Backyard Playground Makeover
If you’ve followed along, you will have seen a few posts now where I’ve done different projects for a playground makeover. The goal of the entire endeavour was to get a few more years of use out of our backyard play set / treehouse… I needed to “Tween it up” to make it cool enough […]
Finishing up the Playground – Outdoor Art
Do you ever sit in your yard, front or back, and think “I wish I could add some colour”? But the idea of painting your fence seems too daunting, permanent and possibly expensive? My backyard playground updates included colour for the structure itself, but nothing for the fence for those exact reasons. I didn’t want […]
DIY Chalkboard – part of our treehouse upgrades
Chalkboards seem to be all-the-rage now – people are trimming anything and everything with chalkboard paint to create message boards, labels, jar lids, gift tags – you name it and it’s probably had a coating of chalkboard paint to make it better. Our backyard playground / treehouse is no exception – but where do you […]
Outdoor Summer Games – Tic Tac Toe
I will admit that there are a LOT of pins with ideas for creating tic tac toe boards in fun and unusual ways. Ladybug and frog rocks, chalk paint and frisbees on the lawn, paper plates in hotel rooms – there’s even a version of tic tac toe with lego. It’s an easy game for […]
Treehouse / Playground Makeover
I’m so excited to announce that I’ll be working with Clancy’s Rainbow and Benjamin Moore on this next project – which is a doozy… Treehouse / Playground makeover! We purchased this commercial grade treehouse / playground years ago for $250. I KNOW! The hotel that it belonged to clearly didn’t know the going price for […]