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The Bensfield Tree House by Blue Forest

The Bensfield Tree House in Sussex by Blue Forest

Located on a farm in the Sussex, England countryside is this small house built around a very big tree. This isn’t a tree house in the sense of actually being supported by the tree — it does have its own foundation — however it is raised above the ground on stilts and has a large oak tree growing up through the middle of it. The Bensfield Tree House was one of the first tree houses built by Blue Forest, a company specializing in constructing elaborate tree houses and similar structures for hotels and private clients.

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Modern beach hut by Studiomama

beach chalet by Nina Tolstrup of Studiomama

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Nina Tolstrup of Studiomama designed this modern beach hut for her own family. Just an hour outside London, it sits on a tiny patch of seashore, one in a row of 25 tiny vacation cottages. Small though it may be, the cozy hut was designed to comfortably accommodate her family of four during vacations stays in its 388 ft2 (36 m2).

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The Chalford Roundhouse, a stone tower house

Taking a break from the cutting edge Solar Decathlon homes, today we have a small house from the past. The Chalford Roundhouse is one of five similar houses along the Thames and Severn Canal in Gloucestershire, England. They were built in the 1790′s to house the families of canal workers.

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