I am building a playhouse for my little girl and my little boy.
(Actually, it’s 12ft by 8ft, bigger than some apartments!) I have managed to frame up all four walls, frame-out two windows, and put siding on the entire outside. I have purchased a pre-hung door and two windows, and I will install these AFTER I put on a roof. (Building a playhouse, especially a 12 by 8 playhouse is EXPENSIVE. I’m sitting at over a grand, and I’m about halfway through with construction!)
A few notes on the pictures below. I will be cutting out the windows and adding the doors AFTER I put the roof on the playhouse. Also, the inside will be paneled, insulated, and air conditioned. I will also add lights and (possibly) a loft. I want this building to last, and as my kids grow older, it should “morph” into a place to watch some TV and just hang. I always wanted a place like this when I was a kid, and I hope that they really, really enjoy it. (My son has been “helping” me. He rocks!)



17 Responses
Karen
April 6th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
1Reminds me of the one my parents built for my daughter for her 3rd birthday. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b98/ohiominnie/IMG_2988.jpg Of course, 18 months later, we moved and had to have the thing moved on a low-boy truck. $750 to move it 22 miles!!
NCN
April 6th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
2Yikes! That playhouse rocks! (I cannot BELIEVE how much is involved in building such a “simple” little building!)
Karen
April 6th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
3Unfortunately my father refused to put in plumbing and electrical. There are some days I’d like to escape out there. Or at least send the husband out there.
tanyetta
April 7th, 2007 at 3:25 am
4perfect
This Little Piggy
April 7th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
5Wow. We had a playhouse when I was little and it was the coolest thing but this isn’t even in the same league. Cool.
fivecentnickel.com
April 7th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
6That thing is awesome! Want to come over to my house and build another one when you’re done?
My Financial Journey
April 8th, 2007 at 10:37 am
7WOW!!! Do you need a building permit for that thing? Better be careful your kids might try to flip it when the real estate market picks up. That is so cool!!
If you could keep a detailed list of the supplies and costs that would be awesome as I’m sure there are many of us that would love to do this for our kids
MerleSneed
April 8th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
8Nice work buddy.
Beth B.
April 9th, 2007 at 9:02 am
9Looking great so far! The electrical power and air conditioning seems a little over the top to me for a “playhouse”, but I am a Yankee that lives close to the Arctic circle, after all (yeah, it snowed here on Easter).
Would she not use it in the summer time otherwise?
NCN
April 9th, 2007 at 11:26 am
10Beth…
Here in GA, it gets up to 100 degrees, in the shade, with 95% humidity… So, a building like this, if it had no insulation or a/c could get to over 120 degress, easily… with the windows, I could probably keep it around 90?… my sister had a similar playhouse (smaller) when we were kids, and you could only get in it EARLY in the morning… and in July and August, it was unusable…
fivecentnickel.com
April 9th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
11Yeah, that thing would be like an oven in the summer in the South.
fivecentnickel.com
April 9th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
12w/out AC I mean…
My Boaz's Ruth
April 9th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
13Any recommendations on resources for teaching youth (particularly teenagers) how to manage their finances well BEFORE they get into trouble?
Jake
April 12th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
14Uhhh. You forgot the roof!
Looking good!!
phantomdata
April 13th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
15Look at it this way, it’s as big as some apartments and will be cheaper to build than a little over 1 month worth of rent!
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April 19th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
16[...] those of you who have been following along, I’m building a playhouse for my little girl. It is 8ft by 12ft with 8ft standard walls. (I had no concept, when I started this thing, that [...]
Heirloom Gardener
December 16th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
17Wow, that is impressive! I built something a little smaller (a seven foot cube) that you can see over on my blog:
http://heirloomgardener.blogspot.com/2007/12/building-childrens-playhouse-fort.html
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