11/05/2026
THIS COULD’VE LOOKED SOOO BAD!… Not BAD for £150 though right? 😉
Part 5 of the playroom transformation and probably my favourite build so far (even if it wrecked me!)
I built this playhouse to give my son his own little sensory escape to wind down after school. To read books, play with his toys, listen to his Yoto/Tonies and just be hours of endless fun! But it turned out to be giving him sooo much more 🫶🏼
I used 2x3 CLS for the framing and secured it solid, making minimal damage to the room for easy removal in however many years.. honestly though.. I made the whole thing up as I went along! Everything was cut piece by piece, nothing really was planned other than the height and projection from the walls, so I don’t really have measurements to share, despite mocking it up in 3D beforehand!
Additional lighting was a must-have due to the west-facing window and of course, what kid doesn’t need their own remote control disco?! 🪩
But the part most people get wrong when building their own furniture/structures… the finer details.. the finishing touches! Rough edges, imperfect joins, no dimension.. i wanted to make this look like a little house, so spent (far too much) time making sure all CLS and mdf edges were faced, all windows had a sill, lintel and trim, the door had architrave and even the roof was scalloped!
Details are what takes it from DIY to Custom build 🙌🏼
Every seam, gap, hole and join was then filled and sanded within an inch of its life before covering the whole thing in BIN 👌🏽 the only primer I use on MDF!
Anyway.. you’ll have to stick around to see the rest.. see ya!
