We Have Two Treehouses In Our Backyard

My father in law was visiting us for a week back in June. He typically visits once a year. His main goal this time around was to help my hubby construct a tree house. Well, one tree house became two tree houses!

The project was only do-able budget-wise because I found a great supply of free wood using Craigslist. All the flooring and walls were free, only the 2x4s for the foundations were purchased.

Here's day one of construction.

The boy in the middle is our neighbour and friend.

The first tree house is the talk of the neighbourhood. All the kids want to be part of the fun. Hubby says it is 8 feet by 8 feet square, and about 10 feet off the ground, in a pine tree (all that we have). It is designed as more of a fort than a house, so right now at least it doesn't have a roof. In order to get up to it, we experimented with home-made rope ladders, but the kids found those were harder to use than they expected, and we are using a real ladder for now.

The second tree house is two trees up, the same size, but twice as high. Eventually they will be connected by a wooden ladder (think Swiss Family Robinson).

Here are the builders up in the high tree house. There were some real challenges figuring out how to get the foundation built that high up. The builders had to try three separate ideas before finding one that worked.

We've decided that the second tree house is only for our own kids, for safety sake. The treehouses are one of the few building projects that J had ever undertaken in partnership with his Dad, who is 83.Pin It