The TreeHouse Workshop of Seattle
by Jasmin Malik Chua, Jersey City, USA 
on 05.30.07
If you want to live out your childhood fantasy of moving into your treehouse (and preferably seceding from the family), but a couple of planks slapped together with some rusty nails isn't going to cut it, you'll want to give the able carpenters of TreeHouse Workshop a ring.
The Seattle-based company, which employs seven lead builders, crafts 10 to 15 modern and sophisticated tree-top abodes each year, some outfitted with bathrooms, fireplaces, second stories, and suspension bridges.
Using mostly with reclaimed wood and recycled materials, from the flooring and doors to the paneling and windows, the company uses primarily recovered lumber and timber from old homes, as well as salvaged building products from Second Use Building Materials in Seattle.
"Our eco-friendly approach is to work with as many reclaimed materials as possible," said Jake Jacob, TreeHouse Workshop's co-founder. "It's not too difficult to make use of reclaimed or wonderful found materials that others don't want to use."
Little Timmy's Club House these sure ain't. :: The Seattle Times
See also: :: Living Treehouse, :: Serious Treehouses, :: O2 Sustainability Treehouse, and :: Wooden Treehouses from Tree Blocks
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I want it! Iwant it! I want!
These are quite complex tree houses. The handrails look so organic. I love them.
Looks like fun.I bet they have quite a view.
How can one not love these cool digs :-)!
But Jasmin..... What's up with paragraph #2????
Just a kindly nudge....
Let's hope the trees don't break!
nice. it would be like living in the Ewok village from Return of the Jedi. can someone please buy me a backyard to put my treehouse in?
I wonder about how long these tree houses will last being exposed to the expansion of the tree trunk over time? Would be nice though. Does the company do internships?
beautiful... i want one!
We have one that these guys built. Unfortunately, however, they left the job incomplete and we had to finish it. It was very bad of them and we were angry. But the finished work is fantastic.
We are professional treehouse builders from pennsylvania, and I have always known Treehouse Workshop to build quality treehouse projects. They were part of the reason that I went into this business in the first place in 2003. I like the crow's next on picture #2... those must be some happy kids!