Tree House in progress
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!
Tags: tree house, tree, carpentry, frame, mini-golf, putting green, kids, boys
May 21, 2008 at 2:32 am
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.
May 23, 2008 at 5:28 pm
That treefort is sweet! It’s nice to see that people still build these things for their kids. Nice work.
May 23, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Aww, that’s uber sweet. ^^