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You can now buy your very own Ewok-style tree houses.



Canadian carpenter Tom Chudleigh's Free Spirit Spheres are suspended in trees and accessible by rope bridges.

The 11ft wide eco-friendly houses can sleep four, allowing families to live in the forest without the need to worry about their carbon footprint.

The hand-crafted wooden spheres are constructed using boat building techniques and are coated in fibreglass making them waterproof and robust.

Inside, they are kitted out with a fully equipped kitchen with a microwave, fridge and sink. The rest of the interior, including loft beds and bronze doors can be custom ordered.

Mr Chudleigh, from Vancouver, said: "Uses for these durable Spheres are limited only by one's imagination.

"The objective of this project is to be able to move into the rainforest and have an experience of it - with as little impact as possible."

Tom is now designing a sphere which will hold a washroom, shower and sauna.

The spheres take three people no more than three days to put up.

Prices start at around £22,000 for just the sphere or £74,000 for a complete, hand crafted house.

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