Our Play House Before and After
Not too long ago I shared this play house / play fort that is in our backyard as part of a Work and Play tour.
Today, I need to percentage a bit greater approximately it. As you may see from this earlier than and after photograph I actually have recently given it a bit of a makeover.
We love this play residence in our outside, in fact it turned into one of the reasons I wanted to shop for our house years in the past due to the fact I knew my two boys might have a lot amusing playing in it.
But it was beginning to look a piece run down and so I desired to present it a touch attention. The first aspect I did turned into scrape and sand off all of that chippy paint.
In my thoughts I should photograph the castle being painted a vibrant green and at the same time as searching round our garage at some point I noticed a can of the appropriate coloration of inexperienced in an outside paint. I couldn't trust it, it felt like destiny. But as soon as I were given a number of the paint on, the green just didn't look right.
I by no means deliberate to color the house a part of the citadel since it became nevertheless in simply correct form. It is actually the same color as our residence and so I liked the entire cohesiveness of that, also I don't own a ladder tall sufficient to attain it.
So back to the garage I went, and you know what I found? A can of the pretty green that was on it before that I had just scrapped off. I seriously didn't even realized I had these paints in our garage, and if I did, I would have thought that they would have been all dried up, but being an exterior paint, I guess they can handle the elements. All the paint needed was a really good mixing.
So I gave it a sparkling new coat of paint, and Yes, I recognise that the earlier than and after do not look an entire lot exclusive in shade, however it does appearance a lot nicer now.
I was just happy that I was able to work with paint that I already had so I didn't need to go out and buy new paint. Remember when the same thing happened in our kitchen? Sometimes the perfect color is already sitting in your garage or basement.
After it was painted it was time to bring in the furniture. Because the bottom portion of the fort is covered we like to use this area as a patio. I don't have to worry about my wicker and furnishings getting wet when it rains, and this space is always shaded so it really makes for the perfect space to hang out in.
Next to the fort is a sandbox and can I just tell you, I love to play in the sand with my boys, it's so relaxing! Someone made a comment about the skateboard in the corner of the sandbox when I shared this picture before. It was something I just put there, but it does work great for a little corner seat. The skateboard has a hole in it because at one time we were using it as a swing.
In our storage I additionally located some extra tiles which I have used as stepping stones.
I added Curtains, pillows and rugs to make the space comfortable.
I became a wicker planter into a espresso table by setting a metal trash can lid on pinnacle of it. It works super for putting down your drink.
And then I hung up this driftwood garland that I made and can be running a blog approximately soon.
I also hung up an old boat paddle with some rope. I painted stripes on the paddle with the same green as the fort.
I used rope to also hang up some boat buoys. I just like the complete nautical - lake residence vibe occurring here.
I didn't do much to the upstairs of the playhouse, but I still plan to hang baskets on the wall to hold water guns, bubbles and other outdoor toys. I think some bean bag chairs would be perfect up there too. So it's still a work in progress, and luckily I'm still allowed up there. My son Liam made and hung this sign up all by himself.
That's my boy!
My boys only have a few weeks of school left and then they will be home all day. I have a feeling that we will be spending a big portion of our summer in our backyard.
Thanks for preventing by means of,
Emily