International Listings recently sent me a link to a post that might be of interest to Offbeat readers – 10 Astonishing Treehouses You’d Love to Live In.
I took a look and it’s a nice post. Some of these treehouses have been featured here at Offbeat before, but not all of them; for example, the San Juan del Sur Tree House:

Beautiful – and likely very relaxing; you gotta adore that pool. There are a few more gems that I’ve never posted here. You can visit the original post at International Listings to see all the cool treehouses.
[image via International Listings]

Barbara Butler is somewhat of a genius company. So far as offbeat, unique, and lovely pint-sized structures go, I’d be surprised if you could find better than these. This company creates beautiful treehouses, play forts, small play house, adventure spaces, and garden sheds in child-sized versions.
If you visit the company site, you’ll be there forever, because everything is worth seeing, and completly amazing. The thought given to the small details is outstanding, and any child would love to have one of these structure to call their own.
I like all the structures but my favorite is maybe the custom built Wizards …read more

This treehouse wasn’t made exactly to be a treehouse; at least not how you might think.
The Tree House Clapham is covered in the book Diary of an Ecobuilder, and is really special. A huge tree occupied the lot of the Clapham house, making home building a bit of work. However, instead of taking the tree out the home was built around the tree in a way. It’s easier if you see.

There are plenty of tree features going on in this eco-home. Like the great staircase:

Other eco features of this home include reduced energy demands, reclaimed and recycled material use, rainwater …read more

Well, I ran into a little family emergency, and been mia for three days – it’s all good though; getting taken care of, and treehouse week is still a good plan I’d say, so let’s just keep on with that for a few days. Although I do still have one non-treehouse guest to post (tomorrow).
I really love the TreeHouse Workshop company. They create the most beautiful treehomes – some not that high, more tree platforms, but still the beauty outweighs the lowness of the low structures. Not all the treehouses by this company are livable, some are meant for fun, …read more

Being that it’s June, and time to be outside, I’ve had my mind on treehouses. It almost never hurts to see another treehouse, so for a week, that’s all we’re going to do. Minus one special guest (more on that later). I’ve got some traditional treehouses, some fancy treehouses, and some items that really just relate to treehouses but are so cool we’ll see them anyhow. Stay tuned for plenty of structures in the trees goodness this week. I know it’s mid-week; bear with me, I got off to a late start.
First up, Sybarite’s version of the treehouse. A unique …read more

Continuing on with our celebration here’s my four favorite posts of Offbeat September…
Emergency Offbeat Post!!! – it was an emergency post for a reason, a good one, this structure rocked. It still does.
How to Use Spam to Build an Offbeat House – I think Alessandro Ludovico creates genius work. Due to the utter lack of comments and views this post got, no one apparently agrees with me. I don’t care. It’s still one of my fave Sept posts.

Current Obsession: The Camouflage House – my obsession is still strong; I love this house.
50 Soul Warming Ways to Inspire the Next …read more

To celebrate my year anniversary week here at Offbeat, we’re looking back at my top four favorite posts from each of the last 12 months.
Here’s August 2007…
50 Fresh & Juicy Slices of Offbeat Home Decor – this post is maybe the most popular post I’ve ever posted, at any blog, ever. What makes this post unique, is that along with my readers, I like it too. Usually I think a post should be popular, and it’s not, or my readers here LOVE a post that totally surprises me. This post makes everyone happy. And it’s cool.
HGTV Design Star Contestant …read more

It’s my year anniversary week here at Offbeat, so we’ll be looking back at my top four favorite posts from each of the last 12 months. Starting with June of course. I limited myself to only four posts, so we’ll see if I can pull it off. Also, keep in mind, these are my favorite posts, readers often like posts that totally perplex me, better than say the ones I think people will like. But we’ll discuss that later this week…
Best posts of June 2007:
The Teenage Dream Pad: Oh the spectacular teen built treehouse. My favorite comment ever was …read more

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.

Peggy, over at Tree Hugging Family, did this killer post about IslandWood at Bainbridge Island. The whole article is worth a read – it’s an environmental learning center and Washington state’s first LEED Gold project. Very slick. Of course I was most smitten with the structures at IslandWood. Terribly unique, sustainable, and simply amazing.
Metropolis – one of the best magazines around, featured IslandWood in their January piece – Into the Woods. To give you a taste, here’s IslandWood’s version of a treehouse:

Stunning! To see more cool structures at IslandWood read the entire Into the Woods article, or visit IslandWood.