Description
Not assuming anything about the treehouse builder, Stiles starts with the basics: how you can nail, how to shop for wood, what sort of screws and nails to make use of.
Then it is on to an A-frame design so simple that it may be built in a weekend out of four sheets of plywood, followed by lean-tos, a tree hut, and a Tarzan-style jungle hideaway. There are also forts of each description, including a 21-foot-tall lookout tower modeled on one George Washington built to control the redcoats.
Stiles also adds a design for a snowball catapult, an igloo and even a Nerf-loaded cannon.
Written for children, with an adult peeking over their shoulder, Stiles’s TREEHOUSES, HUTS, & FORTS is a dreamer’s handbook, offering practical results.