awesome -- I see what you mean now -- it's a treehouse for
the yard  I
still want one ;)
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Dana <dana.tierney gmail.com> wrote:
> that link wants me to know a password, Jim. But it
sounds awesome
> Everyone should have a tree house!
>
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Jim Davis
<HOFListsdepressedpress.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I finally got around to finishing the playhouse
"for the kids".
>>
>> All the (large) pics are here:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.depressedpress.com/Playhouse/
>>
>> The first couple are in progress, the last two are
done. I ended up just
>> doing a tarp roof (I'm too heavy do to a regular
roof on that thing) but
>> it
>> came out fine.
>>
>> I've always really wanted a tree house, but never
had a tree, so I did a
>> two-story playhouse instead. The lower floor is
8'x8' and the top is
>> 8'x10'. Eventually I'll do filler rails on the
lower floor, but the
>> project was already just a (little) bit over
budget.
>>
>> It's not EXACTLY straight (one of the posts sank
more than a notch) and
>> not
>> EXACTLY professional looking but it's solid. ;^)
Actually I'm really
>> thrilled with the ladder... that's the one thing
that came out EXACTLY as
>> I
>> intended and one of the things I was most worried
about building myself.
>> The kids love it - my son and his friends head
upstairs and play Nintendo
>> (or whatever) and my daughter stays downstairs and
has tea parties with
>> her
>> friends... or they all run around like maniacs over
the whole thing.
>>
>> It's actually really comfortable... we threw some
cheap plastic chairs
>> upstairs and the roof is pitched to block most of
the sun, most of the
>> time.
>> I sat up there myself Saturday read through a mess
of backlogged comics
>> (the
>> entire IDW run of "Fallen Angel" if you
must know). My neighbors picked
>> on
>> me... you'd think they'd never seen a guy build a
fort to read comics in.
>>
>> Jim Davis
>>
>>
>>
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