Author Talk: Derek “Deek” Diedricksen’s “Microshelters: 59 Creative Cabins, Tiny Houses, Tree Houses, and Other Small Structures”.

Orca Books author event: a FREE event at Orca Books, 509 4th Ave E in downtown Olympia.

Derek “Deek” Diedricksen will be talking about his new book “Microshelters: 59 Creative Cabins, Tiny Houses, Tree Houses, and Other Small Structures”.

If you dream of living in a tiny house, or creating a getaway in the backwoods or your backyard, you’ll love this gorgeous collection of creative and inspiring ideas for tiny houses, cabins, forts, studios, and other microshelters. Created by a wide array of builders and designers around the United States and beyond, these 59 unique and innovative structures show you the limits of what is possible. Each is displayed in full-color photographs accompanied by commentary by the author. In addition, Diedricksen includes six sets of building plans by leading designers to help you get started on a microshelter of your own. You’ll also find guidelines on building with recycled and salvaged materials, plus techniques for making your small space comfortable and easy to inhabit.

Derek “Deek” Diedricksen is the author of Humble Homes, Simple Shacks, Cozy Cottages, Ramshackle Retreats, Funky Forts. Diedricksen hosts the show Tiny Yellow House for both his own YouTube channel and for Makemagazine and has hosted, built, and designed for the HGTV series Extreme Small Spaces and Kidspaces. He travels the country hosting workshops for the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. His work has been featured on the cover of the New York Times’ Home and Garden Section and in the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, the Seattle Times, the Wall Street Journal, Make magazine, and Apartment Therapy.com; and on NPR, CBS, PBS, and ABC. Diedricksen lives in Stoughton, Massachusetts.