Deek’s Boston Building Workshop, and WIN THESE BOOKS!
by Derek “Deek” Diedricksen
Hey all,
With the 1000th post of Relaxshacks.com on the horizon, and our third hands-on, tiny house building workshop coming up (Nov 2-4 right outside Boston, MA), I thought a giveaway to the Tiny House Blog readers might be in order, as a way to thank all of you, and Kent, for all of the support over the years.
Up on the block we have….
- My “Humble Homes, Simple Shacks” tiny house design/concept book
- “No Impact Man” the DVD documentary from Colin Beavan
- “Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable, Nesting, Skills” by Raleigh Briggs
- “Your Money or Your Life“- by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin
- A tiny house print from JamaicaCottageShop.com
- A “Tiny: The Movie” tiny house print I created/sketched
- A compilation CD with my band (for use as a frisbee or drink coaster)
- my band “DEFDEALER” (which may scare some of you) is doing a “Itunes for The Homeless” fundraiser
- using the money from each and every download to raise money to build a tiny dwelling with a certain homeless organization. $0.99 at a time, we hope to raised a little over $400 to make this possible.
Anyway, to win, just let us know WHY YOU FEEL TINY HOUSE LIVING IS ADVANTAGEOUS- aside from the normal, more cliche, reasons…..I will pick a winner, and I’ll mail you all the prize loot. Feel free to get creative or comical too. Deadline is one week from the posting date of this entry. Enter your submissions in the comment thread below.
As for the upcoming workshop….we’ve added even MORE guest speakers and demonstrators! Check out the list, its pretty insane! Its filling up pretty fast too, so if interested, don’t lag too long. And YES, we’ll all be building a tiny guest house together, camping, seeing/touring other tiny dwellings (Jay Shafer’s VERY FIRST TUMBLEWEED TINY HOUSE), discussing topics at night by a bon fire, a pizza party, and more. I can’t wait!
Click here for more details and sign-up info…
http://www.relaxshacks.blogspot.com/2012/07/tiny-house-building-workshop-3.html
-Derek “Deek” Diedricksen, author, blogger, tiny house builder, and host of the program “Tiny Yellow House” on youtube, will also be hosting the upcoming Tumbleweed Tiny House Workshops in Chicago, and NYC.
74 Responses to “Deek’s Boston Building Workshop, and WIN THESE BOOKS!”
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I will be retiring in just under 4 years time. And, although I live in the UK, most of the ideas on Tiny Houses Living give me a lot of information about construction, solar power, insulation, etc. i have no building experience, and need all the info I can get!
Tiny house living is advantageous… because I hope it will allow me to have an affordable and just-right-sized space to move into when I start my job search out of college! And because it’s easy to add on another room to a tiny house in case my family decides to grow.
Tiny house living is advantageous because if most of the end of the world scenarios actually happen I can crap myself (on the toilet!!!) and defend my entire house at the same time. And no zombie, homeless man, pack of crazy biker cannibals, dinosaurs, or any creature from Dr Who will be able to sneak up on me. And it would make Al Gore so proud!!!
Tiny house living is advantageous too those who want to leave a small foot print on the earth. Those who do not believe that stuff makes life better. People who want to use their money for living and not to live in. It is advantageous to those of us that want to learn what is more important in life then possessions. The less you own the more you appreciate the things you have, and there is less to protect so you tend to share more. Remember we can’t take it with us!
Tiny house living is advantageous because there is so much less house cleaning to do!! It is the chore I hate most running the sweeper, dusting, mopping the floors. And added BONUS – NO FAMILY DINNERS at my house – unless they want to eat outside then cool you’re welcome to come over.
When your house is rather tiny instead of gigantic
It influences your life to be fresh and organic
You pack your own trash, and maybe even poop
Then you put it all in the composting group
Tiny house living supports and inspires
The whole generation to unplug their wires
To take a look at our world from mama earths perspective
To see how man-kind can be more eco-effective
This mini-sized footprint causes a shift in thought
Do we really need all that stuff we once bought?
With enough room for only essential goods
we can move our tiny cabins right into the woods.
