At the beginning of the summer, maybe even the spring I made it my mission to search for a playhouse that needed a little extra love. Going into it I thought it would be easy to find, but little did I know the hunt was long and when I did find a listing it often felt like the hunger games fighting to see who actually ends up with it. I had no idea these were in such high demand, and they resold for quite a bit of money. I saw some going for $80+.
I had pretty much given up my search when I stumbled upon this listing in my community buy and sell page and I almost had a heart attack, I saw it was listed for $20 which was a steal, but I also saw it was posted 6 hours ago so I figured it had already been swept up. As I scrolled I found out that it was still available so I did not waste any time, I got Kyle to take his dad's truck down to the house and load it up! I was so excited to start this little project because it was in perfect shape to do so. There was sun damage so it wouldn't be hard to cover it up with fresh paint.
I borrowed a power washer and cleaned it off the first night and let it dry over night. The next day I went to Home Depot and got some outdoor spray paint that is meant for plastic. I got all matte shades, except for mint because they only had it in gloss finish. Funny thing and important to note if anyone wants to attempt this project, you don't see any mint here and that's because gloss does.not.work at all for this. It did not coat the door well and it dried streaky and gross. So I went with this magenta colour instead and I like the pop of colour it brings to the playhouse.
I pinned a lot of ideas on Pinterest and that helped going into it. I had read a few other posts people did and they said it took them cans and cans of paint. For mine, I only used 3 cans for the walls, 2 cans for the roof, and one can for the pop of colour (I still have tons of this magenta colour left).
All in all I LOVE how this turned out, I am so excited for next summer for Everly to play and enjoy it. I want to buy some accessories for her like food and such so she can really use her imagination. Am I a completely "extra" parent for doing this? For sure. BUT doing stuff like this is what makes me happy, it is no secret I love DIY's and creating, this is just another way to channel that but for Everly's benefit :)
This project cost me $20 to buy the house, and $50 to paint it, which I think is pretty great. Since used these go for a lot more, and new they are $150-$200 to start! Above is the before picture, and here is the after! I think it looks much more sophisticated and modern, and less in your face with colours. At first Kyle thought I was crazy, but once he saw it all come together he thought it was a really fun and inexpensive way to take something and make it new again.
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