Treehouses: The Art and Craft of Living Out on a Limb |  | Author: Peter Nelson
Creator: David Larkin
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 33506
Media: Paperback
Edition: Trade Paperback Edition
Pages: 128
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Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0395629497
Dewey Decimal Number: 728.9
UPC: 046442629492
EAN: 9780395629499
ASIN: 0395629497
Publication Date: April 26, 1994
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Product Description
Treehouses lift the spirits. They inspire dreams. They represent freedom: from adults or adulthood, from duties and responsibilities, from an earthbound perspective. If we can't fly with the birds, at least we can nest with them. With lively writing and beautiful photographs, Treehouses paints a fascinating portrait of this ingenious branch of architecture. It provides a brief history of treehouses, from Caligula through the Medici to Queen Victoria. It shows how to design and build a treehouse, from picking the right tree to shingling the roof. And it tells the stories of dozens of treehouses and the people who built them, from simple platforms nailed together by kids to arboreal palaces constructed and lived in by grown-ups. The centerpiece of the book is a photo essay showing Pete Nelson building a spectacular octagonal treehouse thirty feet up an old-growth fir on Saltspring Island in British Columbia. With two hundred square feet of floor space, cedar paneling, and leaded French doors, the Saltspring treehouse is one of the finest specimens of the treehouse builder's art. Anyone who has ever built a treehouse, or dreamed of it, or read Swiss Family Robinson, will find Treehouses irresistible.
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 Another catalog. February 25, 2008
Superhik (Croatia)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm not sure what to think about this book. Sometimes I read it with joy. At other times I wonder why I bought it. Nice pics, little advice on building.
 Never too Old for a Treehouse August 13, 2007
K.T. Barthedor (Norman, OK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found the drawings of treehouse construction principles helpful and potentially life saving. The photos were beautiful and inspirational. This isn't the only treehouse building book I will own, but it was a good one to start out with.
 Tree Huggers Beware. December 14, 2002
Scott Knudsen (Air Ronge, Saskatchewan Canada)
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
Great Book, with lots of great pictures. Some technical stuff also. Another book that has a little bit on building tree houses is called "Shelters Shacks and Shanties by D.C. Beard. I love tree's myself but for you tree huggers complaining about a few nails, sheesh, your houses are full of lumber. Look in the walls at the studs, under the floors at the joists, kitchen cabinets, dining room table and chairs, bedroom furniture, etc. etc. so don't worry about a few nails in a tree eh, they love the iron in them anyhow!
Good Promotion for Treehouses July 7, 2002
Big Wood Guy (Bolton, MA USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book is 90% inspiration and 10% technical information. I don't think that there is enough information for someone wanting to build their own treehouse, but if you already have one of those books, then this one is a good companion for inspirational purposes.
 Interesting at a high level September 22, 2001
Ian J McKenna (Indianapolis, IN United States)
24 out of 27 found this review helpful
I was looking for something practical to help me design and build a tree house for my 5 year old. This is a great book if you want to consider "possibilities". It helped a little, as well in terms of providing conceptual designs. It was not as good in providing detailed plans on how to build a specific tree house. If you are an experienced builder you could probably take what they have here and develop your own blueprints. If you are a novice,and need detailed plans this book will not get you there.
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