A Sheep Wagon as a Kids Fort/Playhouse?

I've been a little obsessed with the idea of these sheep wagons (more or less gypsy wagons/vardos) as of lately- they're mobile, simple, and could be built very affordably. The idea also hit me: Why not make one in a kid-sized format? -Tinier wheels (recycled bicycle tires?), and plastic poly roofing as the siding, and the rest would follow. Check out some of the pinterest galleries on these things- addicting!

-Derek "Deek" Diedricksen

Does this come in kid-fort size? A "Sheep Wagon"/tiny house on wheels

Check 'dis out!

Of course I'd nix the dangerous wood-burning stove, but what a cool little kid's playhouse or fort this would make! Its a caravan, or "sheep wagon", and HECK YEAH, I'd take it in adult size in a heartbeat, but it just has and ageless appeal in so many ways. Something like this would be fairly simple, with its stretched canvas top, to make....

Below is a link to MY tiny house and kid's fort book....check it out- ONLY $11.53 NEW! 

 

A drooping, melting, rustic, playhouse/clubhouse/fort for kids....

This one's pretty unique, to say the least. These are the type of forts of playhouses that I often find myself drawn to because of the way they meld shelter with world of art- its "living art" in a sense. Yeah, this one was built as a kids play space in the form of a tree house, but the idea and look could be carried on into "adult" living as well- why not? Very funky! File under: leave your carpenter's level at home.

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 simple n' funky plywood playhouse

Another simple one here, but it works so well. Build-wise, its super simple, just a few cuts with a jigsaw or circular saw for the door and windows, a multitude of hole-saw cuts for the little peek holes, and that's almost all their is to it. This little indoor fort/clubhouse even has a tiny little skylight!

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 teardrop trailer forts for kids?

The teardrop trailer/camper shown is actually a home built job, and a small version at that, but why not take something as tiny as a landscaping trailer, even one a mere 5' or 6' in length, and build a tiny, tiny plywood shelled version for kids as a fort or a playhouse/clubhouse? Then again, to build one 7' or 8' long, when the kids do outgrow it, it STILL could be used for camping by adults, or marketable in terms of resale- not that you need to be thinking THAT far ahead- it never hurts though....

  Derek "Deek" Diedricksen runs the blog Relaxshacks.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 Villa Julia Cardboard House/Fort/Cabin Kit

It comes as a foldable/assembly-required kit.....how friggin' clever is this? Some great, thick-lined, art too! This one's called "The Villa Julia".

The All Eights Micro Cabin/Guest Hut- A $700 tiny, tiny house

I've been working on revamping this little pre-fabricated guest house/shed/playhouse that I built and designed on an EXTREME budget, and an EVEN MORE EXTREME TIME RESTRAINT, last year for a show called "The United Stats Of America" on The History Channel. The cabin, in its separate pieces had been sitting in a pile, under a tarp, for some time, and started getting beat on by the weather, so just the other week, I started cobbling it back together and changing a good deal of its design, look, layout, and color scheme. I'll "unveil" the final outcome in another video at some point, but for those who never saw the ad-hoc video we took in Brooklyn, NY, here you go....

-Derek "Deek" Diedricksen