A Real-Life Hobbit House

Check out the 'how' section on Simon's site for a very detailed account of the building of the hobbit house. Simon says he built this amazing abode with a chainsaw, a hammer, a 1-inch chisel and very little else-seriously! He enthuses, "This kind of building is accessible to anyone. My main relevant skills were being able bodied, having self belief and perseverance and a mate or two to give a lift now and again."

While us city-dwellers won't be building any hobbit houses anytime soon, we're inspired by Simon Dale's incredibly optimistic view of home building. Click through to the section devoted to similar buildings, it has examples of other hobbit-like dwellings for all of us dork-tastic Tolkein fans out there.

This is one crazy house, does it make you want so see some other unusual abodes? Check out this treehouse home.