Good Morning! Barbara likes to start her day with a cup of coffee from Atlas, favorite cafe in the San Francisco Mission district.Followed by a hug with husband Jeff while discussing business…Married over 18 years, they still love to work, live & play together. Barbara’s nephew, Tym, gave her a…
Good news. Rudi came in this morning and announced that he passed the interview. He has been “recommended for approval”.Now he is just waiting to receive notification of the final decision and then he will be sworn in at the ceremony to become a US citizen. Congratulations Rudi! Marco is…
After a week on site installing the Long Island treehouse, this is Barbara’s 1st day back at the shop. 1st order of business is to walk her dog, Daisy, who is really happy to have Barbara back! Daisy (a rescue from the Ridgeback society) is half Rhodesian Ridgeback and half…
The crew continues to work on the Castle Play Structure:Building the frame for the 2nd Towerand carving the trims Lunch on the dock!Ember, another sister & artist/master staining, has come down from Sebastopol to help stain for a couple of days! This is a huge structure and we need everyone’s…
The guys start out the day digging post holes. adding knee braces… breaking for watermelon (Jeff was hoping to keep it for himself) Laying the deck boards and lifting the walls into place! At dusk, head back in Will’s “Fit” to the very cute little house rented for the week…
Will Pratt: Expert Builder/InstallerDuties: – Fabricates treehouses & play structures– Travels to sites & participates in installations– Keeps everyone amused with anticsAbout Will:– 2nd youngest crew member– Recently moved to Brooklyn, NY with his girlfriend– but still signs on for East Coast Installations– Plays Banjo / member of Jazz band–…
New Castle Play Structure design: Barbara’s latest design started with traipsing through the woods to find the perfect spot for the play structure. Her goal is to find a spot close enough to the house to keep an eye on young kids (from the kitchen window or a porch) but…
Barbara and crew have been working non-stop to make ready for the launch of the Rocket Ship play structure this Friday, May 14th. Countdown includes: finish painting, detailing, packing, loading the truck and driving to LA. Building starts with the base floor. These photos show part of what it takes…
Jeff and I went to inventory a pile of cut tree limbs. The client wants us to use the pieces of two trees in creating a new play structure/play area. To get started we numbered, photoed,and measured each limb and trunk. And I sketched each limb too as part of…
We had a great time installing this tree fort on a steep yard in Santa Barbara. It’s comprised of 4 different forts. 2 are connected by a bridge. it’s made for lots of running around & climbing. Great zip line between the trees too!
