Treehouse Masters

- Season 3

(2014)

Pete builds his manliest (and one of his most expensive!) treehouses yet for a Texas Dad who adores his wife and three daughters dearly but yearns for a place away from the females to spend some quality man-time with his first grandson. This Western-style mancave treehouse boasts over 800 square feet of living space, stone interior walls, a custom cigar humidor, state-of-the-art kitchen, a hidden flat screen TV, bathroom, and (as if all that's not enough) is both capable of sleeping five AND has a massive deck featuring a 600-pound custom meat smoker! It's one of ...

An author who grew up in Kenya has always longed to build an African-inspired circular hut treehouse to share with his wife at their home in Washington State. Pete and his crew capture the spirit of Africa by creating a getaway with hand-hewn rustic cedar, a traditional thatched roof, and mud walls, all supported in a cluster of Douglas fir trees sitting 15-feet high and boasting a kitchen and tribal-themed interiors decorated with authentic Kenyan masks and spears from the client's personal travels. A fourth fir houses a spiral staircase, leading to an aerial walkway...

Pete revisits his former home - a site where he built his very first treehouses. Revamping old treehouse building techniques with new and improved methods, the team fuses traditional wood with the power of steel, making these Nelson classics brand new.

A couple in Tulsa has two things in common: they are both expert gardeners and they both have Scottish heritage. They enlist Pete to build "something extraordinary" in their backyard by creating a treetop Scottish cottage 10-feet high in a robust pin oak. Pete creates this sturdy treetop gardeners' paradise to resist the powerful Oklahoma winds and connects it directly to the couple's home via a sky bridge: a first for Pete! The treehouse features custom hanging flower baskets, floral-themed decorative railings, interior cubbies for storing gardening tools, ...

An Arkansas family reaches out to Pete to build a giant bird nest treehouse. The 2-story, lakefront retreat will feature driftwood railings woven to look like a living nest, and a porch to drink Southern sweet tea on during sunset bird watching sessions.

A tea house is built in the trees for a Washington couple.

Treehouse expert Pete Nelson travels to Japan to visit friend and treehouse builder Takashi Kobayashi, who takes Pete on a tour of his creations, including a treehouse bar in the middle of Tokyo and a treetop tribute to children affected by the 2011 tsunami.

Three siblings enlist Pete's help to surprise their parents with a rustic art studio treehouse on their historic family farm in Wisconsin, with a majestic two-story wall of windows made up of 100-year-old reclaimed windows from the family's old farmhouse.

Pete builds a treehouse that represents the meaning of summer camp, with a glamorous twist, just off the coast of WA. Pete gains inspiration to create a space that includes archery, a rock climbing wall, and enough bunk beds to sleep plenty of "glampers."

Pete and Daryl join forces with an inventive designer to create a wire-suspended, 30-sided geometric globe treehouse for an adventurous and deserving family, while also taking a look back at some of most memorable build moments of the past year.

Brian Kelley, half of the award winning country duo Florida Georgia Line, and his wife call on Pete to construct a modern treehouse with a vintage country twist perched above a steep ravine and connected to their Nashville home by a multi-platform bridge.

With the help of the local fire department, Pete fulfills an 8-year-old's Make-A-Wish treehouse dream in Flagstaff, AZ. The team tackles this whimsical build in a family of pines, and decks it out with artifacts inspired by the new movie, The Boxtrolls.

Pete goes behind the scenes with unseen footage, bloopers and lots of extra treehouse tours - including a peek inside Dale Earnhardt Jr's arboreal escape.