Mind-Blowing Modern Tiny Tree House Built with Reclaimed Materials - FULL TOUR
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- This epic 2-storey log tree house is built around 9 hemlock posts and salvaged and reclaimed materials that Mike, the builder, saved for years before starting this 3-year project. The upstairs is a complete living area with two sleeping spaces, a kitchen, living and dining room, and a small bathroom. Downstairs is an outdoor lounge area and a full indoor bathroom. It's a really unique space and we're really excited to give you a full tour!
You can find The Wakefield Treehouse on Airbnb and Instagram here:
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/ thewakefieldtreehouse
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The foundation of the treehouse is 9 hemlock posts that are on concrete footings anchored to the bedrock and the treehouse has 420 square feet of heated living space. The home is on the grid for electricity, and it has it's own well and septic system.
It was really exciting and inspiring for us to meet Mike and his partner Gen, and to hear the story of how the tiny tree house cabin idea came to life after visiting tiny houses and treehouses on their travels, and how they made it a reality by building with scrap and leftover materials that Mike had collected from job sites for years.
We hope you enjoyed touring it as much as we did!
Thanks for watching!
Mat & Danielle
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Music & Song Credits:
All music in this video was composed, performed, and recorded by Mat of Exploring Alternatives.
Editing Credits:
Mat and Danielle of Exploring Alternatives
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Provided by Gen and Mike
the kitchen balcony... 4:29 is everything...no cars noises, no alarms, no traffic sounds, just so peaceful. Very dreamy house
Until you hop out of the shower onto the snow laden steps back upstairs.
If it's on air B & B that is the tell, he doesn't live there. He rents it out for people to party in. Which would be fun.
Impressive work btw.
@@barklordofthesith2997 yes, i know he doesn't live there.. but still would be very nice to stay there for a limited amount of time tho :)
Everyone gangsta till you hill a bloody scream outside
The owner is very humble, this house is a mind blowing!!!
What a cool expression of who he is and what he believes in.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did so. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
--Mark Twain
So beautiful, thanks.
He didn't mean building a house in the woods. He meant, get out of your house and experience the world.
@@tarikay93 Thanks, Captain Obvious. But what Mark Twain was saying in context to the tree house was doing something different, getting out of one's comfort zone, essentially. And for the guy to save a bunch of reclaimed wood and turn it into SUCH a masterpiece is something very few will ever do in their lives. Best of all, the guy (and presumably his wife/GF, friends and family) will now get to enjoy living in it for a long time...all at a minimal cost.
So creative...i dreamed a dream
20 years ago I made the biggest mistake of my life. Still haunts me to this day. Feels bad man.
Many folks do want this kind of living but when we share our thoughts with family .. They call us crazy !
Many folks want this kind of living but not all of us have the funds or ability or experience to build. 🤷
Jennifer Yeager you save money to fund it. You get ability and experience by doing and building things. This is very basic.
Dont listen to your family or friends. Do what you want to do.
@@kattihatt I agree, do what makes your heart happy. Live your life, not someone else's ideal
@@222-q7w I buy construction screws
Your house is absolutely gorgeous, just perfection, well done! Love what you did with the old beams.
So cool to see this guy be able to express his skill and passion with out too many restrictions!!! Nice job!!
Man, I would love to come home to that every night.
Mosquitoes is just the beginning
Eveynight ? it seems im getting what u mean bro 😂
The man is a craftsman and his magnum opus is proof of that. This is one of the best hide-a-ways I've ever seen. I hope he and his family get to enjoy for years and years.
What a lovely human being. Living in harmony. And a stunning "sculpture" indeed!
Wow... Honestly, this is just the coolest tiny-but-not-so-tiny house I've ever seen. Awesome job!
“Indoor bathroom” sounds like “color tv”.
LMAO!!
