Acorn tree house

[GaryR]

A couple of years ago I visited my sister in Vermont. She does part time gardening for some of her neighbors and took me to see the estate of one of her clients. The main attraction she wanted me to see was his acorn tree house.





The owner is an architect named Byron Hawthorn. The story of the tree house is here:

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/property/2021/05/06/acorn-shaped-treehouse/

Hawthorn did some or most of the work himself. There are more pictures in the linked article and here are a few of mine:

Bark used to cover walls and beams. The bucket is one used to collect maple syrup although here just for decoration.





Wall in the loo.


Inside the acorn is a cozy sitting area




Copper shingles



The main house is also a gem with some whimsical shingle work surprises.



And some lovely stone work and wall details:



Here is the shingle work on one end of his workshop. My sister said he wanted the pattern to give the feel of walking into a large dance hall.



And another view of the workshop. Note the windows underneath the gable end. These are a vernacular feature of some houses in Vermont known as "witch windows." Although these were designed by the architect rather than adopted from a normal window.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_window

 

[AJB Temple]

The altered perspective shot is clever.

 

[MattS]

Love the treehouse and decorative shingle work! Is that a look in the treehouse then?

 

[Cabinetman]

Love everything about it, the internal bark reminded me of a Hermits shelter, one of many follies on the Earl of Yarborough’s estate in North Lincolnshire. Unfortunately the photos are all on my old phone back home.
Pulled this up but it doesn’t show that the inside is all lined with the bark from a Douglas Fir. It was part of a super walk seeing all the follies but they’ve closed it to the public due to vandalism.
Forgot to add that the outside is made from the Volcanic rock Tuff, a good insulator. Similarly so is the ice tunnel nearby which originally was lined with wooden shelving.
It’s a real shame it’s been closed.

 

[duke]

Gary R, some years ago there was a television series dedicated to tree houses. Not the construction series, I think it is called Ultimate Tree Houses throughout the world ( 2013 ). I really enjoyed the show.