Each parent wants to make the childhood of his child bright and interesting. Adults in childhood built themselves places in which to retire, from chairs covered with sheets, from tree branches, from cardboard. Remembering the wonderful minutes spent in these structures, you can understand that a tree house will surely please a daughter or son. The main thing is to come up with a design and draw up a detailed drawing.
What is a tree house for?
Each person, regardless of age, sometimes wants to retire and stay with himself. It is the treehouse that will help the son or daughter:
- Be alone.
- Create your own corner.
- Feel like a hero of a real fairy tale.
- And also to equip a game corner where all toys, dolls and favorite books will live.
These are just some of the reasons why you should build a tree house for your child. In addition, there are lots of design ideas that you can use and make every child's dream a reality.
What materials can I make a house of?
There are many options for building materials for building a treehouse for children. But still, wood occupies a leading position, because a structure made of such a material looks the most harmonious and advantageous. In addition, it is easier to work with such material and you can use all your imagination to create the most unusual and creative design design.
Options for building a house
When equipping a treehouse for a child, the most important thing is to make it safe so that it does not collapse and is firmly fixed on the branches. There are several basic variations of attaching a structure to a tree:
- Designing a house on the platform. In this embodiment, the supporting part is strong branches of a tree or the trunk of a plant. To fix the platform, you need to prepare self-tapping anchors. They are better than other parts will fix the lower part of the structure in the right place. And also additionally fix the platform with oblique profiles, which should rest against the tree trunk. But profiles are installed if fixing with anchors seems insufficient and the design looks shaky.
- Another option is fixing on stilts, while the house should be framed. This method of attaching a treehouse for children is perfect for those who want to create a cozy corner without affecting or damaging the tree trunk. In this case, the thickness, height and number of piles should be determined based on the weight and complexity of the structure.
- There is also such a mounting option as a hanging platform. In this case, cables, chains or ropes are firmly fixed on the branches of a tree, and the house structure is attached to them. To rely on this type of fastening, you need to be sure that the tree is solid and can withstand the load of the structure and the people who will be inside the house. Such a tree house can hardly be called reliable, because there is a risk that the branches under the weight can simply break. This option of fixing the house can only be chosen if the tree trunk is at least thirty centimeters in diameter and also has strong thick branches. Otherwise, such a “magic” house can become dangerous for children.
Before you make a treehouse for your child, you need to make sure that the plant is strong, and also think through the design in detail, because the safety of the child depends on this. Also, after the erection, it is worth checking the reliability of the structure yourself and only after that present a wonderful place for games to your child.
Materials and tools for a treehouse
Before you begin to work, you need to prepare everything that can be useful in the process. To do this, you should study what materials and tools are used when construction is carried out. Be sure to consider what method of fixing the house on a tree with your own hands will be used, it depends on what fixing materials to acquire. Regardless of the method of fixation, you should buy:
- The wood of the selected species.
- Screws or nails.
- Screwdriver.
- Glass or transparent plastic for windows in the house.
- Movable mechanisms for door construction.
- The platform on which the house will be installed.
- Hammer.
- A saw to give the wood the right size.
- If necessary - insulation material.
- Glue for joining small parts.
- Roulette.
- Drawing sheet.
- Pencil or marker.
These are the basic materials that are needed for construction without hitches. You should also have in stock all the necessary accessories and items for the decor.
Features of creating a drawing
To create a great house for your son or daughter, you must first think about how it will look. A drawing of a treehouse in this case will come to the rescue. The main thing is to compose it correctly. In order to correctly create a project, you need to make the following measurements:
- Measure the height at which the house will be located.
- Determine the length of the beams of which the house will consist.
- You should also decide what shape the roof will be, and calculate how much material will be required to assemble it. For this, it is also necessary to make measurements.
- Another parameter that needs to be determined is the height of the fence, which will ensure safety when you are at home. Be sure to install a fence if a treehouse is being erected on the site.
- Another important measure is determining the size of the front door. It is better to make it so that the son or daughter, standing at full height, can freely go inside the house.
- In the drawing, windows should also be noted, indicating their size.
If, before making a tree house, we draw manually or in a special program a detailed project indicating the dimensions of each part of the structure, the process of building a fabulous house will become elementary.
How to make a house unusual?
A place for games, built on a tree, in itself will delight a boy or girl. To make emotions even more vivid, you can create a project for an unusual house. For example, build a tree house with your own hands in the following forms:
- In the form of a barrel.
- In the form of a castle.
- Pirates' ship.
- Science lab.
- Fairytale fairy house.
The main thing is to take into account the interests and hobbies of the child, creating a design for games, mounted on the branches of a tree. Even if it will be an ordinary rectangular or square house, boys and girls will be delighted with such an idea.
Interior decoration on branches
If the structure is built of wood, then the interior finish by itself, without additional surface treatments, will look beautiful. Nevertheless, if desired, you can experiment with the design. The interior decoration of the treehouse may be as follows:
- Wallpaper.
- Paint.
- Walls hung with colorful curtains.
- You can also paste wall surfaces with posters with your favorite cartoon characters.
Even if the result does not correspond to the original ideas, you can redo everything. The interior decoration of the house should be carried out both before mounting to a height, and when the structure is already at the top.
How to carry out lighting in the house?
The child may want to visit the "fairy" house both day and night. Therefore, it is worthwhile to think over how the space will be illuminated. There are many options, it is enough to choose one that is most acceptable to both parents and the child by age:
- You can hold a stationary lighting device (chandelier) to the house. In this case, it is necessary to take into account all safety measures, since this option of lighting requires bringing electrical wiring to the house.
- Another option is the placement in the house of table lamps, working from the outlet. To do this, it will be enough at the right time to extend the extension cord to the house and turn on the appliances in the outlet.
- If you want to arrange a holiday feeling for your child, you can decorate the building with a garland and turn it on when it is dark on the street.
- A fairly safe option for lighting a treehouse are flashlights. When it gets dark outside, it is possible to fix flashlights running on batteries to previously prepared mounts inside the house and outside.
The treehouse, built by the people most dear to the child, is an ideal solution for the manifestation of love and care. Such a structure will allow boys and girls to spend extraordinary time alone or in the company of friends.