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The Treehouse Book | 
| Author: Peter Nelson
Creator: David Larkin
Publisher: Universe
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 49356
Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 8.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0789304112
Dewey Decimal Number: 690.89
EAN: 9780789304117
ASIN: 0789304112
Publication Date: July 7, 2000
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Product Description
It seems that almost everyone likes treehouses. Smiles of recognition turn into grins of enthusiasm as more people discover them and dream about making their own private retreats or family play spaces. And it's nice to remind ourselves that treehouses are built into the oldest and most forgiving, living things on earth. Also, history records treehouses as being built as deliberate follies, as challenges for arboreal designers, for merrymaking, and for keeping the spirit of fairy tales alive. But treehouses can also be social places. We will visit many that were built to entertain, to hang out with friends, or as guest houses. Trees welcome all types. Master treehouse builders Peter and Judy Nelson, with David Larkin, have embarked on yet another treehouse-discovery expedition across America, this time adding the investigation of backyard playhouses to their agenda. Now, in The Treehouse Book, they reveal their findings, illustrated and described in the most complete volume yet. From casual treeshacks made from discarded lumber to multitiered feats of fancy, they found shelters representing myriad builders-interesting characters ranging from childhood fanatics grown up, to weekend carpenters, to those who want their grandkids to have the best clubhouse on the block. Detailed how-to information, including plans and drawings, is woven with behind-the-scenes tales of each structure's occupants and stunning interior and exterior photographic explorations.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 13
 inspiring December 23, 2009
C. Gregg (Missouri, USA)
I bought The Treehouse Book as a gift, but couldn't resist reading it myself. It definitely made me want to build a tree house for my five year old son. He enjoyed the book as well. I wouldn't consider it a "how to" book - I purchased it for my brother, who builds custom homes. I do think it could inspire a higher level of creativity in many who read it, as some of the treehouses are flat out amazing!
 Review for the Treehouse Book May 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really liked the whole book, but I especially liked the part about kids treehouses. Some of them were homemade, and some of them were built by an artist. Before I read the book, I was wondering what different treehouses look like. I thought the treehouses with a loft and a ladder would be lots of fun to explore. Some of the treehouses were hotels. One of the treehouses was built by a robber! He had used it as a place to store his disguises. I thought it was a very good book.
might just blow your mind March 2, 2008
Steve @ ArtisanTreehouse.com (Bryn Mawr, PA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the third book from Peter Nelson of Treehouse Workshop. His previous two delved in depth into treehouse construction. This work is more a survey of the many wonderful treehouses to be found throughout the world. It is crammed with quality color photographs and, unlike a previously reviewed work, has a unifying narrative throughout.
Peter starts you off with a very useful section entitled "Choice of Tree". There he briefly touches upon suitability of various tree species to treehouse construction and provides a mini sketch of each tree species with a treehouse. Immediately after comes some very accurate arboriculture advice from Jonathan Fairoaks. It's nice to find a treehouse book that gets this part right for a change.
For me, the real value of this book is in the tour it takes you on of many notable treehouse. I bring this book to meetings with clients so they can see the many incredible things possible. And for those who've never considered it possible that a treehouse could be any more than a small, roughly built box, this book will blow their minds.
What this book lacks is building advice. It's not a "how-to" book. There really is no great "how-to" book out there. Even so, highly recommended.
The treehouse book July 5, 2007
Timothy M. Schultz (United States of America)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has the best pictures and if your looking for ideas
and inspiration, this is the book to buy.
You can judge a book by its cover! March 8, 2007
Daniel Platt (Woodland Hills, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book along with Treehouses of the World are inspirational page after page. If you are a fan of treehouses, this book is a must in your collection.
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