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My dad built us a treehouse in the low hanging branches of a chinaberry tree when I was nine. It was an excellent place to hide out with a book, just a simple platform with a rail. I can still remember the smell and the sound of the leaves.

We had a treehouse in my backyard when I was small. The platform was maybe 5 or 6 feet on a side, and there was a railing around three sides. The back end (which butted up against the main trunk) was open to the rest of the branches, so we often climbed out further in the tree to hang out and chat. I really wish we had pictures of it, but I suspect no one ever thought to photograph it for future memories. It was taken down sometime while I was in high school.... now I'm all nostalgic for early spring in the treehouse when the leaves were budding on the tree.

Of course, the treehouse featured in this post is WAY more elaborate and impressive. That roof! The trim! Fancy fancy stuff.

Great looking treehouse. I had one when I was a kid too. Dad built it with a big platform, no railing or roof, and wood scraps nailed to the tree to serve as ladders. We also had a basket with a pulley to transfer treehouse necessities such as snacks, books, toys, and small pets.

I love it! It's like a reverse teepee!

I am a mechanical designer/modeller, which is a means to end my friend a means to an end. I intend to get into architectural design and my first project is one I have drawn hundreds upon thousands of times. A Swiss Family Robinson dream house!!!

Watched the movie as a kid and, then made my mother buy the tape THEN when Disney brought out a new (albeit crappy) version I even bought that. I didn't really care about the story (although the original was pretty cool, not so much the new one... yeah a guy wind surfed across an ocean to a deserted island and was stuck... hmm right...) I just loved the idea of my bedroom being in a tree, my kitchen being cobbles and hearths around the base of the tree and a water wheel to bring me fresh running water made of coconut halves.

My nephews better appreciate the version I am going to make (probably in my own back yard) or there will be trouble. HA HA HA!

Swiss Family Robinson was the best movie ever and I have wanted to live in a treehouse ever since I saw it when I was about 8.

We had a good treehouse. It wasn't a georgeous as the one in the pictures but it was big and enclosed with a trapdoor and windows. And it was built in a tree that leaned out over a lake. My Dad built in for my younger brothers. I was a teenager by the time it was built, but my boyfriend and I secretly used it as our own little passion pit, so I remember it fondly.