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How to Build a Treehouse

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How to Build a Treehouse is a detailed and beautifully illustrated guide by professional treehouse builder Christopher Richter with Miriam Ruggeberg. It covers everything from choosing the perfect tree and selecting materials to constructing the platform, walls, floor, and roof. The book also explores options for adding special features like ladders, slides, and climbing walls, catering to both beginners and ambitious builders seeking to create unique retreats or playhouses.
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This book is perfect for DIY enthusiasts, parents looking to build playhouses for children, and anyone interested in crafting a personal outdoor retreat.

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A clear and comprehensive guide to building a treehouse from scratch

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Many of us dream of owning a treehouse, whether it's a tree fort or playhouse for the children, a secret retreat, or just a unique space for relaxing and reconnecting with nature. How to Build a Treehouse is a comprehensive guide to designing and building your perfect treehouse.

Beautifully illustrated and written by a professional treehouse builder, the book explains how to select the right tree, which materials and tools to use, and how to construct the platform, walls, floor, and roof.

For anyone wanting to be more ambitious, there are options for installing special features such as ladders, slides, and climbing walls.

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Field Mag praises it as an essential, well-organised guide amid the overwhelming online resources, ideal for those ready to start building. Publishers Weekly highlights it as a comprehensive resource for ambitious treehouse creators.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780857829054

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 March 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Laurence King Publishing

Illustration: 289

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by David Sparshott

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 580g

Pages: 192

About the Author

Christopher Richter (Author)

Christopher Richter, founder of treehouseblog.com, is part of the German Baumbaron team, professional treehouse builders since 2009. Since 2003, he has designed and built over 160 treehouses.

Miriam Ruggeberg (Author)

Miriam Ruggeberg is a freelance editor and blogger who has been sharing her fascination for treehouses in her Treehouseblog since 2014. She has been spreading the treehouse gospel across the internet with well-researched contributions on all aspects of the subject, to the delight of an ever-expanding treehouse community. Other articles of hers about treehouses have been published on the Baumbaron website, in books, and in (online) magazines.

David Sparshott (Illustrator)

David Sparshott is a London-based illustrator who studied at the Bristol School of Art. David has worked as a Visiting Lecturer at UWE Bristol and run youth drawing workshops as part of the Architecture Foundation's continuing 'Urban Pioneers' project. Selected clients include Nike, Oxford University, the New York Times and Tropicana.

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