Building Childhood Dreams: DIY Backyard Treehouses, Ninja Courses, and More

Building Childhood Dreams: DIY Backyard Treehouses, Ninja Courses, and More
More ambitious DIYers can attempt a full-fledged all-season treehouse. Simon Jutras
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Few structures evoke the nostalgia of childhood like the treehouse.

As a child, one of my best friends had a treehouse, six feet up the oak tree in her yard, complete with a rope swing and a trapdoor. I lived for afternoons there, sipping lemonade and munching on pretzel sticks within the walls of her hidden kingdom. I knew that treehouse to be a pirate ship, a faraway cabin, a spaceship, and a mansion.

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