I am so excited to be able to share with you Baby’s finished garden and playhouse. This project has been months in the planning and execution, as it is hard to crack on with a task, when we have Baby to contend with. Together with my mum, hubby and I bought her the playhouse for Christmas. After LOTS of painting it is all finished and I am so happy that she can now enjoy her own safe play space (without the company of our little furry friends!). I will do another post to share what we did and where we got things from, but I just wanted to show you the fruits of our labour.
So here is a picture tour. There are LOTS of pictures, as I have waited ages for this!
The playhouse was unpainted when it arrived flatpacked, until I waved my own special fairy wand! Our lovely brother in law made us the picket fence, which makes the garden totally secure and safe. As we have just had our living room floor replaced, we used our old wood floor in her playhouse!
Our garden is quite a sunny little spot, so we picked up this gazebo to ensure Baby has shade.
It has a lovely platform area, which apparently is perfect for milk drinking.
She adores her little house and will happily stand there for ages playing peek-a-boo from behind the door. She knows it is her special house and wanders about moving things to where she wants them. I have had such joy creating this space for her and I can’t wait to invite her little friends to see it too. (I still have to cover the sponge, a piece of our old memory foam mattress, which covers the platform, but everything else is in place).
She loves her garden so much and it was such a special moment, when she first played in it properly, her own little space. I can now let her play outside, without worrying and she can have a little more freedom to explore. I have filled her garden with lots things that are attractive to children, however, we did plant Daddy some herbs in her little wheelbarrow!
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OH wow, this is so amazing, can I move in? I always wanted something like this growing up x
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Whenever you like! 🙂 thanks x
So beautiful.
I adore all the animal addition. She will love it for years to come.
Well done
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I hope so, thanks hun x
That is just gorgeous. I bet she just loves it! 🙂
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She does, thank you x
That is AMAZING!!! I am very jealous – can I move in?
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Thanks 🙂 I think I might start renting it out x
Wow! That is one gorgeous play house. What a lucky little girl.
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Thank you so much, she loves it x
I love it! I want one too, Please can you make one for me?
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Thanks! Of course no problem 🙂 x
That is absolutely adorable! How much did it all cost?
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No idea of the total. But the house was £350 (we paid half). Most of the other bits were 2nd hand, in sales or were gifts. x
I think that’s pretty good and will give hours and hours of joy!
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She loves it so hopefully it will last x
Oh that is just beautiful! What a lovely house and garden Baby now has! x
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Thanks hun, we are so happy, it was worth all the effort x
Wow! It looks fabulous, Aby! Baby is very lucky, and clearly is delighted with it. Beautiful x
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Thanks so much hun Thankfully she loves it 🙂 x
Check you out!!! This is so amazing, beautiful, stunning and I wan to have one/play in one and build one!! You could totally go into business with this! Simply cannot wait to see the ‘how to’ post. Well done you guys, Baby has THE MOST AMAZING play space. What fab parents you are!! (Now will you come over and do me one too?!?!?!) xxxx
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Thank you so much hun. It was a real labour of love for me anyway! I am so glad she likes it. I would love to make you one! 🙂 Hopefully the ‘How To’ will be on the blog tomorrow xxx
A little girls dream play house – how very beautiful, decorating with love. I’m sure there will be many years of fun to come. Thanks for linking up and sharing with Country Kids.
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Thanks hun. It was love, sweat and almost tears, but we are thrilled with how it turned out x
How lovely. The colours you have chosen are so fresh and pretty. I’m sure she will use it for many years to come x
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Thanks hun! I hope so 🙂 x
Oh my goodness what an amazing idea. I love this! x
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Thanks, we are all really pleased with it x
Wow, that is an amazing playhouse! It looks gorgeous and so much fun for a little one. There are so many lovely things, I couldn’t pick my favourite part!
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Thanks so much. It was fun finding all the bits x
OMG this playhouse is absolutely amazing! I am so jealous! What a lucky little lady she is :))) x
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Ah thanks huni. She is lucky isn’t she! 😉 x
Absolutely amazing! You’ve every right to be excited about this-how much fun is going to be had by you both in there?! Enjoy 🙂
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Thanks so much, I am thrilled with how it has all turned out x
Wow this is amazing I’m so jelous I want one for me!!
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Thank you. I can make you one 🙂 x
oh.my.goodness!!!! That is absolutely amazing! There must be a competition for best playhouse you can enter that into? It puts our playhouse to shame! But has inspired me to sort it out, although it won’t come close to that. I love it!
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That is really kind, thank you. Good luck sorting out your playhouse x
That is an amazing space and so well decorated and done. I love it. I want one for me now!
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Thank you so much. She loves it x
OH WOW!! That looks amazing!! I as an adult could quite happily live in there lol! She looks like she loves it!! xx
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Thank you so much, I may rent it out 🙂 xx
Gorgeous 🙂 I can imagine how much fun you’ve had shopping for accessories! We have 2 sheds at our new house so I’ve decided to turn one into a playhouse for the girls. I can’t wait to get it painted and start filling it with their stuff 🙂
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Thanks. It was lots of fun, especially trying to get bargains x
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh it’s absolutely BEAUTIFUL Aby you did such a good job. We have been wanting to undertake a playhouse project for Mads and LL for ages and just haven’t got round to it yet. Looking at this makes me think we need to do it- it’s just adorable and I am sure Baby will have hours and hours of fun with it. x
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Thanks so much hun! It was hard work but worth it to see her face. You should do it too 🙂 x
That is a seriously impressive playhouse! I’m not surprised that she adores it, I’d like to live there! You’ve done a great job and it’s lovely that she has her own secure space to play in. Lots of fun for her and peace of mind for you.
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Thanks so much. I just wanted that peace of mind x
Wow that looks so amazing! I can live in there. Everything is so cute and girly. Perfect for you sweet little girl =) #countrykids
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Thank you, we are really pleased with how it all turned out x
Oh wow! I’m quite jealous of her playhouse, it looks AMAZING!! Baby looks very happy with it, I’m sure she’ll get loads of fun out of that! xx
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Thanks so much! She loves it and I am so glad it is finally finished xx
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Hi, I stumbled across this post while I was looking for inspiration for a playhouse I am getting my little boy for Christmas. This house is stunning! What a lucky little girl 🙂
I hope you don’t mind me asking but is this the Mad dash pear drop playhouse from Garden Buildings Direct? This is the exact one I am wanting (double storey and window shutters have me sold!) but I’ve read some not great reviews of the company x
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Yes I am sure that’s where we got it from. We had no issues x
Thanks so much, you’ve made it look amazing!! x