It’s been just over a year since Kristen and I moved into our magical treehouse in the woods. It still feels amazing that we actually get to live somewhere so cool and staying home all day feels like a treat.
I can’t believe in a whole year, I haven’t shared any of the treehouse love on the blog. I’ve planned on doing a treehouse blog pretty much all year, but I’m ashamed to say that I don’t shoot very much at home and always felt that it would be too incomplete of a look at our lives. This is still true, and hopefully I will get better about shooting this stage of our lives, but for now I felt the need to share something.
We park about 200 yards down the hill and hike up to the house, so the only thing we can see from our house is woods and the Ivy river below which is great for swimming in the summer. We have amazing neighbors on all sides. The owner of the house lives just down the hill and is an amazing person, their is one more house on the property and our neighbors own 20 acres and are kind enough to let us roam freely on their land and get firewood etc.
Our Bathroom…
Which is also our bedroom.
Fires on the top deck.
Kristen in a neighbor’s field by moonlight.
We have a blacksnake that lives in our roof and does much more for our mouse problem than our cat… more on that later.
The downside of woodslife. We have seen some almost twice this size.
This patio was a whole lot of work. Kristen and her brother leveled out the whole thing while I was out of town and then I hand selected each of the rocks from the river and hauled them up the mountain and laid them out… With some help from Kristen.
Since we can’t park anywhere near the house, the best plan I’ve devised to get firewood to the house is to drop it off on the neighbor’s driveway about 200 feet straight up the mountain from our house and lower it down on this sled I rigged up with chicken wire.
I’ve had a little foray into whittling and wood work. I give most of them away, but here’s a few things I’ve held onto. Black walnut cooking spoon, sycamore coffee ground measuring spoon and ash sugar spoon.
We got Bon Bon this cat nip mouse to train to be a real cat and kill mice, but note the real mouse chillin on/in my slipper showing very little concern. In the course of this embarrassing episode, Bon Bon never once noticed the mouse just feet away.
No I feel like I can come over now.
no way man. one of those spiders would be reason enough for me to burn the whole place down.
That was awesome. You live a charmed life, my friend.
Congratulations, seriously.
Looks like heaven
awesome!
Love it! Keep posting! The garden looks epic!
Megan
I want a treehouse! Love the shot of the squirrel caught in the act…
holy shit
I LOVE YOUR HOUSE.
Fantastic
We are in the early planning stages of Canopy life too
Do you know who the designer/ builder is ?
I can be reached at 917/971/7973
We live in North Ga orig from NYC
Looking for property that is well suited for life in the canopy
Stay high
Liam
Love the tree-house. Hate the big spiders. My cats kill a lot of the spiders that find their way into my cabin.
I can see you have put in a great deal of work in your home. It is one of the more livable tree-houses I have seen. I really like the little details. Thank you for sharing this!
Beautiful photography…thanks for sharing…hello to Diane D. for me.
Beautiful photos from a photo grad!!! Super jealous of your living situation! How amazing to be so close to Mother Nature!!!
What’s up with the racoon? Pet or wild looking for food?
I assume this is Asheville North Carolina.
How much does it cost to build a small studio treehouse all i want is a loft treehouse the loft for the king size bed and one endtable and lamp then main floor to get to loft is a throw down ladder and main floor just big enough for a couch and a recliner and small two person table for two by a baywindow or big window and then bathroom and stand up shower and small kitchen dishwasher gas stove and sink and counter space and cabinets also a closet or two for clothes and storage shelves and stuff like that for one and a guest to stay over or live so just for 2