Dimensions

I wanted the house to be built high enough up where it will feel like you are up in the air but not so high that if one fell out that it would be fatal. The height I decided was to be roughly 8 feet. Because the structure was built on a slope this puts the low edge at about 6.5 ft and the opposing end at 14 feet.

The next step was to determine the footprint of the building. With the distance between the two trees being 8.5 ft. that left enough room to make a structure with a foot print of 8 x 8 ft. Of course it has to have a deck of some kind. Let's give it a 3 ft. wraparound. Now it's decided, a platform of 14 x 14 ft. will be necessary!

I wanted the building to be big enough where the kids can sleep out there and have enough room to invite friends out too. I also wanted to make sure it was tall enough where an adult could get in without having to duck their head. I will make the side walls 6 ft and the peak roughly 8 ft. tall.

I'm beginning to think this treehouse is going to look like something out of the Ewok Adventures movie or Disney's Swiss Family Robinson.