"This Old House meets Wayne's World in this zany guide to designing and building tiny homes Derek Diedricksen has always had a love for small, modest houses ever since his father gave him the book Tiny Tiny Houses by Lester Walker for his tenth birthday. Combining his artistic abilities, wild imagination, and his passion for small houses, he self-published Humble Homes, Simple Shacks, Cozy Cottages, Ramshackle Retreats, Funky Forts, and Whatever the...

Brings together more than thirty practical, do-it-yourself projects designed to transform a backyard into a treasured outdoor living space, with more than five hundred detailed diagrams and photographs, as well as step-by-step instructions to help readers create a dream water garden, deck, patio, path, arbor, gazebo, planter, and more.

At sunset, when their work is done for the day, a crane truck, a cement mixer, and other pieces of construction equipment make their way to their resting places and go to sleep.

Provides step-by-step instructions for making concrete countertops, discussing why concrete is a good idea, and covering the processes of making a template, making the mold, mixing and pouring, unmolding, polishing, sealing, and installing. Includes a CD.