😂😂😂 your right
Just wait till you find out what porta potties are 👁👄👁
This is unforgettable. The design really deserves an award. My concern is the rain. The dust. Other than that... Just wow
WELL DONE, MAN!!! Small footprint in the woods, with excellent foundation, on bedrock, WOW. A treehouse, with a view, surrounded by WONDERFUL TREES, in the cool area of Canada. Built close to the steep rock, for a pleasant walk in. Rest room facilities upstairs and down. Quality build. This is just wonderful. Thank you for sharing, from East Tennessee.
super cool, sounds like a very creative and respectful guy - kudos on this awesome build, sir!
This is a dream home...especially if it were near the ocean. So gorgeous!
This is truly the best thought-through, most practical treehouse I have ever seen, from the re-purposed/re-used materials to the very well-designed living space, and truly awesome views and placement in its environment. Love the luxury bathroom and “night bathroom” and the wonderful “story-telling” of the early settlers logs. What a great place to have as a home. He’s an awesome builder and craftsman. Just love his work and thoughtfulness. I’d live here!
This is fantastic. Well done with the heating option. Very smart, long lasting build choices. Very impressed
This HOME is breathtaking! Simple, by most standards but more than anything it is the passion, care and knowing that every inch of this home is put together with the upmost thought from material that has a second life. Truly amazing!
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
I see you've gone on a quote-frenzy lol
What a shame he got taken so young.
Brilliant! 👍🇨🇦☘️
Everyone, listen up. Just Live!!
purpose is bring Glory to God. The you life is worthy
You weren't kidding when you wrote "mind blowing". It is indeed. What a great place to live and isolate yourself from all the mess we are all facing nowadays. Great video and many thanks. I am subscribing.
For those of us who feel lost in life, when we see the amazing ingenuity our fellow human family is able to create and manifest , it is truly inspiring!
It really is
Truth! Definitely, gives a sense of achievement. Warmth
Wow ! This is AMAZING ! The Hemlock posts are my favorite ! I love that most of the house is from reclaimed materials !
I really like this. I think I'd like "folding" windows on the porch & balcony, to be able to simple close the windows and add usable space in winter. In summer you just leave the windows folded open.
Ooh, I really love this house, it is so beautiful, eco friendly, innovative, and FUN!
This is incredible! Life goals! I want to permanently live in a tree house like this!
Wow one of the coolest tree houses I have ever seen
It’s not a tree house
What a beautiful place! It's like you are up in the sky close to heaven. Just wow!
WOW!!! That tree house is mind-blowing indeed! Thanks so much for the wonderful tour ❤️❤️❤️
I thank God for showing me this video.
Your work of art is indeed so fantastic! It greatly shaped! Amazing!
Amazing. Simply amazing. This vision and the realization of it is what makes life a true adventure. Your enthusiasm is infections. I wish you continued success and happiness.
Really cool. When he said 'here's the large dining room' it made me chuckle🤣👏
Hahahahaha me too!!!!
Or the lots of storage under the bed. Only in the center.:. Hahahah. Umm...
@@MzClementine yaaaas 🤣👍
Wow. Just wow. I love the untreated timber used throughout. So many building materials are toxic and off gas for years, decades even. It’s my dream to build a house constructed of all natural materials which not only create a tiny footprint on the planet but also do not contribute to toxic load on the human body. I love the concept and you’ve executed it perfectly.
I could live here forever.
*Forever until you can't climb up the stairs anymore.
@@EriktionEBW forever is just an expression as there is no forever in this world, but there is what we call a lifetime. And I would still choose to live my entire lifetime here, especially in this time of pandemic. Doesn't matter if I couldn't climb the stairs, I would surely make some changes by then. 😅😊
Absolutely fabulous. This is a carpenter.
I'm so inspired. I'm gathering up all the scraps I can get from job sites and am going to build something like it!
This is my favorite house ever!
The most beautiful house in the world. Love it. Thanks for sharing. Love from Bangladesh.
You have such a brilliant mind! Your tree house is so beautiful!
