Playhouse Images of the Day

Well we're building a playhouse. My husband is NOT happy about it. Well, he's not happy because he's been getting the impression there are neighbors who will turn us in to the HOA. And of course concerned that if the HOA isn't happy about it then we would have to take it down and an entrire summer of Saturdays will have been wasted not to mention the wasted expense. Mind you, several of these neighbors are also guilty of having play structures taller than covenants allows. One of the biggest problems is that the ground in our back yard is at least 2 feet higher than our neighbors (that's just how they built it) so the house looks taller than it really is.

The other day a couple of the neighbors made comments about painting it the same color as our house. Well I HATE the color of our house. We didn't choose it, and when the time comes to paint we'll choose a different color. We think the suggestion was made so the playhouse would blend with our house better and not be as noticeable. I have a couple perspectives on this...1. We have three girls and a mustard brown playhouse just doesn't grab me as a girls playhouse. 2. Any play structure in any neighborhood is not the color of the person's house. They're usually made out of redwood with brightly colored swings, slides, and tents. 3. It's not like I'm painting the house neon orange.

The house will be pale yellow with white trim and black shutters on the windows. I've got a pink climbing rose to go up the side of the house and I was thinking of planting lemonade pink honeysuckly to climb up the back. (The back faces the side of one neighbor so it would be "pretty" on their side with flowers) Our neighborhood has several "colors" in it. Some houses are YELLOW, some are ORANGE (yes, orange!) some Dark Blue, Green, Taupe etc. So painting the playhouse pale yellow WILL "go" with the neighborhood.

So here's how it goes so far... Nate cutting Hardy Plank cement siding, wearing a mask because the dust in known to cause cancer in California...

The floor and foundation of the plahouse...

A few walls going UP!

Now the ROOF! And a cute little dormer!

Last week we put up most of the siding (that's what Nate was cutting in the first picture...yep, a little out of order with my pics)

Comments

[April]

Brandi, it's going to be beautiful :) And don't you dare paint it anything other than what a little girl would want. Mustard brown, what kind of neighbor would even consider that? Not one with the girls in mind. They grow too fast, you fight tooth and nail if you have to so they can keep it. I know they have to be estatic :D
By the way did you have a blueprint to go by?

[Brandi Ginn]

Thanks April! I wish I was sure my neighbors felt the same way.

Well we kinda had a blueprint but not really. We basically combined two ideas...I even forgot to mention that there will be a slide going from the balcony down to the grass! Then my husband did some research on how to do a few things and then the two guys in some of those pictures are builders/friends of my husband's who came to help...we were SOOOO grateful. They built me the little dormer on top! SO cute!!!

[Kara Elmore]

I'm with april. Fight tooth and nail!

[Stephanie]

I want to see pictures when you are all finished!!! Then I will have to show them to my little girls, who will of course, have to show it to their dad, who will then have to build them one of their own!!!!

FIGHT!!! What girl wants a baby-poo colored playhouse!

[Angela]

You go girl! I heard a sermon the other day about not compromising and I'm going with that in everything ... Well not really but I'm trying ... So no to a poo-coloured playhouse. It's great to see YOU back! Ange (NZ)

[Jen]

Dude, if they asked, I'd say you are building an aesthetically pleasing shed and leave it at that. It doesn't look like a play ground type of thing so I'd say you've got some basis for argument there!

And it's CUTE!!!! Complainers should be given thirty lashes with the HOA by-laws.