House on the tree with your own hands

To build a house on the tree with your own hands is a pleasure. The nomadic way of life still has its advantages: reducing the cost of living, no work to care for and maintenance of real estate, the opportunity to get together and go travel, where your heart desires. But sometimes even the most inveterate nomads want to settle down a bit and settle down.

Round house on a tree

It's about the famous blogger and photographer Foster Huntington, the author of a book called "The house is where you parked," in which he preaches mobile life in a truck. After several years of travel and travel, he finally decided to settle in a stunning two-level house on a tree, which Foster equipped a skatepark in addition.

A wonderful view of the surrounding landscapes

Now, after many years of road life across the country, Huntington built a Cinder Cone on the tree - what he finally can call home. The piece of land that he inherited is located in the county of Scheiminia, Washington. The name of the house is literally translated as "Cone from ash" - "a steep hill of tephra (volcanic debris), swirling wind."

Nomadic life began after his dismissal from work in 2011, since then he has not looked back. According to the owner, the house on the tree is a peculiar way to take root. As a real tourist, he liked to live in small rooms, so the whole house is a big progress.

The house is equipped with a stove and everything necessary for living

Build a house helped friends, mom - carpenter and her boyfriend - carpenter. College friend Tucker Gorman of Perspective Design / Build helped design two separate houses of 67 square meters each. They perched on two Douglas fir trees and are connected by a narrow suspension bridge. One house for the owner, another for the guests.

Front door and kitchen

Small cozy bedroom

Firewood stove

For those who like to sleep higher

Reinforced concrete skatepool in the form of a footprint of shoes

Skatepool dug on the slope under the house

Wooden bath with hot water

Cableways between the houses

Huntington explained that he preferred the forest to the city, because he needed to live in a place that would really inspire the person to live. It has Wi-Fi and 4G internet. That is, to make a living it is not necessary to move to a metropolis. And life on the tree is much cheaper than in Manhattan.

Houses on trees for the owner and guests

The house on the tree was quite expensive. Huntington spent about $ 170,000 on it and fulfilled his long childhood dream, but noted that for that amount he would not have bought a parking space in Manhattan.