Finding your home away from home
Dubbed the Outlandia, this small treehouse is an art studio set in the Scottish Highlands. Outlandia is connected to a larger Hub Tower via a wooden walkway set at the tree canopy level. It’s a wonderful example of what you can do with a small footprint, especially with a small treehouse. It doesn’t have to be gigantic, and it doesn’t have to be 100 feet off the ground!
Read more at Inhabitat
The WhitePod Alpine Ski Resort in Switzerland is unique for it eco-friendly way of housing guests – they stay in these cool little igloo huts. They kind of look like they’re made of ice, but they’re really constructed of wood and fabric, and hold up through the worst of Swiss storms. They warm quickly with the small fireplace, and they look pretty romantic, too!
I included that last picture mostly because that looks like the coldest breakfast ever!
Read more at Freshome
Holy crap I love this place. I can’t believe it’s for sale!
It’s a perfect home for the end of the world. You’ve got the security of a 360 degree view, plus you’ve got your own lake. I love it!
View more at the Redfin listing (via Dornob.com)
I love the look of this home near Timms Beach, New Zealand. With all the warm wood and inviting open space, it seems like a great space to kick back with friends and just enjoy life.
Read more at Modern Residential Design
Located a few miles from the nearest “traditional” town in Costa Rica, Finca Bellavista is a community of treehouse dwellers. The live a totally green lifestyle, and share the trees with monkeys, lizards, and all sorts of awesome jungle dwellers.
Apparently they still have lots available – I can’t wait to check them out!
Read more at FincaBellavista.net
It may not be the most practical space, but it sure looks inviting. It’s at a resort in Bali – I might need to go do some blog research!
Read more at Panchoran Retreat (via Bits of Beauty)
I am shocked that someone built a treehouse on top of a building in Amsterdam of all places. Sure, certain mind-altering substances are apparently legal there, but there’s no indication that the artist responsible for this treehouse ever partook of said substances. Clearly I would have to sample a large quantity of alcohol, etc., to ever think about going up there, though. It looks rickety, and scary!
Read more at Inhabitat
I rarely take baths, but I still love pictures of fantastic bathtubs (like this tub or this tub, for instance). But check out this one!
For an indoor tub, that looks so relaxing it makes me sleepy. Oh, and it’s worth checking out the other pictures on Trendir just to see the amazing wood work. And the light fixtures.
Read more at Trendir
This is another problem that gives me some ideas. Something like this would be fairly easy to build, cheap, and it would probably serve very well for a few years as a camping platform in an out-of-the-way place, while you’re figuring out which one of your dream homes you want to build. You could store some rain-proof tarps on site, and stretch them between the poles to make your camping experience a little more pleasant, too. Heck, build it a little higher off the ground and you’re almost in treehouse territory!
View at Arch Daily
I like the “Earthship” idea, I really do. Made from recycled tires, pop bottles and other bits of refuse, they are cheaper than a typical house, and environmentally friendly. But don’t they smell like old tires? That petroleum/rubber smell is strong, and I wouldn’t think that’d easily go away.
Assuming that isn’t a big problem, this is a great idea. Finding used tires is probably pretty easy, and stacking them to make a proper wall would be more labor intensive that money intensive – and that’s a good thing.
Read more at DarfieldEarthship.com (via Inhabitat)
