I’m not sure why, but tree houses are cool in a way I can’t quite put my finger on. I know when I was a kid, it was just cool to be up that high in the air. Maybe it’s something about being high-up, or above the things going on below that make tree houses appealing. Maybe there’s a kind of security we feel when were above the ground and, at least partially, away from it all.
I think it’s this feeling that makes people want to build tree houses as adults. There’s a comfort to tree houses that we all want to some degree. It would definitely be cool to build a tree house one day. If I did, I would want to go all-out and build a tree house like one of these.
Being in a tree house really makes you feel like you are living as a part of nature rather than outside of it.
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Just relaxing out on the deck of your awesome tree house – sounds good to me. This beautiful tree house was built by Tereasa Surratt and David Hernandez.
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This one looks like it’s out of a dream – it’s the Japanese Teahouse by Terunobu Fujimori built for the Kiyoharu Shirakaba Museum
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Some tree houses are pretty secluded like this one. Not only are you far away from civilization, but you’re also safe up in your sturdy tree house.
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I can’t believe this one. That’s right, that’s a tree house covered in mirrors called The Mirrorcube. That’s one way to blend-in with the environment.
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This one almost looks like something from another planet. This beauty is called the Redwoods Treehouse.
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For what this tree house of the Korowai people in Papua lacks in style, it more than makes up for in height. Yikes!
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Located in The Enchanted Forest, this is British Colombia’s Tallest Tree House. I love tree houses like this one – it curls up the tree almost like a vine.
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This one from Tennessee is called The Minister’s Treehouse. Yeah, um, this tree house wins.
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(via: reddit.com)
These tree houses really inspire me to start trying to plan the construction of a tree house of my own. It can’t be that hard. Right, guys? Right?
