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The above picture was two years ago and below is the final product – just in time for our twin’s 4th birthday party!
This project is very close to my heart as it was a gift from my wife and I to our first set of twins for their second birthday. I built it in two months and it provides the perfect setting for our children to play their own version of house.
It is roughly 3,5m wide x 3,5m deep and features two large windows along the sides, a centre door and three windows in the front with a balcony looking onto the garden. There are two skylights in the pitched roof and the internal construction allows for future modifications such as interior stairs and a landing area. The wooden roof is waterproofed with bitchumen and the exterior wall cladding is tung and groove. The base is raised above the ground which is mounted on hardwood stakes and there are stairs leading up to the balcony in the front.
Sincee the second birthday in March 2010 I have completed the door, skylights and 3 of the 7 windows. My mum is making curtains and by their 4th birthday this March our goal is to finish the remaining windows, repaint and redo the flooring.
Lots more photos at: Wendy House album on Facebook
-- Currently writing a book of woodworking projects see http://www.familywoodworking.co.za
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darryl
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#1 posted 490 days ago
very cool Peter! I bet your girls love it.
I built my girls a play house and it’s one of my favorite projects simply from seeing how much they love it.
I love the porch on the front of yours. That’s something I’ve considered adding and I think your project proves it’s the right thing to do.
Peter Alkema
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#2 posted 490 days ago
making the windows….
http://youtu.be/ryiF4aIWRzE
adding the windows….
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Peter Alkema
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#3 posted 490 days ago
all lit up for Christmas…
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Brandon
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#4 posted 490 days ago
Nice Peter. I’m sure they’ll have many years of fond memories in that play house. Plus, when they’re all grown up, you can use it for lumber storage or something. :-)
-- "hold fast to that which is good"
NormG
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#5 posted 490 days ago
What a wonderful gift. What are you planning for the next set of twins
-- Norman
a1Jim
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#6 posted 490 days ago
Outstanding cottage Peter ,I see you have a big help in one of the photo’s he’s a handsome fellow.
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Peter Alkema
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#7 posted 490 days ago
thanks Jim here they both are….
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Tokolosi
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#8 posted 489 days ago
Knap gedaan! Baie mooi. Ek is seker jou dogters is mal daaroor!
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Rob Mammen
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#9 posted 489 days ago
There isn’t a little girl alive that would not like to have a cottage like this. you do excellent work.
-- Rob, You have failed if you have not tried.
Rick
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#10 posted 489 days ago
Nice Project! Very well done!
-- ENJOY YOURSELVES GUYS!!!
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#11 posted 489 days ago
You’ve created a treasure for your family… I can’t wait to see what you build for their 16’th birthday. Or the cradles you make for your first grandchildren. Spoil them, they won’t stay little very long.
-- Hal, Tennessee http://www.first285.com
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#12 posted 489 days ago
nice project…must have needed a lot of wrapping paper
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StumpyNubs
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#13 posted 489 days ago
“What did you make in the workshop today?”
“A cutting board. What did you make?”
“Oh, just a house…”
-Jim; aka “Stumpy Nubs”
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DYankee
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#14 posted 489 days ago
Very nice. Better not show it to my girls or I’ll be building one just like it
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jetnum
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#15 posted 489 days ago
Very cool, Peter!
-- “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
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