Portfolio Archives: Baumhaus

Hobbit Abode

Hobbit Abode 2

During a rainy spring, characterized by nearly daily heavy showers or thunderstorms, the Hobbit family was eventually tired of permanently getting their rear ends wet in their muddy earthen hut. Following much pondering, Papa Hobbit finally developed a bold idea on a sunny day in May: “What about setting up our new camp under the…

At ground level

The special feature of this tree house is that it may be easily accessed via a horizontal bridge. This is because the garden, which slopes steeply towards the small group of nut and cherry trees, is terraced. The platform has dimensions of 350 x 600 centimetres, starting at a height of about 2.5 meters following…

Nut tree house

Originally, the nut tree seemed to be too branched to offer sufficient space for a treehouse, as, following a rather radical pruning in the past, the tree branches at a height of about three and a half metres into approximately 10 smaller trunks having the diameter of a thigh, each of these being densely foliated…

Oak tree house

When I was first shown the oak tree grove, where I was allowed to choose one of the trees for a treehouse, I was immediately on fire for the trunk of a thick old oak tree that was located some distance apart. I was honoured that this grand tree, which was only several metres away…

The Curse of the Black Pearl

Already in February I had the idea for a multi-storey tree house, when I decided to trim the old linden tree behind the barns as its crown already showed symptoms of being dry rotten, permanently shedding dead branches. As I realized that my telescopic ladders would not reach even the height thereof, I decided upon…

Villa Villekulla

This treehouse had been intended as a surprise for the two youngest family members. For this reason, we only had a short period of two weeks to work our magic and transplant the semi-barrel-shaped hut, which had been prefabricated in our workshop, into the small group of trees consisting of two pines and one spruce…