A Tiny House That's Big on Glass

Derek "Deek" Diedricksen
Tiny houses are, by nature of being small, easier on the environment than their more traditional counterparts. And when they're built out of scavenged materials, you've got a home even the most enthusiastic treehugger could love. 

Derek "Deek" Diedricksen of RelaxShacks.com flexed that creative reuse muscle when he devised his newest cabin: the "Glass House" in rural Massachusetts. It took Diedricksen and a crew less than $$,000 and just four days to build the quirky 140-square-foot structure from a combination of reclaimed wood and recycled glass and windows. The rural (and definitely rustic-looking) retreat features a front wall of windows adorned with colorful lanterns and a sleeping loft with a railing made of tree branches. The roof is one big skylight, made of a polycarbonate material. 

Without hookups to electricity or running water, this place is completely off-grid — and may not appeal to the none roughing-it crowd as a full-time space, but we can imagine spending at least a weekend or two there. 

Diedricksen's latest book, Microshelters: 59 Creative Cabins, Tiny Houses, Tree Houses, and Other Small Structures, comes out in paperback later this month. 

See more of the eclectic cabin: 

See more of the home at Tiny House Talk. 

From: Country Living US


By Maria Carter

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