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having procured the pole to build the staircase around, it was time to test the first step. i’ve spent endless hours trying to figure out how to build a secure staircase without spending thousands of dollars and i settled on a very basic design that uses heavy duty 20” angle brackets from home depot that are rated to hold 600 pounds. i hoped to get away with using one for each step but there was, predictably, a bit of wiggle when i attached the 12" wide tread to the 1” bracket even when using some beefy lag bolts.
i was ruminating on how to make it more sturdy and odin said, “use two brackets?"
of course! it’s a little tricky to get the brackets lined up with the curvature of the pole and exactly in the right spot on the tread but it’s sooooooolid!
the brackets are $10 a piece and the most expensive part of the staircase so using two per step doubles my cost, but it’s worth it to ensure a stable step that will last for years and it's still 1/10th of the cost of getting a custom staircase kit. i’m not happy about the white color but if you want a 20” angle bracket rated to 600 pounds you can have any color you want as long as it’s white.
this is just a test step. the pole is going to get sunk 3.5 feet in the ground and i’m going to build the staircase from the top down.
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Just did these pics for Sawdays of a fabulous treehouse hidden high in an Oak tree in Somerset... it's got underfloor heating, a huge bed and a copper bath! a real wow house, built by Bower House it's beautifully put together and available for rent through Canopy and Stars.
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I'd like to find a sitting Beemo. I think the newer Jake comes with it? I'm also anxious to see the size of the Happy meal one!
Treehouse features the use of Kee Lite pipe fittings. The fittings are used to form the angular supports on the bottom of the tree house and also used on the door panel.
My available bricks were getting increasingly bizarre - largely just the medieval village plus a pot half full of wood bricks. But I had the urge to build something really cool, and not a car.
So I did.
Treehouse features the use of Kee Lite pipe fittings. The fittings are used to form the angular supports on the bottom of the tree house and also used on the door panel.
Treehouse features the use of Kee Lite pipe fittings. The fittings are used to form the angular supports on the bottom of the tree house and also used on the door panel.
Treehouse features the use of Kee Lite pipe fittings. The fittings are used to form the angular supports on the bottom of the tree house and also used on the door panel.
Treehouse features the use of Kee Lite pipe fittings. The fittings are used to form the angular supports on the bottom of the tree house and also used on the door panel.
Here's a shot from my most recent trip to Walt Disney World of the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse.
Thanks for looking!
Long Beach, CA - I photographed these pieces of jewelry for Tangerine Treehouse, an independent maker here in Long Beach.
The setup was pretty simple but allowed for a nice studio look. The pieces were suspended above a flexed piece of matboard that created a cyclodrome and gradient. Light source was a single small softbox with a compact mirror on the bottom to add a little kick...
Visit her work at:
www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=102245
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This is where we slept last night. Tree house point in fall city. I can now say I have slept 40 feet up in a tree. Waking up with the sounds of the raging river, raindrops falling through the forest, laying in bed with my baby... Pretty much the best!