With winter in full effect, it's nice to have a home away from home, even if it means you never leave the house. This great handmade playhouse is a great way to have some indoor fun and best of all it collapses when you'd like to have your living room back again!
Ohdeedoh reader, Ali who can be found over at Sweetest Littles has been hard at work recently. She wanted desperately for her two children to have a warm cozy hide out away from things. Her husband lent a hand when it came to the frame work made from pvc pipe and she went to work on the sewing of the 1 piece house slip cover that fits over the top.
There's a slot for mail, a flower garden out back and there's already a little one hard at work in the kitchen inside. The only question now is who likes it more? Either way, it will be well loved for years to come. It makes a great place to spend an afternoon or even for a sleepover with a friend. Check out more photos over at Sweetest Littles.
Thanks Ali!
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Beautiful!
It reminds me of something my mom made for my brother and me when we were little. I think she used wood pieces for making frames (like for stretching a canvas on) and made 4 big frames. Then she drilled 2 holes through the wood on 2 sides of each square frame and tied them to each other to make a cube. She dyed fabrics for us in all sorts of colors and we draped the fabric to make walls and a ceiling (we loved to use chiffon for the ceiling to let the sunlight in). We used those clips that hold tablecloths on to picnic tables to keep the fabrics in place.
The best part was that you just untie one side and it folds up so it stored easily in our apartment.
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Now this is really cool! I love that it's collapsible! Great idea
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This gave me inspiration and I had my husband cut down some pvc and we made a suped up octogon playhouse for my 11 month old son! With 45 degree angles and a few T pipes it was pretty easy.
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