So super awesome. I wonder how it would fare in USA though, with our crappy building construction, seems drywall screws would not be enough to support the weight of a small person.

I do love this, seriously
but I hear my mother's voice .. " get down, you'll fall and break your neck ! "
not only do we have some shoddy construction, we have some parents who don't approve of this sort of thing indoors.

I thought the same thing as darcitananda. This would need to go in a stud to be secure enough to hold a 3 year old's weight and that would seriously limit positioning, at least in the vast majority of homes today. You wouldn't be able to hang a branchy cute tree like this.

Solution: Cut out a piece of dry wall, add more studs to the frame, put dry wall back, patch, paint, and have at it with the branches.

other solution: buy a piece of decently thick plywood (think 3/4 inch or so), and screw THAT into your studs. You could secure that in a ton of places to several studs, and then you have a nice, large, solid wood surface to attach the pieces.

Good call Sunshine!

My wife and I are rock climbers and I can't wait to get a roomful of climbing trees for our future kid.

Btw. "Buskas" is a norwegian for Shrubbery :) A wery good name, I thought!

I was thinking the same thing as Sunshine. If this ever goes on sale, we would get it, or we may try and DIY it. My 2 year old would love this when he's three. He is a climber.

sunshine has it right. plus the 4X8 sheet (or whatever size) would really only need to be secured in a few places -- as few as 3 (i'd use 4) with the proper lag bolts (1/4in X 3 should be sufficient). poke a hole in the middle of a felt furniture pad to use behind the bolt to prevent wall damage. bonus = the sheet would be painted with any number of scenes (think: endor).

for a more DIY method, an enterprising parent could get 2in thick strips -- perhaps the 1X2 hardwood pieces (oak or maple only to support weight) in the "select" wood area -- and make their own "branches". use plastic/rubber or aluminum spacers to bump the pieces from the wall (check the little yellow bins @ your local ACE hardware for these) and #12 screws of the appropriate length to bite through the plywood backing.

I love this. Wonderful concept. I'd love an outdoor version, too, on our garage wall.

I would love something like this! I have plenty of ideas for my four-year-old daughter's new room, but I know I need something to get her up and climbing and active (and, yes, maybe even falling) when it's too cold to go outside. I doubt my landlord would let me install one, though...

Great idea

I want this. Got a 4 YO who climbs on everything. Any ideas about getting this shipped to the US?

(By the time I DIY / overbuild all those branches, kid will be in college!)

Thanks for your nice comments, everyone! Unfortunately the Buskas climbing tree is only a prototype at this stage and not available for sale. It was part of my diploma project at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design in 2008. Should anyone be interested in commercializing it, feel free to contact me. :)

Kaja / Mikromakaroni