Coolexamples ofhow houseboats can offer an attractive, practical, and alternative place to live, as well as amazing and often idiosyncratic solutions to living successfully in a small space People fall in love with boats and own them for a variety of reasons: out of affordability and necessity; a love of the water; closeness to nature and the environment; or just because they yearn for a different and more relaxed style of living/working space. The houseboats covered hereinclude canal boats, riverboats, narrow and wide beam boats, barges, Dutch barges, static houseboats, and even seaworthy...

Using high-end interiors, landscape and lifestyle photography and styling in the specially commissioned images (shot in all seasons and weather conditions), this book showcases 35 treehouses with different budgets and styles, from the rustic that seem to disappear into the foliage to the futuristic made out of contemporary materials. The accompanying narrative for each of these genuine projects gives information about the location, the owners and their inspiration as well as style notes.

This beautiful book shows how the treehouse can be many things: from simple structures based on centuries-old woodworking skills to modern geodesic forms strung high up above the treeline. The book offers both visual inspiration from the commissioned photography but also the human stories behind the creation and design of these treehouses.