About
Pete Nelson (born June 4, 1962) is an American master treehouse builder, author, and, from 2013 to 2018, host of the Animal Planet television show Treehouse Masters.
Nelson became excited about treehouses at the age of 5 when his dad built him a tree fort behind the garage of their Ridgewood, New Jersey home, but it wasn’t until 1987 that he built his first adult treehouse in his Colorado Springs backyard. He is a graduate of Deerfield Academy and Colorado College in Colorado Springs.
Nelson runs Nelson Treehouse and Supply, a treehouse building and supply company, and Treehouse Point, a treehouse Bed & Breakfast located outside of Seattle. Until 2018, Nelson hosted Animal Planet’s television series, Treehouse Masters.
He lives with his wife, Judy, in Fall City, Washington and has three adult children, all of whom work in the family treehouse-building business.
In 1987, Nelson’s dream of a career in treehouses was rekindled by the book How to Build Treehouses, Huts and Forts by David Stiles that was sent to him by a high school friend and shortly thereafter, he built his first adult treehouse in his back yard in Colorado Springs, moving to Washington…
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