2 posts tagged “view”
The side of the tree house adjacent to the door faces the house and is right above a steep bank. From the platform level down to the grass behind the kitchen window is about a 20-ft drop, so we decided that would be the first wall to go up. I framed in a railing with supports that is just low enough for Evan to look over, so it will preserve the view but provide protection against a fall.
At first my idea was to fill in between the supports with pieces of the folding door I mentioned in a previous post. But they looked pretty cheesy and, since that side of the tree house is most visible from the street, that idea got nixed. I'm still not sure what is going to go up on that side. I'm hoping to make a visit to a local fencing company which sometimes has free scrap wood that might be usable for our purposes.
The floor was covered with 2 4x8' sheets of 5/8"plywood, cut to fit around the trunks. I had been cutting all the wood on the ground, but with the plywood it became easier to work on the framed platform. As you can see, the platform is higher than the roof of our house, so the view is pretty cool.
