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11-07-2009, 06:51 AM | #1 | |
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Building With Whole Trees
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/garden/05tree.html slideshow http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...how_index.html
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11-07-2009, 01:25 PM | #2 | |
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11-07-2009, 03:07 PM | #3 | |
We have to go back, Kate!
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Hah. That looks a little like the bed my bro built his eldest daughter when she was about 4 years old. Used whole treetrunks to build a bunk bed with a cavelike area underneath and then decorated the ceiling with glow in the dark stars....did constellations and everything.
Said eldest neice is now 15 and is currently *glances at watch* enjoying a big party with a bunch of her mates in her newly constructed treehouse which is slung between three trees in the back garden (complete with balcony and observation deck). [eta] Mart's been building that tree house for months. The basic building was up in the Summer, but the past few weeks he's gone all out to get it finished and ready for the big Guy Falkes weekend sleepover party *chuckles* Worries me sometimes. He was up there in a gale and heavy rain doing the balcony rail the other night. The ladder blew down and he had to climb back down through the trees lol. It's an amazing piece of work. Has windows and is clad for waterproofing but done in such a way that it just blends in with the woodland. He's planning on turning the observation deck into a proper hide. That would be the observation deck that is the second floor of the tree house. I believe his next step is to build a sister construction in another clump of trees and sling a rope bridge across to join them. The balcony goes around the house and the outside of two of the trees.
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11-07-2009, 03:12 PM | #4 |
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Gorgeous and different. I like.
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11-07-2009, 03:20 PM | #5 |
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Really brilliant stuff.
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11-07-2009, 04:20 PM | #6 |
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I grew up in a house built by my parents that was a classic mid-century modern. It was in a hilly, very wooded area, and we had several trees piercing our deck, so this seems normal to me. There was a stream (with a lot of poison oak around); and bay laurel trees--mom used to send me to pick leaves off those trees to season dinner.
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11-07-2009, 04:23 PM | #7 |
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I would love to live in a house like that. And I'd love to see photos of the treehouse Dana has described (hint hint).
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11-07-2009, 04:52 PM | #9 |
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Here are pics of it I found one time. Looks like it's seen better days, but that's the house:
http://www.tomneel.com/site/properti...s/more/id/405/ in this pic you can see some of the trees through the deck:
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11-08-2009, 12:33 AM | #10 |
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And a whole acre of ground, for 2 million bucks.
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