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Protected from weather and adults, the kid-size interior forms a cozy hide-away, inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit , a favorite of the children’s.

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“A tree house should never overpower the tree in which it is built. It should sit lightly in the branches,” says Jeanie Stiles, who, with her partner and husband, David, designed

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An initial sketch.