Treehouses & Playhouses You Can Build

by David Stiles and Jeanie Stiles

Book Overview

Treehouses & Playhouses You Can Build shows how average "do-it-yourself" families can easily and affordably bring to life a "Hobbit's Treehouse," a "Pirate's Playhouse," or a "Crow's Nest" in their own backyards! There are a lot of books out there filled with enchanting photos of elaborate treehouses and playhouses built by professionals and costing tens of thousands to build. For the rest of us, there's bit of elbow grease, a lot of imagination,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586857800
• ISBN13: 9781586857806
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.1" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 20 years and up
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 6

Customer Reviews

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This book is great. Lots of great ideas and detailed explanation on how to build a treehouse/playhouse. From how to choose the best tree to many different house plans. We just finished building a treehouse and this was the only guide we used.

Great Treehouse Book!

This book is a wonderful how-to book for those who need all the help they can get on building a treehouse. The plans are great and we are building the basic treehouse which is perfect for our 8 and 5 year old kids. Lots of ideas on everything from picking trees, buying lumber, safety tips, to flexible extras. We bought all three of David Stiles treehouse books and this was by far the best and we could have just bought this one and been happy but are glad to have them all. Would highly recommend to parents contemplating building a treehouse or for kids who want to dream of one.

Step-by-step easy directions

Plenty of home handyman titles include kids' playhouses as an aside to a larger garden project; but where else will you find a construction kit entirely devoted to such? Here's something the average 'do it yourself' worker with kids can easily and affordably accomplish - and as an added take, it offers 'themes' for playhouses and treehouses, too. The entire family is encouraged to work together on these projects; not just the husband - making them wonderful picks for families who would join forces to get the job done. Step-by-step easy directions are accompanied by diagrams, patterns and photos throughout. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch

What a wonderful book!

This book is a must-have for anybody interested in building treehouses, sheds or small out-buildings of any kind! It is filled with all the information an amateur would need with step-by-step instructions on the building process, tools and materials and inspirational photographs of projects by other amateur builders that will inspire and motivate anybody interested in trying a building project in their backyard. The authors have provided clear, concise instructions and have taken the intimidation out of building. The authors are clearly interested in the reader having a joyful, successful building experience. Our own building projects have all been inspired by Jeanie and David Stiles' encouraging books. Thank you!

The latest and best book by Stiles

Happy to see that David and jeanie Stiles have written yet another book on treehouses and playhouses. We have built 3 structures based on designs and ideas from two of their other books and this new one may inspire us to build yet another treehouse! It looks terrific. More ideas and tips! Can't wait!!! Randy and Jheanelle