When The Dispatch caught up with Pete Nelson, he was in Texas, converting lumber and steel into a touch of heaven 40 feet off the ground. “This is exactly the dream I imagined in 1987,” said Nelson, ...

IT ALL STARTS with a strong and flexible platform . . . for a treehouse, when you’re building a treehouse. But the same could be said of Pete Nelson’s career building them. Nelson is a carpenter who, ...

Pete Nelson is a tree hugger. I mean this literally — within 10 minutes of joining Nelson at his property in Fall City (20 minutes outside of Seattle), I saw him actually hug a tree, a massive Douglas ...

Of all documentaries and reality shows, Treehouse Masters Season 5 is truly unique in its ways. It is a reality series that focuses on a master treehouse builder named Pete Nelson who helps people ...

Mackenzie Schmidt is the Home and Travel Editor for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2016, and has served as a writer and editor on the Lifestyle team. Pete Nelson is famous for catering to the lofty ...

When Amy Schumer wanted to build a lavish treehouse in the woods of her Catskills farm for her son, she turned to "the tree whisperer" to the stars. Schumer is perhaps reclaiming a childhood dream ...