From the publication “Humble Homes, Simple Shacks”- ORDER HERE… http://www.amazon.com/Humble-Simple-Cottages-Ramshackle-Retreats/dp/0762771461/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329248417&sr=1-1 An eight' cubed cabin, developed for the show “The United Stats Of America” hosted by the Sklar brothers on The History Channel, Derek “Deek” Diedricksen was given a mere two days to design, prefabricate, and load this cabin in a single truck bed for a drive from Boston to Brooklyn, NY where he, Dustin (his brother), and Steve “Bulldoze” Sparaco, then needed to assemble it in an exceedingly restricted 5 hour timeframe for the show- after which disassemble it and drive back to Boston- the exact same day. Derek is the host of “Tiny Yellow House” TV, and runs relaxshacks.com.
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Awesome!
and the Cost of this lil tiny house..?
When is the show, ‘The United Stats of America’ going to have you guys on?
8x8x8… sounds like a prison cell, but it looks too fancy for that hahaha.
Cool video Deek, keep up the great work!
Very nice. It’s fun to take a cube and see how much stuff you can fit
inside of it with realistic dimensions without it being uncomfortable. This
looks brilliant for a little camp shack. You could probably even have one
of those tiny portable kitchen things going there for ultimate camp shack.
(just don’t burn the thing down!) There was another I saw that was I think
12′ cube. It had a semi open-plan design with one half being multiple
floors at different levels, real nice design too.
Thanks all!- its for sale- $1500 disassembled, $2500 for a crew of three to
do the dirty work for you, etc. There’s a few things done to it you don’t
see, and a few things I’d add to and improve (window in the door, etc).
We’d also film the assembly for Make Magazine- if whoever lets us. We might
build one of these at one of our 2012 hands-on tiny house workshops too (
in MA or VT- or both..).
Oh yeah- the episode airs sometime in April, or so I’ve been told…
im thinking of making one myself. tho slightly bigger, for fulltime living
in spain. something like if your shack hooked up with tumbleweed-fencl and
im after what would come 9months later 🙂 with spanish weather i think its
possible (in every meaning of the word possible) 🙂
Deek: nice abode. Q: millions of people sleep nightly in hammocks. Why are
hammocks not more commonly integrated into tiny homes and micro-shelters,
for all the obvious reasons? I watch your and tons of other videos on
simple homes and never once have I seen the humble hammock. Thanks.
spielerei !! wohn da mal bei minus 10 grad ! da kann ich ja gleich in eine
sperrholzkiste ziehen.
can you do a full build on camera? like if you want it also
How is the triangular bench thing a bed?
Great to finally see a new upload.
WOAH… your brother looks totally like you… which makes sense
considering you guys are brothers.
@shereah How is it not? Its almost 7′ feet long and shaped differently than
most, but it does work as a sleep space- and its bigger than most cots,
hammocks, etc. Just add a custom triangular boat-style mattress, and anyone
would fit fine on it. It had/has to be small for a room that is only 64
square feet. You still could add a “real” bed, but it’d waste more space-
still possible though.
@coolkayaker1 Funny thing is that the original longer edit of this video
(that I scrapped) DID have a hammock in it- no bs- lol. We have a separate
hammock how-to video on the way at some point too.
@coolkayaker1 Funny thing is that the original longer edit of this video
(that I scrapped) DID have a hammock in it- no bs- lol. We have a separate
hammock how-to video on the way at some point too.
@relaxshacksDOTcom oh ok, It didn’t appear to be that big in the video.
Thanks for clearing that up 😉
@relaxshacksDOTcom Cool, man. Thanks, Deek.
@relaxshacksDOTcom Well I sleep on my side so that triangle bed is looking
pretty good to me lol.
Where did you get the cool “Voodoo Tiki Owl”?
you shold make a ice fishing cabin with possibly a new heater disine. i was
going to make one this winter but the ice was to thin 🙁
VOODOO OWL!!OMG lmao i laughed so hard at that hahaha cool little cabin=D
im going to build a 7ftx7ft one with my friend at a school shop project=D
im not shure what your trying to do with your whole tiny house bit but some
of those things you cant even sit up in,not shure if i would call them a
home at all more like a throw together to try and make a few bucks junk
pile,ive seen a few of your little cabins in the woods you and your bother
made that was cool but some of the things you have in your book,you cant
live in those,you have skill so use it to design a real house you can live
in not a junk box full of termits
hi i am interested in your book how do i go about purchasing one thanks for
all your creative endeavors
if you could insulate that for the winter i would make it my office.hehe
love it!
Awesome job!
How much did just the house cost you?
with the triangle bed you could have hinged another triangle to it and made
it attachable legs. it would have been more comfortable to sleep on
are we ever going to see you actually build one of those houses step by
step as you build it?
What is the building material used for clear walls & ceiling called? Where
can it be purchased?
Nice job with the cabin. Hey, know what would be cool? If you made an exact
copy of the triangular bed board, laid it on top of the other one. Hinged
it to the bottom one. Flip it over when you want to sleep and put on a
screw -on leg in the corner. BANG! You have a fullsize bed that folds out
in 10 seconds. 🙂
I could easily live in there if I had a small kitchen and bathroom….lol
pretty cool!
first good thunderstorm and that thing will be gone. Even if no real high
wind it would be like living in a drum when it rain more than a mist. Love
the small house idea…but come on.
No, you’re wrong, and most people pre-judge these Tuftex roofs. This thing
has now made it through both hurricane Irene, and Sandy, in MA- gusts of
80mph- no leaks, no damage. As for your second comment, I really don’t
understand what it says/means….
Hey, its the poly roofing brand called Tuftex…..Lowes often carries it,
but any store should be able to order it for you….
wouldn’t be practical for Florida with all that clear plastic for a roof.
Tis cool but don’t look 8x8x8 to me , more like 5x7x7
I had, had the same thoughts about that triangular bed board.
TRUE the sound when raining must be loud.
How long would it take to assemble these at a disaster site if you mass
produced them and kept them stored for just such a contingency?
how much did this very sexy badass microhouse cost to build!!?
I have a micro deck…
can i get a materials list plz and thnks
what are the materials
Great design but i see no screen windows or vents,there for it wouod be
very humid in there during the summer?
good idea,but I have two english mastiffs that go everywhere with me,one
weighs 220 pounds the other weighs 195 pounds, this would fit them,but
where would I sleep? lol
great idea, i’m going to build my son one in the garden.
LOL, dude who designs, builds, promotes and publishes books about tiny
buildings is envious of a overly large warehouse space…. ” I wish I had a
work space like this! “Love the vids, just saying.
he means it will be loud in there when it rains
WHERE IS THE BED?
I love the roof on that.
In my climate without some way to block out those lite panels you would be
able to fry eggs on the floor in the month of August and it doesn’t look
like the design would be livable below zero in the winter.