play barn



a few months ago my friend, amy, posted a link for a slideshow of play houses.  they are amazing.  we were already planning on building hendrix a sandbox, so i thought he needed a little barn to go with it.  except play houses can be pretty pricy.  then mike found this cheap framer kit for a garden shed that with a little customizing on our part...would make the perfect play barn for hendrix...for much less than a play house.  then when he and any other children are done with it...it can be a garden shed or drinking barn (in mike's dreams). this weekend, we gathered our materials, picked the paint colors, built the base and leveled the ground.  by the end of the week, hendrix should have a play barn that is painted orange on the inside and red on the outside.  orginally, he wanted the outside to be painted both red and orange, but mike looked like was about to faint at the thought of that.  something about all the "other farmers" driving by and seeing that.  so, we compromised and will paint the interior orange with some leftover paint from hendrix's bedroom.  hendrix informed me that he would be putting all of his tools in it, so he "could do his work".  oh sweet boy.  he's still under the assumption that "work" is fun. ha! the barn is 7 ft x 8ft with 8 ft high ceilings so i will put in some shelves for his outdoor toys and a solar powered light because he will never go in it if it is dark in there.  next to it will be his sandbox and on the other side a parking spot for the tractor that his grandma got him for christmas last year. this place is kind of my inspiration except on more of a kid scale.  most of the decor will just be repurposed scraps that i have laying around, but i am super excited for hendrix and his friends to have a little play spot out in the yard and garden area.  personal spaces that are beautiful are something i hold dear to my heart...so i hope hendrix can love it as much. we'll post pics when it is complete.