Were my jaw able to drop any further, then I’d be watching my lower mandible make it’s very own Journey to the Centre of the Earth – goodness gracious me, if the Steampunk Treehouse isn’t a simply marvelous sounding project!

“The Steampunk Tree House is representative of a mutually beneficial relationship between people and nature: humans living in harmony with the planet and its natural elements. The House component itself is built of recycled wood, styled after the Victorian age of architecture, H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, combined with the organic elements of nature. It’s a house of mystery, a surreal otherworldly décor that invites its inhabitants to leave behind personal items, figurative pieces of themselves, memories of their childhood innocence, and invites them to release their thoughts and messages to be scribbled on the walls.”

A 30′ (9.2m) tall metal tree with steam instead of sap flowing through it’s channels and a wood and metal house nestled within it.  A roving veritable steam gardener, in the form of the Kinetic Steam Works will provide regular applications of steam, so that the tree’s pipes puff with fluffy white scald.  Inside, they claim a veritable treasure trove of gimcracks, trinkets and tiny ephemera tucked into shelves and drawers, as well as surreal paintings adorning the walls.

Odd but more lovely than I could hope to imagine.  I wish this project all the luck in the world and my spirit, if not my body, will be with it on the playa.  Thank you so much, Mr Payphone.