The Rainbow Cottages of Ellsworth, Maine- Funky!

  

 'Been CRAZY BUSY, and traveling, TOO MUCH, so I'll have those details on my October 19/20th (prob a third day too) workshop real soon, I promise! kidcedar at gmail.com if interested.... 20 folks tops....HANDS-ON building, guest speakers, salvage demos, tiny house tours, and MO'! 
     ALSO, thanks to this week's sponsor - www.BLUEMOONRISING.org- a new AWESOME tiny house compound, retreat, and educational center in Maryland- and one I'll have more KICK-BUTT blog photos on soon- Just you wait!!!

SAN FRAN Tiny House Trip photos coming soon too! -From my trip out there with the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. It was a GREAT time, with an incredible array of bloggers, designers, architects, and builders- such a good group of damn-bright minds. 

As for THESE photos, I had a shot of this on my facebook page- www.facebook.com/tinyhousehub but here's a few more.....

   On my way to Acadia Maine I made the family roadster take a u-turn so I could hop out and shoot a few photos of these great looking little cabins/tiny houses at the Sunset Motel/Motor Lodge in Ellsworth, Maine. If you ever have the chance to take the ole Route 3 drive in northern Maine, it is LOADED with funky flea markets, antique shops, junk stores, and a slew of tiny homes and rental cottages.

MORE "tiny cabins of Maine" photos coming soon!

 The view from the top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park- the highest point on the East Coast....

The little porch nook is so simple, yet so inviting and effective!

Some of these shots (and others I haven't posted) MAY end up in my in-the-works TINY HOUSE BOOK (my second, well, third, actually).

Posted by Derek Diedricksen at 9:39 AM

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

MORE SIMPLE, CHEAP, DIY TRIM WOOD for your cabin, or furniture

This is a crude little table that I found on the side of the road the other day (I've been VERY lucky lately and even found a GREAT adirondack chair too!) and a simply painted it, trimmed the top (gave it a rim) with some rustic/klunky wood, and that's it! It another little table that I'll resell on craigslist for a few bucks, or use in one of my little cabins .

ONE single piece of batten wood- 1 1/2" wide, for $1.42, trimmed out the whole potting shed/workbench. One can of $2.99 spray paint (Valspar) rounded out the paint job (painting with a brush and leftover can paint would have been cheaper, but I liked this particular color).\
    These batten strips are so easy to work with, and make for really simple, decent-looking, trim wood in one's cabin or home. Paint or stain this kind of wood for a desired effect, or leave it as-is, but per linear foot, you'll save a bundle.Yes, mitered joints would have looked nicer, and I usually do that, but I was in a hurry.

You may not dig it, it may not be your style, but almost EVERYTHING I find on the side of the road, and fix, sells on craigslist. Some items I don't even have to fix!

-Derek "Deek" Diedricksen

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Monday, September 2, 2013

MORE photos of "Deek's Rock N' Roll Shed-Conversion"

THIS is another cabin you'll be seeing (and perhaps staying in) at my next TINY HOUSE BUILDING (HANDS-ON) DESIGN WORKSHOP in Massachusetts- November 15-17. The class size will be limited, and each past workshop has SOLD OUT, so email me at kidcedar at gmail.com if interested.OR CLICK ON THE BIG BANNER ABOVE for TONS of details.....

 I call it the "Rock Shed", as we filmed it for that purpose during a pilot episode we shot for for HGTV and Nat Geo, but aside from the VERY COOL, space saving, stand-up, Peace Cocktail Drum Set in there (a "Manhattan" model/kit), the rest of the room is more modern/sparse. Whatever the case, I like the overall spacious feel of this place (one recently featured on Apartment Therapy, and a few other cool blogs!).

This room, as of recent, has more so become a display spot for some of the things I've re-purposed and am selling on craigslist, but we WILL eventually have a full video tour of how and why I remade this shed. There's A LOT you still can't see in the selective photos I've posted. Its NOT a tiny house, but there are certainly some space and light approaches that cross over each realm.

The skylight, one we scavenged in the episode, has a crack, so I'll be doing what I should have done from the start, covering over the skylight are with clear Tuftex poly carbonate roofing- the stuff is tough!

Here's a video on a scrap-material coffee table I also built for this room....a VERY SIMPLE, recycled-material, diy project.

http://youtu.be/PkISnVm_2YI