Spring cleaning at the Nelson homestead May 7, 2008

Steve gently moved this old barn vent.

Dragons! April 4, 2008

Turns out one of our carpenters is a closet woodcarver!  Ron Myre stands next to the dragons he carved into two cedar planks.  These guys are heading to a new treehouse in Philadelphia.

Belfair treehouse December 7, 2007

Treehouse Workshop has begun work on new structure in Belfair, Washington.  The southern Puget Sound can be so majestic this time of year — here’s a load of materials I drove down there yesterday:

Ben and Daryl were already raising the walls:

Treehouse Workshop has begun building its own windows.  These await hanging by Daryl and Ben:

It’s a Burl! October 9, 2007

First stop on our way to the World Treehouse Conference was Joy & Harvey Shinerock’s “It’s a Burl” gallery in Kerby, Oregon.  What a place!  Here’s Judy perusing a few of the thousands of burls there.

 They have a few great treehouses on the property, built by Harvey’s son Dan.
 

Here are Harvey and Dan.

 

Northwest Treehouse School September 22, 2007

Preparations for next week’s treehouse building workshop at the Northwest Treehouse School.
Going over plans with Steve:
 

Checking G.L. locations:

And picking up lumber from Bruce in Oso:

 
 
 

A New Batch of Cedar August 13, 2007

These logs are simply amazing!