Green | October 31, 2008 | 7 comments

Homesteads - up, up and away

source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/realestate/keymagazine/105hstree-t.html?ex=1240286400&en=f...

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"The luxury treehouse is a relatively recent phenomenon. Twenty years ago, there was no such thing as a ‘‘master treehouse builder.’’ There is now. Thanks to a confluence of eco-conscious clients looking for sustainable hideaways and recent technological advances that allow elaborate structures to be hung higher and more safely than ever, this may be the golden age of the treehouse. There are now more than 10 dedicated builders of adult tree dwellings in the United States. But if any single person is responsible for the treehouse renaissance, it is Peter Nelson. In 1997, he and a partner founded TreeHouse Workshop, a Seattle firm that built a dozen treehouses last year (including the Di Valerios’). ‘‘I started more as a builder,’’ Nelson said, ‘‘but I’ve come to understand that what I’m really after is a place in nature. To be among the trees is pretty powerful stuff".’’

I want one!
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