Treehouses are no longer just for child’s play. While they still do serve as playhouses for lucky kids, they’ve taken on new functions as private home offices or studios, as elevated guest quarters, ...

Every family member can benefit from these elevated (literally) backyard retreats. In an era of tree house vacation rentals and biophilic design, it’s no surprise that simple backyard builds are ...

The tree house I lived in that summer was decidedly unspectacular. It was more of a tree hovel, really. The floor was a large sheet of graffitied plywood, and the roof was covered with a pair of heavy ...