Vermont Cabin Exterior (at the lower trail leading to the outhouse). Photo: Bruce Bettis
Derek “Deek” Diedreicksen is nothing short of amazing. He is as every bit as wise as he is eccentric. He lives in Suburbia but wreaks of backwoods. He is all at once the very things that excite those peering into the window panes of tiny houses and scare them all the same!
Deek was born, raised, and became an Eagle Scout (you can’t make this stuff up, my friends) in Madison, Connecticut, and is a graduate of Northeastern University. After college he went on to deejay at CBS radio station 104.1 WBCN in Boston. He is now the host and director of the online hit TV program Tiny Yellow House based on his designs and sketches. To his credit his work has also been featured in or has appeared on PBS, CBS, ABC, NPR, Treehugger.com, The Seattle Times, New York Times, Boston Globe, and a number of international pubs.
His involvement with the tiny house community is unknown to most though. It seems he has always been part of the scene with his creative builds, well-attended workshops, and popular books. He has solidified his place as dreamer, builder, consultant, proponent, advocate, artist, interviewer, and lecturer.
To find out more about Deek and his tiny house universe find him and other ‘deekers’ at any of the BIO sites below:
- Facebook: TINY YELLOW HOUSE and RELAXSHAX.com
- On the web: RELAXSHAX.com
- YouTube: relaxshacksDOTcom
As a personal thank you for allowing him to be a member of the tiny house community Deek is giving away a copy of his wildly popular book Humble Homes, Simple Shacks, Cozy Cottages, Ramshackle Retreats, Funky Forts (and whatever the heck else we could squeeze in here!) – AS WELL AS – an original tiny house sketch! Only one winner will be chosen but you can enter as many as 4 times by doing each of the following:
- Comment on this post by putting a note of thanks to Deek
- SHARE this blog post on your Facebook profile page
- Tweet this post link and include the hashtag #THAW2012
- Comment on the Facebook status update regarding this blog post
The winner will be chosen at 9pm EST tonight (via random.org) so hurry up and start socializing our digital thank you’s.
UPDATE: Today’s special winner is Jesse and Sean Sohl. They will be hearing from Deek soon in regards to their FREE copy of his awesome book Humble Homes, Simple Shacks, Cozy Cottages, Ramshackle Retreats, Funky Forts (and whatever the heck else we could squeeze in here!) as well as an original sketch. Congratulations Jesse and Sean. For the rest of you? See you tomorrow; Day 5! (and another FREEBIE!!!!!)
Good ole Deek. He is so personable and real in his videos I feel like we are friends even though I’ve never met him. Thanks Derek for making awesome vids and ideas.
thanks for working so hard to forge the way for the future-tiny-house-dwellers like myself! we have a ways to go, but wouldn’t be as far as we are without your help! thank you, thank you, thank you!
I never cease to be amazed by some of the upcycling and recycling in Deeks houses, who else would have taken a washing machine door to make a window. Keep rockin’ Deek.
Want to do the tiny house thing badly. Your info would help. Thank you!
I’m a big fan of Deek’s work, I’m hoping to build my own tiny tiny shack for use as a writing studio this summer!
I dream of building a tiny house when I retire. People like you are so inspirational!
I get to meet Deek in person in 34 days, 9 hours, 18 minutes and 25/24/23 seconds. Don’t get me wrong though, it’s not that big a deal to me. Not like I am a crazy stalker fan counting down the days or anything. He is an inspiration to not only the Tiny House movement but anyone who cares about living a simpler and more creative lifestyle.
Hey, thanks for the kind write-up Drew, and thanks all!
Deek