A micro atomic ranch- fort-sized, for kids!

How cool- a micro mid-century modern ranch playhouse/clubhouse for kids! Another playhouse that almost could be lived in!

  Derek "Deek" Diedricksen runs the blogs Relaxshacks.com, and FortaDay.com, Hosts "Tiny Yellow House" TV on youtube, and is author of the tiny house, fort, cabin, treehouse, and cottage design book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks" which you can check out by clicking HERE.

A double-decker, pre-fabricated, plywood kids fort/playhouse

A plywood, notched-to-fit/assemble, double-decker kids fort/playhouse/clubhouse- pretty dang cool- the concept/approach could make for some great little treehouses as well!



 Derek "Deek" Diedricksen runs the blogs Relaxshacks.com, and FortaDay.com, Hosts "Tiny Yellow House" TV on youtube, and is author of the tiny house, fort, cabin, treehouse, and cottage design book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks" which you can check out by clicking HERE.

"The Little Blue Bump" Ground Fort or Treehouse (micro cabin)

I always liked this photo/the colors. Its a micro cabin I designed, dubbed "The Little Blue Bump"- it was made with students, and my brother Dustin and I, at our Relaxshacks.com Tiny House Building Workshop in MA last year as a small project for people to swing some tools at.

 Derek "Deek" Diedricksen runs the blogs Relaxshacks.com, and FortaDay.com, Hosts "Tiny Yellow House" TV on youtube, and is author of the tiny house, fort, cabin, treehouse, and cottage design book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks" which you can check out by clicking HERE.

A grain silo hideout for kids/adults (a backyard office, guest sleeper?)

 Love this one. Its made from a small grain storage silo, with a couple industrial feed troughs welded to it. It could be a small shedworking office, a micro art studio, or a really cool kids clubhouse....

 Derek "Deek" Diedricksen runs the blogs Relaxshacks.com, and FortaDay.com, Hosts "Tiny Yellow House" TV on youtube, and is author of the tiny house, fort, cabin, treehouse, and cottage design book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks" which you can check out by clicking HERE.

A tiny rabbit-hutch like clubhouse for kids- on legs n' REAL simple....

A tiny rabbit-hutch-like playhouse/mini-cabin for kids (8' long) built by Curt Lyons from Fort Collins, Colorado- this little cabin was inspired by "The Little Blue Bump"- a cabin I designed and built for a video on youtube, which was based off designs/concepts from my book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks"- which you can check out in the right column of this blog....

 Derek "Deek" Diedricksen runs the blogs Relaxshacks.com, and FortaDay.com, Hosts "Tiny Yellow House" TV on youtube, and is author of the tiny house, fort, cabin, treehouse, and cottage design book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks" which you can check out by clicking HERE.

A Baumraum "snap" together treehouse/treefort kit for kids

Quite a clever little kit treehouse, which fits together without nails, then is strapped/tethered to a tree trunk. It looks like this tiny playhouse is made from just a few sheets of plywood- digitally routed, I'd assume.

 Derek "Deek" Diedricksen runs the blogs Relaxshacks.com, and FortaDay.com, Hosts "Tiny Yellow House" TV on youtube, and is author of the tiny house, fort, cabin, treehouse, and cottage design book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks" which you can check out by clicking HERE.

Holy Awesome! An A-frame Kids Cabin/Fort on Stilts....

Easy to build, this one could make for a great kids clubhouse or tiny playhouse- OR a "treehouse" for treeless lots. I'd LOVE to incorporate it into a more adult, larger, version, if I had the time....a tiny house on stilts of sorts...

 Derek "Deek" Diedricksen runs the blogs Relaxshacks.com, and FortaDay.com, Hosts "Tiny Yellow House" TV on youtube, and is author of the tiny house, fort, cabin, treehouse, and cottage design book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks" which you can check out by clicking HERE.

A one-telephone-pole treehouse in Florida

 Thanks to Susy Miller, an attendee at the Tumbleweed Tiny House Workshop I taught in Miami, for sending this one- a treehouse/polehouse/platform fort shed spotted in Loxahatchee, Florida. Not sure how someone would get up in this- perhaps from a removeable ladder....

 Derek "Deek" Diedricksen runs the blogs Relaxshacks.com, and FortaDay.com, Hosts "Tiny Yellow House" TV on youtube, and is author of the tiny house, fort, cabin, treehouse, and cottage design book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks" which you can check out by clicking HERE.

The U.B. 30 Treehouse- A treefort/tree hut shaped like an owl? spaceship? vampire?

I designed and built this one a ways back in one day, then carted it from Boston to Vermont the next (and assembled it that same day). It worked out real well, and stands as the guest shelter/tiny cabin on my property for my brother, his wife, and their son when they come up to camp out/hang....

 Derek "Deek" Diedricksen runs the blogs Relaxshacks.com, and FortaDay.com, Hosts "Tiny Yellow House" TV on youtube, and is author of the tiny house, fort, cabin, treehouse, and cottage design book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks" which you can check out by clicking HERE.

Got scraps? Build your kids fort, treehouse, or cabin from junk wood!

"THE COCO HOUSE- just slap them woods scraps one atop another, in the pattern, or shape, you choose, glue, screw, and its coo'! (cool). This one couldn't be more simple, and its a decent playhouse, cabin, or fort idea in terms of it making use of small scrap wood that might otherwise be tossed out.

 Derek "Deek" Diedricksen runs the blogs Relaxshacks.com, and FortaDay.com, Hosts "Tiny Yellow House" TV on youtube, and is author of the tiny house, fort, cabin, treehouse, and cottage design book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks" which you can check out by clicking HERE.

Treehouse in a Farmer's Field

I actually think the tree takes the cake here, over the treehouse itself, which sadly, is hard to see in this photo.... what a cool locale shot though...

Derek "Deek" Diedricksen runs the blogs Relaxshacks.com, and FortaDay.com, Hosts "Tiny Yellow House" TV on youtube, and is author of the tiny house, fort, cabin, treehouse, and cottage design book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks" which you can check out by clicking HERE.

A grassy woven dock hut....a writer's retreat/relaxation escape...

Ooh....oohhh...I want one- I want one! Another simple, and great, idea that makes the most out of location. Its part Indian Hogan or Wigwam, part cave, part wattle and daub mini cabin, and all cool as heck! I included it here, as it'd make for a very nice, environmentally kind, fort/playhouse, or hideout for kids.

Derek "Deek" Diedricksen runs the blogs Relaxshacks.com, and FortaDay.com, Hosts "Tiny Yellow House" TV on youtube, and is author of the tiny house, fort, cabin, treehouse, and cottage design book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks" which you can check out by clicking HERE.

A kids treehouse IN a house.....

      What a beautiful kids treehouse bunk/loft....the bed-box/nook idea might even work, in a fun, space saving way, in small/tiny homes as well. Rather than a loft with little or no privacy, you can close yourself into your sleep chamber at night- shuttering out SOME of the noise in the rest of your cabin as well....this would be great for cathedral ceilings.

Derek "Deek" Diedricksen runs the blogs Relaxshacks.com, and FortaDay.com, Hosts "Tiny Yellow House" TV on youtube, and is author of the tiny house, fort, cabin, treehouse, and cottage design book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks" which you can check out by clicking HERE.