Treehouse Masters

THE TREEHOUSE JUST GREW UP.

NOW, TREEHOUSES

ARE BIGGER, HIGHER,

AND MORE "OUT OF THIS WORLD"

THAN EVER BEFORE.

I'M PETE NELSON,

THE TREEHOUSE MAN.

I TRAVEL THE COUNTRY

WITH MY TOP-NOTCH CREW...

OH!

...BUILDING THE MOST

AMAZING TREEHOUSES ON EARTH,

CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH NATURE.

WHAT THE HECK IS A GOAT

DOING IN THE TREEHOUSE?

WITH EVERY JOB,

WE GO OUT ON A LIMB...

...TO MASTER THE ART

OF THE TREEHOUSE.

AAH!

CHICA, YOU GOT REALLY SMELLY

THIS TIME.

I DON'T KNOW

WHAT YOU GOT INTO.

OKAY. OKAY.

BYE-BYE.

WHO WAS THAT?

WACO, TEXAS.

OH, COOL.

RIGHT NEAR THEIR HOUSE,

ON THEIR RANCH.

WHAT KIND OF BUDGET?

DID THEY SAY?

$200,000.

$200,000, CHICA!

YAY!

I COULD BE THE TEXAS COWBOY THAT

YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED ME TO BE.

YEAH, YOU COULD!

THAT'S GONNA BE GOOD.

THAT'S GONNA BE GOOD,

ISN'T IT?

OH, WATCH OUT.

OOH!

I'M IN TEXAS

TO BUILD A TREEHOUSE.

I HAVE A POTENTIAL CLIENT

OUT HERE.

I COULD LIVE IN TEXAS.

I'M KIND OF A COWBOY AT HEART.

THIS IS WHERE I BELONG,

OUT ON THE OPEN RANGE.

THEN AGAIN, I'M A TREEHOUSE GUY,

SO I'VE GOT TO FIND

SOME TREES SOMEWHERE.

YOU WOULDN'T IMAGINE TEXAS

IS KNOWN FOR ITS TREES,

BUT, IN FACT, HIDDEN AWAY

IN ALL THESE SEAMS AND FOLDS

ARE SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE

OAK TREES...

THE CEDARS --

BEAUTIFUL CEDARS --

MESQUITE.

I SEE A HOUSE COMING UP.

LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY,

LITTLE FARMHOUSE.

THIS IS THEM -- MUST BE THEM.

HELLO, MR. MADDOX.

JIMMY.

THANK YOU.

WELCOME TO TEXAS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SAY HELLO TO MY WIFE, SANDY.

HI. GOOD TO MEET YOU.

THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER AMBER.

HI, I'M AMBER.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

SHE'S OUR YOUNGEST.

I'M THE YOUNGEST.

YOUNGEST SIBLING?

YEAH, SO I'M THE YOUNGEST

OF FIVE.

SO I'M KIND OF TRYING

TO REPRESENT ALL OF US

WITH MY OPINION AND ALL OF

THEIR OPINIONS COMBINED.

THAT'S A MAJOR TASK.

YEAH.

OH, YES. WE HAVE FIVE CHILDREN

AND NOW SIX GRANDCHILDREN.

WE ARE GETTING

A LITTLE CROWDED,

AND WE EXPECT

MORE GRANDCHILDREN,

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY

TO EXPAND

WHILE STILL PRESERVING

WHAT WE THINK IS VALUABLE

ABOUT THE LAND.

THE LAND HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY

FOR OVER 100 YEARS.

THIS IS WHERE MY ROOTS ARE, THE

PLACE THAT FEELS MOST LIKE HOME.

AND YOU ALL COME HERE

AND ASSEMBLE ON WEEKENDS MAINLY

AND HOLIDAYS?

YES.

ARE YOU RUNNING OUT OF ROOM?

IS THAT THE IDEA?

WE'RE DEFINITELY

RUNNING OUT OF ROOM.

AND THE TREEHOUSE IS MAYBE GONNA

BE SOMETHING TO HELP SOLVE THAT?

WE WOULD LIKE

FOR IT TO BE.

A SPECIAL THING ABOUT

THE TREEHOUSE IS, YOU KNOW,

IT KIND OF BRINGS OUT

THE KID IN EVERYONE,

SO IT'S A SPECIAL WAY

TO CONNECT, YOU KNOW,

ADULTS TO KIDS.

OKAY. SO, WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE

YOU NEED IN THIS TREEHOUSE?

A BIG LIVING AREA, KITCHEN.

A KITCHEN?

BAR.

A BAR?

WELL, YOU KNOW,

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

AND WE REALLY

WANT A PORCH.

GOT TO HAVE A PORCH

HERE IN TEXAS.

WE HAVE GREAT SUNSETS

IN TEXAS.

BIG PORCH, OKAY.

THIS IS GETTING HUGE.

DO WE NEED A GAME ROOM?

I DON'T KNOW.

TV ROOM, OR WHAT

ARE THEY CALLED?

MEDIA ROOMS

OR WHATEVER.

HOLD ON.

HOLD EVERYTHING.

SO FAR, THE MADDOXES ONLY

SEEM TO KNOW ONE WORD -- BIG.

THIS IS GONNA BE

LIKE A MANSION.

THIS TREEHOUSE,

IT'S PRETTY CLEAR

IT'S GONNA BE THE BIGGEST

TREEHOUSE I'VE EVER BUILT,

AND IT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

I LIKE A CHALLENGE,

SO BRING IT ON.

MAYBE WE SHOULD DO A LITTLE TOUR

AND LOOK FOR SOME TREES

THAT WOULD SUPPORT

SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

THE MADDOXES' PLACE

IS OVER 200 ACRES.

THAT'S A LOT OF TREES

TO LOOK AT,

BUT, LUCKILY, THEY'VE GOT

A FEW PLACES IN MIND,

SO I'M GONNA SIT BACK,

RIDE ALONG,

AND GET A FEEL FOR THIS PLACE.

THE COWS ARE SO CRAZY.

THEY KIND OF HAVE A WAY

AND A LIFE OF THEIR OWN.

UP HERE

THERE'S, LIKE, A BIG TREE

THAT WE PUT UP A BIG TENT

WITH OUR WHOLE FAMILY.

THIS PLACE HAS KIND OF

A MEMORY.

BEAUTIFUL TREE.

THE FIRST LOCATION WAS

A BEAUTIFUL MATURE MESQUITE --

BIG, BIGGEST ONE I'VE EVER SEEN.

I'M GONNA JUST CLIMB ON UP

AND HAVE A QUICK LOOK.

THE BEST WAY

TO JUDGE A LOCATION

IS TO SEE IT

FROM THE TREE'S POINT OF VIEW.

I LOVE GETTING UP IN THE TREE,

FEELING IT OUT, YOU KNOW,

SEE WHERE THINGS MIGHT FIT,

HAVING A LOOK AT THE VIEW.

SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK? COULD WE

POSSIBLY DO IT IN THIS ONE?

MY ONLY CONCERN IS

THAT IF WE BUILD SOMETHING