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Rain & Trees<\/a><\/h1>\n\n

A forest\u2011built life with modern tools, muddy boots, and a hobbit\u2019s love of cozy corners.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Explore the Journey<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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We\u2019re Carsten and Artemis, and Rain and Trees is our ongoing journey of building a life in the rainy forests of the Pacific Northwest. On our 16\u2011acre property (four acres to shape into home and garden, and twelve acres left wild) we\u2019re creating a place that blends modern living with a touch of fantasy. Alongside our main house, you may eventually find a hobbit hole or two tucked into the landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Carsten, this project is a return to his roots. He grew up in a nearby rural forest, and the memories of that childhood home have stayed with him ever since. Building here is the realization of a long\u2011held dream to come back to the woods and craft a home of his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Artemis, this is a new chapter. A lifelong city girl who moved to Washington in 2020, she has always felt drawn to nature and imagined one day building a cabin in the woods. Now, that dream is becoming real, one beam, board, and rainy day at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, we\u2019re creating the life we\u2019ve both imagined. Rain and Trees is where we document the process through blogs and videos: the progress and setbacks, the lessons learned, the inspiration behind our designs, and the practical details of building a home in the forest. We invite you to follow along, learn with us, and maybe gather ideas for your own adventure.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re Carsten and Artemis, and Rain and Trees is our ongoing journey of building a life in the rainy forests of the Pacific Northwest. On our 16\u2011acre property (four acres to shape into home and garden, and twelve acres left wild) we\u2019re creating a place that blends modern living with a touch of fantasy. Alongside […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rainandtrees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rainandtrees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rainandtrees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rainandtrees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rainandtrees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/rainandtrees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/rainandtrees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rainandtrees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rainandtrees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}