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Steampunk Treehouse
by Sean Orlando
Imagine a world in which there aren't natural trees anymore…maybe there are a few left in special National Maximum Security Parks. Maybe the memory of a tree is so far gone from living memories that people try to recreate what they imagine they've lost using another sort of Romantic imagery, one of machinery, scavenged gears, gathered belts, haunted steam pipes, gleaned gauges, rusty metal and gobs and gobs of steam. In short, though our natural world may change, the human drive to connect with it and one another remains; it is second nature. Enter the Steampunk Tree House!
Best treehouse ever. Like your erector set meets Mad Max. I didn't climb up in it cuz the line was a bit long, but the friend I was with did.
This came with our house when we bought it. We call it a treehouse, but it's really just a fort. There is a ladder that goes to the roof though and gives it a treehouse vibe. We have a 2 year old goddaughter and she really enjoys it!
I took this picture of the treehouse in my backyard. I liked how the tree made your eyes look at the whole picture by following the branches. I wanted the picture to be fairly symmetrical so I centred the treehouse and the two main branches. I also changed the leaves to make them more orange because they were yellow before but the orange looked better to me.
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.
They really do have an awesome treehouse. It's hard to get good pics in it without a wide angle lens. I forced myself to try today. My oldest has been making wizard wands in it for the last few days when he isn't in school.
The three days in the jungle were quite unique and something we recommend everyone to do if they’re in Laos. Or better, just come to Laos to do this! (Grazie Marco)
A process series. Yes, the treehouse was tilted. It was hard to get it framed without a house and roof in the background.
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.
www.markboltonphotography.co.uk/treehouse/
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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