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“The tree tent is a distinctive, special, quirky place” Helen Shaw and Adam Lloyd, founders, Sheepskin
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uxury holiday property rental company Sheepskin has launched what it describes as the UK’s fi rst ever tree tent.
The Red Kite Tree Tent, in Powys,
Wales, is the latest addition to Helen Shaw and Adam Lloyd’s collection of unique holiday properties. Shaw and Lloyd launched Sheepskin in 2009, with the aim of bridging the gap between a self catering holiday experience and a stay in a boutique hotel. The collection has been kept deliberately small, with just 25 properties on its books, all hand picked to meet the criteria of combining "stunning and secluded locations with unique character and attention to detail." “Red Kite Tree Tent offers guests a unique experience in an amazing space,” says Shaw. “Close to nature yet not quite camping as you know it, as the Tree Tent has some essential home comforts: a log burning stove, a cosy double sleep- ing bag and fantastic views from your secluded hideaway in the trees.” The Red Kite Tree Tent is set high among the trees in extensive wood- lands and features a lightweight, hybrid aluminium and ‘steam bent, green ash’
static airframe. The 3m diameter struc- ture has been designed by UK design studio Luminair, and is wool insulated, meaning it can be used all year round. The Red Kite Tree Tent is hidden in woodlands surrounding another Sheepskin property, the Red Kite Barn, but the two properties are completely independent from one another. “We included the Tree Tent in our collec-
tion as it's a distinctive, special and quirky place that allows us to offer a glamping experience, which seems to be very much the trend of the moment,” says Shaw. The construction of the Tree Tent was
featured on George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces on Channel 4.
Lloyd and Shaw met while they were both working for Kraft’s global research and development department, and cre- ated Sheepskin after being frustrated with their experience of holiday cottages. “We are very much still at the early stages of putting our collection together, so 2013 is all about growing the collec- tion,” says Shaw. “We are maintaining strict selection criteria for all homes to be added to our collection, so growth is slow but sure, enabling us to preserve our per- sonal, tailored service."
Details:
www.sheepskinlife.com
The lightweight aluminium and green ash tent hangs between the trees using an ingenious rigging system
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