Jun

18

Who Wouldn’t Want To Live In A House Like This?

Post Category: Blog Posts, Completely Crazy 

Ever since I was little I’ve loved treehouses. My dad surprised my brother and I one summer by building us the most AMAZING treehouse while we were at camp. It was a good 25 feet in the air and had all the essentials: ladder, fort walls and a door at the top to lock out “intruders”.

We spent hours every day during the summer up there pretending to be knights in a castle or soldiers under attack (the kind of stuff kids use video games for these days).

I recently came across this company that takes treehouses to a whole new level. Each treehouse project is assessed individually. The team takes into consideration the condition of the environment and of the tree, with the size and features the clients desire.

“Treespaces” as they call them, can be outfitted with sitting and sleeping benches, storage spaces, a mini-kitchen, heating, glass windows, lighting, as well as a sound system for multimedia. Every piece is prefabricated in a workshop, and then brought together on site.

Lookout cabin in Austria:

From inside the cabin there is a breathtaking view to Carinthian mountains and Lake Millstatt.

I don’t know about you but if I had a house like that, I don’t know if I’d ever want to leave!

Comments

22 Responses to “Who Wouldn’t Want To Live In A House Like This?”

  1. nate on June 18th, 2008 10:22 am

    Even though I am an adult I fantasize about building my own space like the ones you have posted…that’s the cool thing about being a dad; you have an excuse to do the things you wanted to do as a kid with your own children.

    Your post reminds me of this old show that my wife and I used to lust over on the travel channel called “true and amazing vacation homes.” I remember a cool segment they did on tree houses.

    cool post.

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  2. jason on June 18th, 2008 11:04 am

    WOW! That’s every dude’s dream isn’t it?

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  3. Brad Ruggles on June 18th, 2008 11:07 am

    @Nate - Yeah, I still would love to build one. Problem is I don’t have a tree big enough or a neighborhood that would allow me to build one.

    @jason - Yup! sure is.

  4. chloe ruggles on June 18th, 2008 12:01 pm

    that is so cool. i wold love to live in a house like that.

  5. Brad Ruggles on June 18th, 2008 12:10 pm

    @Chloe - I would like to live in ANY house right now! :-)

  6. Leah Woodkirk on June 18th, 2008 12:14 pm

    I can not believe that chloe can leave comments on her daddy’s blog…..isn’t she still 2….WOW!

  7. nick on June 18th, 2008 12:17 pm

    that would be cool for my sons, but one problem: we don’t have any trees in Arizona. bummer.

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  8. Brad Ruggles on June 18th, 2008 12:33 pm

    @LeahWoodkirk - seems like only yesterday, huh? No, she’s 7 and I’m having a hard time trying to hold her back from starting her OWN blog! She asks me almost every day for her own!

    @nick - ummm…cactus house? :-)

  9. brent(inWorship) on June 18th, 2008 1:09 pm

    Absolutely gorgeous. A great place for Scotch :)
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  10. Brad Ruggles on June 18th, 2008 1:12 pm

    Oh man! I can’t even imagine how awesome it would be to sip a good Scotch with a view like that!

  11. CJ Mills on June 18th, 2008 2:02 pm

    smoking a cigar could be a bit of a risk though…

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  12. reba on June 18th, 2008 3:28 pm

    heck yah… Awesome! I would so live in one!

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  13. Kelli Brownlee on June 18th, 2008 3:48 pm

    My husband teases me because I dream of living in a tree house.

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  14. Brad Ruggles on June 18th, 2008 3:50 pm

    @CJ - Yeah…probably not a good idea. :-)

    @Kelli - aww, that’s nothing to tease about! I mean come on, who wouldn’t want to live in one???

  15. Kevin Mattison on June 18th, 2008 4:00 pm

    I never had a tree house growing up. But if I had a view like some of those a tree house would be a must. The only issues I could imagine is…

    Where do I plug in my Mac?
    Does my wireless signal work?
    Where can I put my cigar ashes?
    Does it have A/C?

    Once these have been addressed it may be the greatest tree house ever…

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  16. tam on June 18th, 2008 4:21 pm

    what the?!?! that is insane! i’d be so afraid of ants and termites. and not to mention…falling out of the tree!!

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  17. Ryan on June 18th, 2008 5:33 pm

    haha I would love that!!!

  18. GregQualls on June 18th, 2008 10:21 pm

    @nick. We have the same problem in New Mexico.

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  19. Jenni Catron on June 18th, 2008 10:51 pm

    Very cool. I always wanted a tree house never had one.

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  20. Dan Browne on June 19th, 2008 12:38 am

    looks good to me!

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  21. Melissa on June 19th, 2008 9:40 am

    I LOVE treehouses. I want one of these.

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  22. Nate on June 20th, 2008 11:15 am

    that thing is brilliant! you’re right…i would never want to leave. i would totally be pretending i was robin hood or something

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