It looks small from a distance but inside there is a very adequate living space. Seemed ample space to live in there.
Not too far from my homeland, Val des Monts (St.Pierre de Wakefield). So l'll be seeing you soon guys, lol! 😉 BEAUTIFUL build!!! 👍😄🇨🇦☘️
Very nice! Enjoy! It is good to know that you used all reclaimed material.
My gosh absolutely breath taking
I would love for him to build my future tiny home
Hey ♥️
Oh my goodness,This is absolutely fantastic!!!
I love that where you live it's possible to build a house in the middle of the forest. Where I live, there are so many regulations that you are not even allowed to change the windows of your own house without an official permission.
I'm sure he had to get permitting to do that. Especially considering the structure is on the grid. Of course permitting process can be more extreme or less extreme in different areas but this is def not an unpermitted structure
where do u live?
where do you live? in sweden you need to apply for permission as well, you can't do anything crazy that will stand out from the rest of the neighborhood
@@cherish78748 In most US states if you live outside the boundaries of a city or town in what is known as " unincorporated areas " there are many fewer rules. Some places have no building code whatesoever
WOW!!😳 Absolutely Beautiful!!
Simply awesome-the treehouse of my dreams!! The builders definitely did some quality work! Just wish it was close to me in NW Washington state. 😞
I love the creativity
That is a awesome tree house it looks like something I could move into!
GEORGIOS!...I have, you always have FUN with this Project and that no TAIFUN,STORM,FIRE or other Danger is coming.
Have always Time, no stress, don`t fall down...God bless you
This is absolutely gorgeous! Bravo Sir.
Perfectly build it’s like jigsaw puzzles everything pieces together for that weekend getaways💯
This is just perfect
Delightful combination of new and old. 😀
This is crazy I was just looking at their airbnb for my boyfriends birthday!
Meant to be!!
For the tree house??
@@chellez8643 ya!
@@chellez8643 It is a rip-off and this is just an advertisement for it
I like the idea that you didn't have a deadline to work towards. The most fun I've ever had on projects not working to a deadline!
I love it so much. ^‿^ Fantastic job, Mike, and thanks a bunch to Mat and Danielle for bringing this to us!
Beautiful. What a great creation.
I love the color of blue or gray that this treehouse went with, blue spruce color.
Does it make strange noises when the wood expands and contracts during the day?
You can bet it does on a windy day
Ooh my God aaesomeeeeeeee. Most beautiful home in all all over world
People always say ‘man you’re so lucky to have something like that’...well, buy some land and put the work in to build it. Luck has nothing to do with it 😂
That's all it takes? Well..
@robert Logan "When I hear people saying they "always" wanted to live like this, it means the same thing as saying they'd love to have a million dollars"
That's honestly a bit of a jaded point of view. Doing this requires sacrifice, especially if something else you love conflicts with this type of lifestyle. People may not be ready or willing to make those sacrifices, but it doesn't mean they wouldn't love to live like this guy. It's also possible that they didn't have the means to accomplish what you or he did.
Most people don't have the money to acquire the materials/equipment, land, or don't have access to the materials/equipment, or land. Most people also don't have the knowledge to build a structure like this. It's easy to say "anyone can do this because I did it. And it was inexpensive", when you have/have access to the funds, equipment, materials, land and know-how.
Probably the coolest compact tree house I have seen...
Great tree house! 😀 ...uhhhhhh, ask an engineer... they REALLY need cross-bracing to secure those vertical posts from lateral movement and potential collapse, be safe!
I initially thought the same, but I think the two upper levels provide adequate shear.
The house is just spectacular !
I need to live here lol
oh wow, best tree house i have ever seen!!! i love this. my goodness, how to be able to build your own home and be happy and at peace and to be able to enjoy what you have done. just amazing.
Should have made that balcony a wrap around balcony.
Outstanding construction and inspired design.
