Architecture Wednesday: House Among The Trees

This home, in Santa Monica, is more reminiscent of the ramshackle, rustic coastal homes farther north in California, say around Big Sur. It is private and serene, and a bit quirky, but still a rather peace-filled home.

When entering through the gates one is immediately transformed by the environment, the trees, the many levels to the house, which offer offers three bedrooms, including the primary suite on the second level and a fourth guest suite outside of the main house. The main floor includes a fifth bedroom suite and is centered around the chef's kitchen, the dining, living and family rooms which are all open to each other and flooded with natural light from the multi-level, open floor plan and numerous skylights. The upper level offers an additional indoor and outdoor library, office, creative space with views of the canyon and ocean breezes.

While I might think an elevator is necessary, I could live with the quirks and the stairs to have what feels like a private, worlds away oasis.

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Architecture Wednesday: Tropical Treehouse

I think I love a treehouse almost as much as I love a barnhouse, as long as it’s not the same kind of raggedy-ass, used lumber, flat platform, no railing, rope ladder kind of treehouse.

And so here’s a Tropical Treehouse, a luxury treehouse; a vacation rental treehouse—a $2,000+ a might rental treehouse.

And it’s located in the seaside village of Sayulita, in Nayarit, Mexico; it is nestled into the hillside and offers jaw-dropping views of the surrounding jungle as well as vistas of Sayulita Bay.

And maybe $2000a might is outside your budget? Well, the Treehouse is nearly 6,000 square feet, with three bedrooms and four bathrooms spread out over two levels; plenty of room for everyone to come along.

The interior features an open concept,  with multi-functional living areas with walls of retractable glass that disappear to blur indoor-outdoor boundaries; there are also balconies that offer spaces for lounging, dining and taking a dip in a hot tub.

A hot tub in a treehouse. Mine never had that.

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