A teepee tent for kids from Pacific Play Tents

Not too shabby..I'd like to see a wooden version of this playhouse/clubhouse built- it wouldn't be too difficult. This teepee is listed as almost 8' feet tall- still small enough to fit in most rooms/homes.

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.

Patrick Doherty's Woven Willow Treehouse Sculpture/Hobbit-Ewok House

A woven willow treehouse sculpture by artist Patrick Doherty....who installs these non-permanent exhibits nationwide....pretty dang creative.
I shot a seat-of-my-pants video at Middlebury College, in Middlebury, Vermont last year, while visiting and staying at the Fern Forest Treehouse in Lincoln, of another one of Patrick's installations.....check it out below....

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 tiny little shed office, or fishing camp cabin for your backyard or getaway

Here's a little backyard shed beauty! Be it a clubhouse/fort, or for a shed office, or potting station, this is a great little example of simple lines, straight-forward design, and bold trim colors. It could make for a great little cabin or tiny house in the woods, an icefishing shack, or just a small getaway studio for writing or yoga.

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

A Nerd Fort for Star Trek, NASA, and Star Wars Fans....

This actually was a flight simulator, owned and built by N.A.S.A., that was up for auction a ways back, and something, as it was suggested in a few cases, that might make for an incredible fort for some really, really, wealthy and geeky kid (or more likely an adult). It ain't the Millenium Falcon, or the Starship Enterprise, but it would certainly be something all your nerdy friends would envy.

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

Woven Willow Forts/Playhouses for Kids...Why not?

    
      When its outgrown its use, there's no dismantling, and no dump runs needed- a fort like this would simply rot and return to the earth. That could also be considered its downside.
      I love this idea though, and its something I'd like to try at some point. Its so simple too- just build a base, drill holes around the perimeter, stick the long branch lengths into the holes and tie them/bring them together at a peak, and then weave in the walls.
     I suppose you could also cover this with chicken wire layers, or hardware cloth, and then a few coats of ferrocement to make it a mini concrete dome home.....cob and mud building and wattle and daub techniques could also be combined with this skeletal approach too....

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 micro A-frame playhouse/tiny house/cabin with a moving canopy

Here's a simple sketch for a father/mother-son project we're pitching for a upcoming mini-series for a certain network. The aim is to keep things simple, affordable, colorful, and fun! This one is more or less a tiny A-frame play house, or hut, for kids, that opens up in good weather, and becomes a shack with a canopy. Something like this, on a larger scale, might be great for a mini beach house..... If you ever build something like this, or of any of the concepts, designs, and sketches, I have, and have posted- PLEASE DO SHARE! I'd love to see what you've done! -Deek

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 backyard playhouse/bunkhouse concept for ALL ages....

 This is something I've been working on/sketching out ideas on, that could work for both kids and adults. It could either be used as an office in the backyard, or a playhouse, bunkhouse, or small vacation cabin/cottage. Something like this, which would be 8' by 10' in size (or 6' by 8'), would run around $2000, or less, in materials. This tiny, tiny, tiny house would also have a wet bath, or at least a small bathroom set-up for a composting toilet.

 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.

TINY GREEN CABIN- A backyard shed/office/and playhouse- you choose....

What more do you need than this, whether kid or adult? What a cool little escape spot, and one with class, AND relaxation, in mind. So many tiny house concepts take things over the top, but this one has a good amount of what I look for, and like, in a simple shack set-up (how's THAT for alliteration!). It would make for a great backyard shed/shedworking office 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.