{"id":857,"date":"2017-07-26T01:37:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T01:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loanables.com\/hub\/?p=857"},"modified":"2023-01-21T14:50:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T14:50:26","slug":"how-to-build-the-coolest-playhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reventals.com\/blog\/how-to-build-the-coolest-playhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Build the Coolest Playhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

It took us 2 months of working part-time on the weekends (10 days total) and about $1500 in supplies, but we built the coolest playhouse:<\/p>\n

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My kids loved it and played in it every day for at least 2 weeks (it does still get a lot of play when friends come over). Today they had a water balloon fight from it.<\/p>\n

Here’s how it started…my sister-in-law is a super-crafty mom (the kind that makes you feel wholly inadequate but she’s so nice you can’t hate her for it). \u00a0She found this<\/a> playhouse from The Handmade Home<\/a> and they built it in a couple of weekends:<\/p>\n

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Of course when my kids saw it, they had to have it! \u00a0Here’s the problem though: my husband LOVES to build stuff but refuses to read directions! \u00a0So, we loosely followed the directions for the Handmade Hideaway<\/a> and modified them as we went along.<\/p>\n

I put all the tools we used up on Loanables to rent for $50 a month for anyone that lives in Austin. \u00a0 You can find that listing here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are 5 parts to this project:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Deck: <\/strong>here<\/a> are the directions. \u00a0We put the stairs on the inside of the house instead of the outside. \u00a0Also, to make it a little easier on us, we decided to use Plywood for the floors instead of decking. \u00a0Here was our deck cut list:\n