That's Ackerman's game. Nested in a stand of three beech trees, the aerie hovers just six feet off the ground. Around back the land slopes toward a stream, creating a 12-foot drop. It's not exactly a high-rise. And neither is Emma's, eight feet off the ground.
Safety comes first in tree house design.
While parents obsess over privacy issues and health hazards, kids find other things to worry about. Like pesky neighbors - the creepy crawly kind. Emma has had to learn to share her limb space. Not just with bugs either, but squirrels too. And it hasn't been easy.