It’s been a long and kind of lame weekend. You know what always cheers me up…

This house. This light. These trees. It never fails me - in fact, I’m feeling better already. Thank goodness for me never tossing bookmarks, Dwell, and Inhabitat.

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Is Tin Man two words or one? Tinman? Hmmm, well, in any case I found his perfect kooky house. This is a totally bizarre treehouse. Just ignore that tractor in front.

I for one am totally intrigued. Although, it does look like a place where you might get instant rust poisoning or something. It’s one of the strangest treehouses I’ve ever seen - and I’ve seen plenty. It’s in Washington so maybe I should seek it out. If you’d like to see some close-ups and extra photos check out Waymarking.com - the treehouse section.

Sometimes homes slip right under my radar. Sometimes they simply are a little older so I just missed them while I was doing other, non-home related things in my life.

In any case I recently came across a really nice treehouse; maybe one of the bigger (non-fantasy) tree homes I’ve seen. Built by Peter Lewis, there is an accompanying blog; Treehouse Chronicles and book Treehouse Chronicles: One Man’s Dream of Life Aloft.

This treehouse was a massive undertaking as you can see:

The above is the completed home. Lewis intended this treehouse to be his office — I’m unclear if that’s what it’s actually used for. The blog is a little scattered but still a great read for treehouse fans. There are slide shows to watch with photos of the building process; scary posts about the dangers of autumn and winter winds, and more.

Check out this beautiful winter shot: Read more