HOMEMADE WOODEN KIDS PLAYHOUSE

We wanted to give our girls a playhouse for Christmas to have in their playroom.  When we started looking on Amazon at the prices and assembly requirements, the hubby decided that he would make it from scratch himself.

It took him about 3 months to complete, working an average of 2 days per week.  He designed it himself, cut all of the pieces, sanded it himself, painted/stained it himself, and assembled it with my Dad's assistance.  It was quite interesting moving the walls and roof pieces up the stairs from the garage, but we figured it out.  He assembled it on Christmas Eve while the girls were napping at my parents' house.  

It has a bar, bay window, windows with flower boxes, front door, very high ceilings, and custom shingles for the roof.  The only thing that the hubs wanted to possibly add -->

 a light for the inside ceiling.

My sis-in-law created the green pot and purple flowers using materials from hobby lobby (tissue paper for the flowers).  She also made the sign hanging over the door out of burlap and hand painted the letters.  Thanks to her for her awesome creativity!

 Needless to say, they loved it on Christmas morning and said, "Thank you, Daddy, for our new house."  

HANG UP KIDS ARTWORK IN PLAYROOM

Once again, YAY for PINTEREST!  This is another great idea stolen from someone very creative.

We used the word ARTE because my hubby is Italian and that is the Italian word for art.

Our girls bring home some beautiful art projects from school every day, so we needed a way to hang them up without crowding up the fridge.  The "JULIA" project is another idea you can see HERE.
 Materials used:  letters from Hobby Lobby, wood molding from Lowe's, stain, binder clips, and nails.

ABC WALL IN KIDS PLAYROOM

Another great idea from PINTEREST!

Love this decoration for the playroom.

We bought the letters from Hobby Lobby.  A few of them were wooden, so we painted them different colors.  Then you just creatively hang them up with nails. EASY and FUN!