This weekend Dad and Curt came over to help me turn my r0ugh sketches of an indoor child's
playloft into reality. Its a work in progress, and several design elements have changed in the process of construction.
Aeva was excited about helping out as well. As you can see from the above picture, she's holding a wrench in the hands, ready and eager to jump right on in. I have yet to document all the work done to date, but this will catch you up on the major stuff. Don't worry, you will hopefully see a finished product by next weekend.
We had an excellent cheer squad keeping up motivated in our chilly work. The temps last weekend were in the 30s.
Good thing Dad is retired now. I have lots of projects in which to enlist him.
Here's the large platform. This thing is STURDY.
Once finished, there will be a wooden suspension bridge connecting these two platforms. I actually put up most of that today.
Last of all, the platforms will be sanded, varnished, padded and carpeted, and there will be an assortment of doodads like a ship's wheel etc. mounted to the rails. Oh yes--don't forget the 10-foot wrap around slide I bought for the main platform. That will be the final and crowning feature of the playhouse. All of this is a bit bigger than it looked on paper, but we have been cleaning out of
garage over the course of several months in anticipation of its conversion to a playroom. Add a little light, heat, and a killer setup like this one and voila--kiddie paradise all winter long.
This weekend Dad and Curt came over to help me turn my r0ugh sketches of an indoor child's playloft into reality. Its a work in progress, and several design elements have changed in the process of construction. Aeva was excited about helping out as well. As you can see from the above picture, she's holding a wrench in the hands, ready and eager to jump right on in. I have yet to document all the work done to date, but this will catch you up on the major stuff. Don't worry, you will hopefully see a finished product by next weekend.
We had an excellent cheer squad keeping up motivated in our chilly work. The temps last weekend were in the 30s. 
Good thing Dad is retired now. I have lots of projects in which to enlist him.
Here's the large platform. This thing is STURDY.
Once finished, there will be a wooden suspension bridge connecting these two platforms. I actually put up most of that today.
Last of all, the platforms will be sanded, varnished, padded and carpeted, and there will be an assortment of doodads like a ship's wheel etc. mounted to the rails. Oh yes--don't forget the 10-foot wrap around slide I bought for the main platform. That will be the final and crowning feature of the playhouse. All of this is a bit bigger than it looked on paper, but we have been cleaning out of garage over the course of several months in anticipation of its conversion to a playroom. Add a little light, heat, and a killer setup like this one and voila--kiddie paradise all winter long.
1 comment:
Impressive, Andrew! Sounds like your residency has way more free time than Cort's. I'm sure little Aeva will love it. Suspension bridge is so neat!
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