Photo by Peter Nelson
“This Washington state treehouse is called “Temple of the Blue Moon.” It was built by author and treehouse enthusiast Peter Nelson. It is part of Treehouse Point, the Snoqualmie Valley retreat where Nelson and his wife, Judy, host private events and overnight guests. ” -From the Denver Post
“Something draws us to nature, into the woods and up into the trees,” says Peter Nelson, author of numerous books on the topic including “Treehouses of the World” (Abrams, $35). He is a partner in the Seattle construction company TreeHouse Workshop. “Since the days we were hunting and gathering, it’s always been a natural response to retreat into the trees for protection,” he says. “When you get right up against that bark, it’s very comforting, rejuvenating, and you get a new perspective.”
About Lloyd Kahn
Lloyd Kahn started building his own home in the early '60s and went on to publish books showing homeowners how they could build their own homes with their own hands. He got his start in publishing by working as the shelter editor of the
Whole Earth Catalog with Stewart Brand in the late '60s. He has since authored six highly-graphic books on homemade building, all of which are interrelated. The books, "The Shelter Library Of Building Books," include
Shelter,
Shelter II (1978),
Home Work (2004),
Builders of the Pacific Coast (2008),
Tiny Homes (2012), and
Tiny Homes on the Move (2014). Lloyd operates from Northern California studio built of recycled lumber, set in the midst of a vegetable garden, and hooked into the world via five Mac computers. You can check out videos (one with over 450,000 views) on Lloyd by doing a search on YouTube:
Photo by Peter Nelson