Derek Diedrickson (of RelaxShacks) or as he is better known, Deek has been very busy lately and has just completed two new videos. These are a couple of great How-To videos based off of his book Humble Homes and Simple Shacks.
In the first video Deek walks you through building a window from a cheap plastic plate bought at your local dollar store. In his second video he shows you how to recycle old windows that you can pick up free or for little cost.
Below the videos I have put a few still pictures of the building he built using recycled windows. You can go to RelaxShacks to see some construction photos. Enjoy and if you don’t have Deek’s book you can purchase it on Amazon. Thanks Deek!
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Entertaining and informative, as always. The local thrift shop always has fancy glass plates and you can use glass paint to colour them. I used an old glass scrub board somebody gave me as a window in my wash house door. It’s still functional for scrubbing should I ever want to remove it but looks great where it is.
Scrub board- good idea! Never seen glass ones, but I’ll keep my eyes peeled. Thanks Alice
Hi Deek,
Great job as always on the videos. There is a building wrecking yard in Woonsocket, RI where you can buy all kinds of inexpensive glass windows and building materials.
Keep up the great work!
Walt
I never looked at one closely (but just did now, via eBay), but considering that you’d use it to do your laundry, making the board out of wood and glass makes a lot more sense than metal and wood (my old assumption).
I love the videos, I’ll be also buying your book. My husband and I use to live down the road from you, now were on the west coast WA. We have been giving a great deal of thought to making this a couples project. Come summer we should be good to go.
Best
Melanie and Josh
I bought your fabulous book and the videos are a great addition. Please keep ’em coming.
Living simple is a challenge when your family is not on board with consuming less and strategies for reducing debt.
What are some tips on getting buy in from family members on frugal living?
Deek, this is your mother. Sit nicely.
(joke)