Living out on a limb
I have a small obsession with treehouses, and would love to one day live out in the thick woods with Nathan, building, sewing and painting our own treehome together. What a great place to escape to for a few weeks or months at a time, growing our own food, snuggling around fires and mostly just getting a break from the outside world and reality for a while.
Look at this amazing little treehouse!
This one was built by Buster Simpson when he joined the Pilchuck Glass School in Bryant, WA. Part of the curriculum required students to fashion their own housing on the school grounds, back when the school opened in 1971. Many of the houses have survived the years, including this one, and are still lived in by students.
The treehouse is built atop a fat cedar stump in the forest — a picturesque walk from the school across a log bridge that lies over a brook. He used leftover materials to build it, including lots of old windows used maily for walls, so I’d imagine it would be a very chilly home in Winter… but imagine waking up early every morning to the smells of cedar and with all that light streaming in on all sides…
These pictures, along with the full story of this treehouse and other inspiring tree abodes can be found in the book Treehouses by Peter Nelson. Photographs by Paul Rocheleau.
Carrie Lee
I lived in Buster’s house and painted the eyes on the door and side.. It had a small wood burning stove when I lived there and I put in a glass and moss garden. It was one of the most wonderful adn inspring spaces that I have ever lived in. Seeing it again brings back lots of memories. Thank you- and Thank you Buster!
Ms. Wakame
Are you hinting? *hehe*
jenni
your wish…
http://flickr.com/search/?q=Alnwick+Garden+treehouse
Look more like a tree city to me. you can hire it out for parties – how cool would that be… I’m 40 next year – hmmmm
Ms. Wakame
Wow thats amazing! I wish I could see bigger images…
jenni
I know you’re hot for treehouses, so thought you might like this.
Ms. Wakame
I love the look of these – there is something about circles and spheres that make for very pleasing design. They are too small as a solution for even a small homes though due to the size and that you can’t extend them. But then again, if you had 3 spheres hanging from the trees with little bridges inbetween – one for a bedroom / livingroom, one bathroom and one kitchen… that would be perfect!
Niqkita
Ropes on many trees, you must see these: Free Spirit Spheres
…I saw them once on an extreme homes show.
Ms. Wakame
hahaha! I love how you put it — “the goat we’ll need to have”. Goats are so useful. But you’re right, Id much rather have two stubbornly opinionated male creatures going off in totally different directions from each other and getting lost on the mountain. It’ll give me something to do when I’m not lying in the hammock or skinny dipping in the nearby stream.
I like the idea of being guarded against squirrels, but I’m not so keen on being woken up with a Questionably sticky faeces-tongue.
The rope idea is great! We’ll definitely not be killing any trees to make our house. However if we happen upon a stump of a great and ancient tree, it might be the noblest way to enshrine it. A great honour to bestow upon a Giving Tree.
nathan
That is soo amazing. Oh but don’t forget the goat we’ll need to have! And Question, our very own watchdog / heater who will bark at invading squirrels and lick our faces awake every morning!
I like the idea of building it on a stump. Killing trees for tree houses always seemed like a bad idea. I hope to figure out how to make a tree house out of mainly ropes that can help let the tree grow and the house expand as it does.