Last fall when we found out that we would be buying the home we had been renting for several years, I was immediately busting with ideas for the things we would be able to do. One of those things was a playhouse for the little girls. The boys have treehouses already- too high up for the girls tho. I had seen a similar idea to what I'm planning here at a friend's house ages ago and stored it away for another time. I had intended to get started this spring, but alas - that didn't happen. Today was the day tho :) We just finished a renovating our bathroom, and had a fair bit of scraps of this and that. My husband had just shown me how to use the mitre saw, which meant I was good to go :)
Now my plan was involving 4 trees. I would connect them putting a wall between each pair of trees, creating an enclosure., and leaving a space between the 2 trees that were fairly close together as an entrance. Today the plan was simply to create one of those walls. The thing I loved most about our friend's playhouse was the restaurant take out window, so all I really know was that that would be part of it.
My plan of action?
Wingin it ;)
And of course the kids helped a ton!
And of course the kids helped a ton!
My biggest boy, aside from giving his little sis some lessons on wielding a hammer, helped a ton - he did as much nailing as I did, and handled the cordless drill like a pro - he's been using it since he was 3 ;)
That's some serious focus!
I think she's already open for service - anyone care for some lemon-aid - maybe it's too cold for that (tho you'd never know to look at the little rascal - bare feet and the shorts she refused to wear all summer and has now declared to be her favorite article of clothing ;) It was pretty warm today tho...
Can I take your order?
In this picture above, (taken from the inside) the entrance will be at the right side of the photo.
It's no where near done - 2 more walls still to go and a whole lot of prettying up :) Miss Big A has declared that we will need 2 colors of pink paint ;) I've got my heart set on some blackboard paint for at least part of it too. I'm envisioning a hanging flower basket next summer already.... maybe a sandbox ;)
And a whole lot of serious playing......
Good on you, girl! I'll come by for lemonade, any day!
ReplyDeleteYou know - you really should come by some time - it would be nice to have a conversation that wasn't on the run for a change ;) We should talk soon...
ReplyDeleteOh, this reminds me so much of our homestead with lots of little in progress projects here and there - great of you to do this with them!
ReplyDeleteGoodd reading your post
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