"Modern Tiny Tree House"
Literally the biggest treehouse I've ever seen
Beautiful Tree House
Wish I lived in a warm climate....This would be amazing....
It doesn't look like it'll withstand lateral forces very well...
are you educated in this field?
my thoughts exactly. Are those posts just sitting on the foundation? reinforced concrete columns would have been a much better idea.
@@Angle1Of2Darkness not exactly, but I used to be a combat engineer in the army
Amazing! I want to see this tree house during the Winter, with snow falling, etc. ... 💡
He should incorporate solar panels into this perfect design.
I Nix Who is going to clean the solar panels roughly 40 feet off the ground? 😝
(I lived off grid for 12 years. Cleaning panels is something I had to do regularly.)
@@bryantford3054 therefore several solutions are available. In the last house we built, a lever arm system was installed which made the panels accessible. In this case, however, I would use a kind of windscreen wiper system.Of course, including a construction for safe access for maintenance.
Overall a nice House, and a good call from you and I Nix 👍👍
The coolest house ever!!
probably the most beautiful house i've ever seen
i would like to have a cup of coffee there
You guys did a beautiful job, you should be very proud of your accomplishment.
Such a beautiful home!!!!
I guess way out in the middle of nowhere building codes are not an issue.
good point, hopefully not seismic zone!
Nah, I have a cottage up near wakefield. Just 30 minutes from Ottawa, Canada's capital.
Yes, although I'm not that familiar with wood construction, I feel like it misses some supports... At least to be more protected in case of a catastrophe
It's true
building things with no codes, in certain zips can even be paper Crete, and even rammed earth. Hay bales construction is also, in a no building codes environment.
Amazing. Great skills and craftsmanship
What a wonderful way to reuse things. It is so creative and beautiful.
This is one of the most unique tiny house and built by a guy who believes in himself.
Have you ever watched treehouse masters they make some really beautiful treehouses as well
That's what I call serious upcycling 🤗 awesome 🤠
i love it..very simple but practical tiny house..
This house looks like a tourist home, and it is pretty nice. Thank you for showing.
Everyone in the comment section: 'Oh m goood, so inspirational, he followed his dreams, I also want to live like that!!!'
Meanwhile no one actually 'lives' in that house and it's just a glorified AirBnB at $195 a night ...
I'm not going to fault that man for making his passion project pay for itself and in a super smart financial way. He seems like a very savvy individual, good on him.
A passion project like that is also most suitable as a family summer cabin or weekend getaway. Which is still fully doable while running it as an Airbnb, you just block off the times you don't want it available.
In order to live there full-time or year round I imagine you need a Wi-Fi connection, workspace and a few other things like that. No mention of Wi-Fi in his discussion, or solar panels or generator backups. It's a cabin/getaway that doesn't need absolute reliability
Love it.....amazing piece of liveable sculpture....
You can tell from the huge lack of storage that this is just a holiday home but still real nice 👍👍👍
I'm extremely surprised that the radiant heat is enough with such little insulation. I'd like to see the radiant set up and water system design.
Really cool house. Looks really well done.
I've wanted to live in a tree house since adventure time was a show
It was Code Name Kids Next Door
Nice and beautiful tree house.
Awesome!!!! Very beautiful n cozy looking
I realize more everyday,,,
the level of
"Blessed" that I am.
It is by my own hand that I have earned my peace.
Yep, knew this was going to end up being an AirBNB commercial as soon as he said "people like" on the mid level.
Wow. Almost heaven. You can definitely see it from here.
Breathtaking!
This is the MOST AMAZING, IMAGINATIVE, CREATIVE & AWESOME Tiny build EVER!!!!👍👍👍👍👍😳😁
Agree! What a lovely human being living in harmony into a stunning sculpture indeed without destroy the surrounding nature
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Not a tree house. Smart would’ve named it Stilt House.
Nobody wants to pay over 1500 a week to stay in a "Stilt House" :P
Amazing home. Good job. Something to shoot for.