I told the boys I would build them a tree house. I said it shortly before we knew we were going to move to a new house last year. The new house has only one back yard tree, so this is it.
The one-tree design was supposed to use diagonal corner supports that would lead back to the tree. I wasn’t a good enough woodworker to make this feel sturdy to me, so I opted for legs.
Two pairs of perpendicular cross-beams, screwed to the tree, form the main support structure. The plywood floor was a re-use scrounged from a thrown-away mini-golf putting green! I’ve only installed half the floor and none of the railing or roof parts yet.
The boys love it already!
YEAH!!! Progress is progress. It’s still more of a tree in your backyard than what we have. We have a puny tree that is still a stick with some leaves on it.
Comment by Randomability — May 21, 2008 @ 2:32 am |
That treefort is sweet! It’s nice to see that people still build these things for their kids. Nice work.
Comment by look4amerika — May 23, 2008 @ 5:28 pm |
Aww, that’s uber sweet. ^^
Comment by Shae — May 23, 2008 @ 5:50 pm |