Book Nook -- The Nisker Nook -- The Little Blue Bump -- The Crate Escape -- pt. 2. Tools and Materials -- Gathering your Tools -- Budgeting and Salvaging -- Decor on a Dime -- pt. 3. Plans to Inspire: Six from the Masters -- The Sawtooth -- The Micro Dogtrot Cabin -- The Stilted Sleeper -- The Permatent -- The Carey Cabin -- The Woodsy Waggon.
Summary: 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 designs for cabins, forts, studios, and other microshelters.
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library NonFiction 690.89 D559 Available 33111007754969
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.



Includes bibliographical references (page 256).

Introduction : What's with the "tiny" Obsession? -- pt. 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 -- The Shepherd's Huts -- The Cub -- The Gnomadik -- The Mighty Micro House -- The Professor's Pod -- The Gypsy Junker -- Henrietta -- Jean's Gypsy Wagon -- Playhouses and Nooks -- The Li'l Orange Playhouse -- The Book Nook -- The Nisker Nook -- The Little Blue Bump -- The Crate Escape -- pt. 2. Tools and Materials -- Gathering your Tools -- Budgeting and Salvaging -- Decor on a Dime -- pt. 3. Plans to Inspire: Six from the Masters -- The Sawtooth -- The Micro Dogtrot Cabin -- The Stilted Sleeper -- The Permatent -- The Carey Cabin -- The Woodsy Waggon.

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 designs for cabins, forts, studios, and other microshelters.

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