Before & After: A Smelly Garden Shed Turned Bright Playhouse

Dabney Frake

updated May 5, 2019

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Cybele and her husband transformed their very old, gross garden shed into a playhouse that their daughter uses every day. The inside is about 8′ x 10′, and the exterior wrap-around porch adds even more room for tea parties during warmer months. I mean, how many kids have their own wrap-around porch? The answer is not many.

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)

The adults did the fix-up work while their daughter napped. It took a little bit of carpentry, about three full gallons of Kilz paint for the interior, and some leftover paint for the exterior. $250 later and the new playhouse was ready for hours of fun and activity.

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)

Thanks for sharing, and a job well done, you two! Readers, if you want to see more photos of the transformation, head over to Cybele’s blog.

(Images: Cybele Perry)