It is an advantage for children to go outdoors
An advantage for Spenders to stay out of stores
An advantage for us all to be more content
An advantage because we won’t owe much rent
Tiny house living is advantageous to all
Throughout winter, spring, summer and fall
It will keep you humble and grateful too
Tiny house living is the right thing to do
wow- a poem! sheesh….that certainly adds to the competition!
Win or not, I might ask your permission to put this in a new book I’m presently working on- if you’re game. Very cool!
Living in a small-ass house is advantageous because I don’t have to have friends, which leaves me more time for reading and petting my cat, Karl Marx Jr.
tiny house living is advantageous because it is the quickest way to find out who you really are and what you are made of.
My husband would say living in a small house would prevent me from accumulating a yarn stash … unless I can convince him it works as insulation!
Tiny house living would be advantageous to me because I’m tired of being part of the “rat race”. I don’t want to continue in the cycle of working-to-live and living-to-work. I want to live-to…live a life as full as I possibly can. The low cost of tiny house living would allow me to do that.
I currently work with a group of adult artists in Maine, and we produce a variety show called TV SHOW. The show is a collaboration between Shoot Media Project and Bomb Diggity Arts. Most of the show’s producers have intellectual disabilities, and we spend a lot of time talking about independent living. For many TV SHOW producers, the idea of owning a home seems far-fetched, but I’ve been researching tiny homes for years and want to present more information to the group.
We’re learning more about grantwriting, because we want to partner with local organizations to pilot a program where folks with intellectual differences can gain access to homes that they can own and afford. We could set up a group of tiny homes, where folks could have access to various support services without having to live in group homes or with family members. This would be ground-breaking in Maine, where the housing waitlist for folks with disabilities is at a total standstill.
Deek, I hope you’ll watch an episode of TV SHOW (especially episode 4, which features a music video tribute to Free Willy) and consider sending some of your loot to Maine, where we will immediately put it all to good use! The more books and information, the better! In gratitude, we’d definitely credit you on our next episode!
Your work is a real inspiration, rock on.
Will check it out- thanks!!
Hi Deek, That sounds awesome! Im game, Can’t wait to check your book out. There are some black and white little comics my friend drew to go along with it if you’d like. (We are big kids) I’m glad your blog gave me something fun and important to write about! Good luck with the upcoming workshop
We would like to own and live in a tiny home so that we are debt free and living a life not dependant on stuff. Nor will we be controled by stuff. Currently we have two kids and live in 1200 sq feet. It has been so good for our kids not to equate stuff with happiness. We are in the process of adopting our third child and we are a happy family. I’ve learned to be organized and decorate with fun colorful items.
When I was a little girl I wanted a dollhouse but sadly never got one. As I grew older I was amazed by life-size dollhouses. There’s actually one on the Long Island University – CW Post campus which belonged to CW Post’s daughter. I recall thinking “I wish I could live here!” Any why not? Large homes requires a lot of maintenance and it is just too mainstreamed for my taste. Humans have a tendency to want more than what is necessary to life comfortably. I visited Japan a few years back and fell in love with the tiny apartments and house dwellings. I often feel that country is my second home, despite being an American. I hope to one day own my own tiny home.
P.S. Tiny house living has many benefits for the environment, as well as our pockets. It’s the smarter choice for our future.
I’ve always liked the look of tiny houses–being so unique. But, since I”ve been diagnosed with an illness which prevents me from expending too much energy, I think a tiny house would be just perfect. NOt too much space to clean or clutter up, or move around in…just enough. Thanks for the chance to win.
thanks for the heads up on this, and the kind words, I’ll def check out the show…
-Deek
The winner…..JADE…..that poem was not only clever, but it contained more than a few good points….we had a few other close-winners, but after much thought, Jade takes it, and thank you all for entering! We’ll have more to giveaway down the road….
-Deek
YAY! Thank you! This is so Awesome, I am excited to check all this out. Thank you! For my Birthday (this Friday) I bought a ticket to a tiny house workshop by my house in Santa Rosa, CA. What perfect timing! Thank you again!
Your pal,
Jade