# This is probably the coolest Treehouse I have ever seen... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997 "2006-08-31T22:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/1 "2006-08-31T22:40:08Z")
In another totally unrelated thread I was looking on the web for good pics of treehouses and I stumbled on this link. [See here.](http://www.freespiritspheres.com/eryn.htm) These are probably the coolest tree houses or should I say tree-spheres I’ve seen. They are certainly pricey but holy cow could we have some fun in this! Aren’t these cool!? What would you do with one of these dropped on your front lawn totally furnished and everything? ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/2 "2006-08-31T23:22:56Z")
Didn’t I see one of these in that movie _Without a Paddle_ or something? But yeah, dat’s cool. I see a microwave. Were did they get the power? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/3 "2006-09-01T00:08:44Z")
That is…art. The Perfect Treehouse. This is one of those “why I signed up” moments. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/4 "2006-09-01T00:17:31Z")
It reminds me of nothing so much as an enormous jaundiced eyeball. Seriously, I have seen much cooler treehouses (not in person). There was a profile of one in, I think, the Boston Globe within the past year that was much nicer. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/5 "2006-09-01T00:27:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Aren’t these cool!? No. Actually, I think it’s a hideous blight on the beautiful forest. > [@](#): > > What would you do with one of these dropped on your front lawn totally furnished and everything? Call the city and have them come and remove it as oversized trash immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/6 "2006-09-01T01:37:13Z")
It looks like a cross between a Hobbit hole and an Ewok hut. I love it! ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/7 "2006-09-01T01:42:58Z")
[QUOTE=Laughing Lagomorph] … Seriously, I have seen much cooler treehouses (not in person). There was a profile of one in, I think, the Boston Globe within the past year that was much nicer. [/QUOTE] OK. The Globe article is subscription only but here are a couple of pictures and a short writeup. [Peter Lewis’ treehouse in Bridgton, Maine.](http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_improvement/furniture/2456277.html) ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/8 "2006-09-01T14:17:04Z")
Phlsophr, you fantasizing about a tree house again, now that you find yourself without one? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/9 "2006-09-01T14:46:06Z")
Inside-beautiful Outside-like alien lifeboat. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/10 "2006-09-01T15:39:14Z")
What, no porch? Screw it. Now [**this**](http://image.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/ebindshow.pl?doc=dlpxx_49/a288;seq=25) is a treehouse. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/11 "2006-09-01T15:48:51Z")
I also see it as a giant eyeball. Not my cup of tea. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/12 "2006-09-01T16:20:32Z")
It looks fairly interesting. I love treehouses- when I was a kid, my fellow savages and I built a six-story treehouse in my back yard. Granted, you had to crawl through most of the levels, but it had six of 'em, dammit. I’m bothered by the lack of windows, however. Sure, it’s got a few portholes… but if I’m going to sleep suspended fifty feet above the forest floor, I want a panoramic view. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/13 "2006-09-01T17:12:07Z")
[QUOTE=Philster] Phlsophr, you fantasizing about a tree house again, now that you find yourself without one? [/QUOTE] Yep - I actually went to visit the people who bought our old home [they are only 10 miles away] and they are enjoying the first treehouse I built. Their children use it primarily but I take it that it is the talk of the 3rd grade where they go to school. But yes I am ready to build again… We’ll see what happens gotta talk to the boss first 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/14 "2006-09-01T17:38:01Z")
[QUOTE=Phlosphr] Yep - I actually went to visit the people who bought our old home [they are only 10 miles away] and they are enjoying the first treehouse I built. Their children use it primarily but I take it that it is the talk of the 3rd grade where they go to school. But yes I am ready to build again… We’ll see what happens gotta talk to the boss first 😃 [/QUOTE] Do you have pictures of your old treehouse? ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/15 "2006-09-01T20:07:44Z")
**Kalhoun** - [this](http://www.cinemaboxers.com/images/treehouse.jpg) is the closest pic to what I built… ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/16 "2006-09-01T20:48:54Z")
[QUOTE=Phlosphr] **Kalhoun** - [this](http://www.cinemaboxers.com/images/treehouse.jpg) is the closest pic to what I built… [/QUOTE] Cool. We’ve considered building a treehouse out from our deck and over the creek area that is a good 20 ft. drop. We never will, but it’s fun to imagine it! ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/17 "2006-09-01T22:43:08Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Cool. We’ve considered building a treehouse out from our deck and over the creek area that is a good 20 ft. drop. We never will, but it’s fun to imagine it! [/QUOTE] Imagining it is only half the battle. Where do you think my wife and I started… With a wacky idea… ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/18 "2006-09-01T23:47:50Z")
If you can’t or don’t want to build one yourself, there’s always the [Cedar Creek Treehouse](http://www.cedarcreektreehouse.com/) at Mt. Rainier in Washington state. It’s a $250/night hotel. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/19 "2006-09-02T00:28:51Z")
Moved from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997/20 "2006-09-02T00:53:22Z")
This is my idea of a treehouse: [![](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/MoodIndigo1/treehouse.jpg) ](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/MoodIndigo1/treehouse.jpg) I like Kelly’s treehouse too, the one shaped like an eyeball just freaks me out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-the-coolest-treehouse-i-have-ever-seen/370997.md?page=2)