{"id":5267,"date":"2017-04-18T14:56:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T14:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wienoldusa.com\/?p=5267"},"modified":"2022-04-21T12:23:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T16:23:50","slug":"tree-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wienoldusa.com\/?p=5267","title":{"rendered":"Tree House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I never had a tree house growing up, but I remember vividly, the fort that dad built for me when I was around 8 or 10 years old. 6 posts set in the ground in a six pack configuration, the middle ones taller than the outers such that a bar could be spread between them. A simple platform attached about 5 feet from the ground and a tarp stretched over the bar, shielding the platform from the strong Exeter <\/a>sun. I played for hours in, around, under and on top of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward a couple decades, its my turn to share the outdoor enjoyment with our nearly 3 year old and last weekend I put the first steps together for what will be an ever growing complex of stations throughout our own little forest. Ryder’s play set<\/a> conveyed with the Ramblewood<\/a> house when we sold it which was a sad thing to leave behind as it was less than a year old. He loved his fort as much as I loved mine and he still occasionally asks to go play in it. This was the driving factor for getting going on the this tree house quickly, so that not a minute of the wonderful spring outdoor air would be missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although I had been working through some concepts in my brain over the last couple weeks, I hadn’t actually drawn, measured or planned a single design element until last Saturday morning when I wandered out into the yard with a tape measure and pad.  Hours later I was backing my truck through the yard with a thousand pound’s worth of pressure treated materials and I quickly began framing out the basic deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It stands 5′ from the pine needle mattress below it and is stretched between 3 strong trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Later, I’ll add a simple roof line and railing to go around the perimeter as well as a tube slide and other assorted fun house designs. I can’t wait to see him clamber around on it during the lazy afternoons of summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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