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Microshelters: 59 Creative Cabins, Tiny Houses, Tree Houses, and Other Small Structures
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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.
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Microshelters: 59 Creative Cabins, Tiny Houses, Tree Houses, and Other Small Structures
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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.
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They say good things come in small packages, and that's definitely true here! Being a fan of cabins and rustic homesteads, and drawn to small homes with little room for clutter (because my life is so cluttered!), I was looking forward to getting a look at this book, and it didn't disappoint.Written with humor and passion, the book includes "Tiny Houses", "Backyard Cabins, Camps, and Hideaways", "Tree Houses and Stilted Shelters" and homes "On Wheels". This is then followed by a list of tools and materials, outlines where to salvage supplies and how to decorate on a budget, and an offering of six plans for backyard microshelters that you can build.I enjoyed the author's writing and creativity (many of the structures were designed and built by the author), and the photography did a great job of showcasing the designs. I only wish that there were more homes ("Tiny Houses") and fewer of the other designs which mostly amount to shacks and clubhouses. While clever and well thought out, shacks and backyard clubhouses were not quite what I was looking for.But overall this is a great effort, and perfect for people looking for a "tiny" bit of inspiration.
Interesting topic, some nice pictures and great ideas and tips. It is issing everything about water, utilities, insulation and similar topics.
Have you ever wanted to throw almost everything you owned into the garbage and start over in a simpler setting? If yes then this book is for you. Admittedly the book is more aspirational than instructional. It is mostly filled with beautiful photographs of houses with under 500 square feet of space. There a few pages devoted to some of the tools needed to sign construction of one of these shelters, and few pages that have preliminary blueprints of some model homes. There are no pages on such necessities as plumbing or electricity. Nor are there pages on minor things like city permits. This a book you enjoy for the pictures, and to get rough ideas, and decorating tips from. If viewed from that level the book gave me a fun few hours of respite from me over stuffed 1500 square foot home. If you ask more than that from this book you will be disappointed.
A cornucopia of inspiration and information! Filled with color photographs, tested tips and ideas, and even a few building plans.3.5 stars
It's inspiring how could you make in a small space with little budget. I wish I could make one.