One day a few months ago, just as yard sale season was beginning I was driving down a street in my town.  I looked over and saw a small wooden playhouse in a woman’s yard for sale.  I screeched to a halt and promptly scurried over to her to inquire how much it was.  Her reply was $50.

It was still a steal, the ones we had looked at online were anywhere from $200 to $400 new.  (See HERE, HERE and HERE for some examples we looked at)  This one did need some love though.  As I was humming and haaaing, she came over and told me she would give it to me for $40!  OK!  Sold!

Hubby went to her house with his truck and picked that puppy up.  Here is how it came to us.

 The siding was a bit worn by the sun, the door was falling off the hinges, the roof was worn, it was covered in chalk scribbles.  Hey, nothing a little love couldn’t fix!

Here is how it looks now.

I painted it white to match our house and painted the shutters and the door the same color as our house as well.  It is a mini version of our home.  Cute!

I also made a little address sign for it.  How dorky am I?  I bought the address plate at Walmart and cut out numbers with my Cricket.  I Mod Podged them on.  So cute!  I added the half for effect, what  do you think?

I love that we were able to make it a little customized for our yard.  It matches our home perfectly.  Most importantly, the boys have so much fun playing inside!