Backyard Playset - image heavy

[Mave]

Can i come and live at your house please?

I just love that sunshine on the front.

[robynsteiner]

That is truly awesome. That may be your calling!

[bron]

That playhouse would have made me the happiest kid in the world as I'm sure yours are now!! You really did a great job

[tinab363]

Holy Moly!!  That's awesome.  Wonderful job.

[McJulie-O]

Aren't power tools wonderful??

You did a great job.

[sugarbeth]

slb2724~ here's another picture I found which shows more of the whole thing at once (the underside of the roof has been stained white since this was taken):


bongirl5~ I'd say in all it was probably about $2000. That's including the wood, hardware, stains, accessories, shingles, perimeter, weedblocker and woodchips, a new jigsaw... So not cheap by any means, but it's custom, and big enough that they'll play with it for many years, and I'll be able to sell it since I made it to come apart some day. I made a big excel sheet and price-shopped. The local lumberyard was cheapest, and on top of that gave me like another 5% off since it was a big order - that was nice!

I need to give some credit to my FIL - he helped me a lot with the roof, which was impossible to do alone, and gave me a bunch of wood from his old deck for underneath the shingles, so that saved me some money there too.

[Beeclef]

That's so awesome.  Cutting the cost in half! I hope the kids know how lucky they are to have such a crafty mama!

[OriginalYouth]

ROCK on with your toolbelt, girl!  Fantastic work!

[sugarbeth]

ROCK on with your toolbelt, girl!  Fantastic work!

As a matter of fact, I DO have a toolbelt, and it's PINK! lol My husband got it for me at pinktoolbelts.com. I loooove it.

[OriginalYouth]

As a matter of fact, I DO have a toolbelt, and it's PINK! lol My husband got it for me at pinktoolbelts.com. I loooove it.

I don't have the belt, but I do have all the tools.   Occasionally I even let my husband borrow them!