In this edition of Tiny Yellow House, Derek “Deek” Diedricksen builds a project from his new book “Humble Homes, Simple Shacks”. This 72 square foot writing retreat is made to double as a future greenhouse. In classic Deek style, the cabin employs a very simple building approach and includes several recycled elements. It’s spin-off of his cabin design “Down At Big Lee’s Swamp” and was created for Massachusetts horror author John Grover.

This time around on “Tiny Yellow House”, Deek decided to mess around with passive solar heat so as to warm the always-cold front foyer of his home. The result: a smallish, closeable, passive solar collector that fits into a window opening. Its not rocket science (and it NEVER will be here on “Tiny Yellow House”) but it does work- even in January, in New England.

This triangular treehouse was assembled in the Catskills over two weekends, and stands as one of the larger projects Deek’s tackled for the show. His only given parameters for the design: “It must receive a good deal of natural light, and have enough space to sleep two (floor space)”.

Here’s another video of one of the many projects Deek’s been messing with lately, its a legless bunk set-up called “The Krunk Bunk” that was one of two projects in the Relax Shacks July Tiny Housing/Shelter/Building workshop in MA.