Before & After: A Smelly Garden Shed Turned Bright Playhouse

Dabney Frake
Dabney Frake
Dabney is a Southern-born, New England-raised, current Midwesterner. Her dog Grim is part terrier, part basset hound, part dust mop.
updated May 5, 2019
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Snow-covered wooden shed in a snowy forest with a small light above the door.
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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.

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tan sofa on pink chair

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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.

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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)

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