Did I ever share with you the final product of my DIY backyard playhouse makeover? I’m not sure I did. But, you guys, this thing is the capstone of my #SAHM-ness thus far. You know, besides my smart and beautiful kids 😂.
Before
After
I told you in the last post that the story behind this playhouse is it’s one of the first things I bought as a stay-at-home mom. I bought it for something crazy like $30 from another mom on buy/sell/trade. But then it sat unfinished for three years, laughing at me from its backyard pedestal because who has time for a project other than maybe a quick shower with babies and kids around 24/7?
Soooo, from first buying this in 2015 to now – seriously almost three years later — is how long it actually took me to DIY the crap out of this house.
But … I did it!!! Here’s a look:
I added a new mailbox, fixed the broken parts, power washed it, primed it, painted it, painted the roof, awkwardly squatted inside the house to paint the interior, added a toy basket, and my mom even sewed handmaid curtains for it.
And the whole thing basically went down like this:
Paint some, change a diaper; Paint some, stop the dog from eating the kids’ snacks;
Paint some, breakup a sibling fight;
Paint some, fix an ouchie.
Basically aaaaall the 🙄. So so so many times I had to stop and take a break to attend to the tiny humans.
But I just I love the way it turned out in the end.
2015
2018
The moral of the story: Stick with it. Even with no end in sight. Even with it all working against you. Even if the kids promptly color all over it with chalk like mine did. 😉.