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technical edit by Phil Schmidt
Art direction and book design by Carolyn Eckert
Cover photography by Getaway, photos by Bearwalk, spine (bottom); Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, front (bottom right); © Derek Diedricksen, front (bottom center), spine (top), back (bottom left & author), inside front; Designed by David Latimer, photos by StudioBuell, front (top & bottom left); Dustin Diedricksen, inside back; Kasita, spine (middle); TinyHouseBasics.com, back (top left & right)
Interior photography by © Derek Diedricksen, except: Andrew M. Odom, Tiny r(E)volution, Cofounder, 59; Courtesy of Brenda Kelly, 121; Brian Burk, 141; © Christopher Tack, 1, 68 top left & middle right, 70 top; Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 3, 9 bottom and 232–234; Darin J. Zaruba, 146–150; Designed by David Latimer, photos by StudioBuell, 2 top, 78–83; Gary Kufner Studio/Athens GA, 94 top; Getaway, photos by Bearwalk, 10 bottom and 122–125; Hayden Spurdle, 118–120; © ideabug/iStock.com, 176 right, 179 top left; JamaicaCottageShop.com, 40–43; Jewel D. Pearson, Ms. Gypsy Soul Tiny House Project, 126–131; Kasita, 6 and 44–49; Kyle Woolard, 142 top, 144 bottom; Mike Bedsole/Tiny House Chattanooga, 28–33; MJ Boyle/Tiny House Designer, Builder & Occupant, 132–139; Rocky Mountain Tiny Houses, 10 top, 226–231; © Robinson Residential Design, 98–100; courtesy of Ryan Nicodemus, 167; Sally Cooper Photography, 142 bottom, 144 top, 145; © Samuel Laubscher, 84 bottom left; TinyHouseBasics.com, 5 and 50–55; Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, 106, 108–111; Vera Struck 198–201; © Zane S. Spang, 11 top right and 208–211
Illustrations by © Phil Hackett
Plan drawings by Ilona Sherratt, except CAFAM drawings by Sean Carey
© 2018 by Derek Diedricksen
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Ebook version 1.0
October 30, 2018
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Diedricksen, Derek, author.
Title: Micro living : 40 innovative tiny houses equipped for full-time living, in 400 square feet or less / by Derek “Deek” Diedricksen.
Description: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018012692 (print) | LCCN 2018013508 (ebook) | ISBN 9781612128771 (ebook) | ISBN 9781612128764 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Small houses. | Domestic space.
Classification: LCC NA7533 (ebook) | LCC NA7533 .D54 2018 (print) | DDC 728—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018012692