No – we haven’t suddenly become wealthy.
But a playhouse for the kids – that had to happen.
This playhouse was originally designed and built by a friend for his children.
Half a year later, he moved away and faced the decision: dismantle and take it along, abandon it, or find a buyer. His housing cooperative did not want/could not take over the playhouse because it was self-designed and therefore had no official safety certification.
Since his wife knew we wanted to buy a playhouse for our kids, the solution was close by. Although more expensive than planned, this self-built house is made from solid wood.
Last November, my father and I planned to assemble and dismantle it within one week. Well – in the end, there was only enough time for the dismantling because we had to unscrew everything piece by piece. The original plan was to have part of the house lifted out by an excavator. However, all the companies we asked declined. So we moved everything to our plot (about 300 m (328 yards)) by wheelbarrow and by carrying.
The week before Easter, we started the reassembly: setting everything new, digging in foundation stones, and raising it up. During Easter and the following three days, my father was relieved by his father-in-law and brother-in-law. We then worked (in bad weather) on the swing beam and the roof.
After that, it was quiet for a while because the help was gone and I was a bit puzzled over the sandpit puzzle. How to install the pond liner, create drainage for the sand, and build the cover frame for the sandpit (so the cats wouldn’t turn it into a giant litter box).
Well – this weekend I finished the project. The kids are happy, and I’m finally done. Especially my head is pleased, which received quite a few dents during assembly and dismantling. When beams meet head, the beam usually wins. I also landed hard on my backside twice, like in a comic. It’s a miracle I didn’t have wide, bleeding wounds on my forehead – thanks to what a baseball cap can protect.
Dimensions:
Playhouse post size approx. 2 m (6.5 feet) (matching the sandbox dimensions)
Playhouse including surrounding platform 3.50 x 3.50 m (11.5 x 11.5 feet)
Playhouse (upper section) 2.00 x 2.00 m (6.5 x 6.5 feet)
Swing and climbing beam: 5 m (16.5 feet)
Entry platform 0.5 m (1.6 feet) with railing
Total height approx. 4.50 m (14.8 feet)
Now my wife can finally focus on the lawn that’s still missing after 1.5 years. It has been an eyesore for her for a long time.
Attached are three photos. Take a look:
But a playhouse for the kids – that had to happen.
This playhouse was originally designed and built by a friend for his children.
Half a year later, he moved away and faced the decision: dismantle and take it along, abandon it, or find a buyer. His housing cooperative did not want/could not take over the playhouse because it was self-designed and therefore had no official safety certification.
Since his wife knew we wanted to buy a playhouse for our kids, the solution was close by. Although more expensive than planned, this self-built house is made from solid wood.
Last November, my father and I planned to assemble and dismantle it within one week. Well – in the end, there was only enough time for the dismantling because we had to unscrew everything piece by piece. The original plan was to have part of the house lifted out by an excavator. However, all the companies we asked declined. So we moved everything to our plot (about 300 m (328 yards)) by wheelbarrow and by carrying.
The week before Easter, we started the reassembly: setting everything new, digging in foundation stones, and raising it up. During Easter and the following three days, my father was relieved by his father-in-law and brother-in-law. We then worked (in bad weather) on the swing beam and the roof.
After that, it was quiet for a while because the help was gone and I was a bit puzzled over the sandpit puzzle. How to install the pond liner, create drainage for the sand, and build the cover frame for the sandpit (so the cats wouldn’t turn it into a giant litter box).
Well – this weekend I finished the project. The kids are happy, and I’m finally done. Especially my head is pleased, which received quite a few dents during assembly and dismantling. When beams meet head, the beam usually wins. I also landed hard on my backside twice, like in a comic. It’s a miracle I didn’t have wide, bleeding wounds on my forehead – thanks to what a baseball cap can protect.
Dimensions:
Playhouse post size approx. 2 m (6.5 feet) (matching the sandbox dimensions)
Playhouse including surrounding platform 3.50 x 3.50 m (11.5 x 11.5 feet)
Playhouse (upper section) 2.00 x 2.00 m (6.5 x 6.5 feet)
Swing and climbing beam: 5 m (16.5 feet)
Entry platform 0.5 m (1.6 feet) with railing
Total height approx. 4.50 m (14.8 feet)
Now my wife can finally focus on the lawn that’s still missing after 1.5 years. It has been an eyesore for her for a long time.
Attached are three photos. Take a look:
Mycraft schrieb:
You lucky ones, unfortunately we only need 5 minutes to get to Sweden...You have my deepest sympathy.
Maybe the car key was accidentally lost on the day of the visit to the Yellow Giant 😉.
f-pNo schrieb:
Well – my wife doesn’t get to IKEA very often. Koblenz is 140 km (87 miles) away; Belgium is 70 km (44 miles) away (but we don’t speak French), and to my horror, I just realized that IKEA Saarlouis is only 50 km (31 miles) away (I must not tell my wife that).From our place, KL is now the closest and also the easiest to reach 🙁
🙂
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toxicmolotof30 May 2016 22:58We basically built almost next to IKEA (4km (2.5 miles) away), and you wouldn't believe how many Kallax and Pax units you can assemble in a day and how many of them you can fit into a small house.
Currently: (planned)
Pax: 8 (+2)
Kallax: 11 (3 and many more)
Currently: (planned)
Pax: 8 (+2)
Kallax: 11 (3 and many more)
toxicmolotow schrieb:
We basically built right next to IKEA (4 km (2.5 miles) away), and you wouldn’t believe how many Kallax and Pax units you can assemble in a day and how many you can fit into a small house.
Current plan:
Pax: 8 (+2)
Kallax: 11 (3 and many more)It’s not like we don’t have anything from the Yellow Giant. I just find that construction so awful.
Our 3 m (or was it 4 m (9.8 ft or 13 ft)) PAX wardrobe with sliding doors is still great even after 5 years (the bedroom was basically designed around the wardrobe 😉). In terms of price-performance ratio (including the interior fittings), this one was unbeatable despite a long search. IKEA has some nice features there.
By the way, does anyone actually need one of those extendable trouser hangers? We left it out when assembling after the move, as it wasn’t needed.
We also have 2 of those Kallax shelves for our various books (I had to google the term after @toxicmolotow’s post).
Besides that, a few small things like 2 step stools so the kids can wash their hands at the sink independently.
I also loved (and still do) the large bamboo cutting boards, which are incredibly durable. I just had a new one sent to me recently. However, it looks like IKEA reduced the quality of the boards. In the past, the boards were made entirely of bamboo. The new board has a core made of a different type of wood, with only the two 4 mm (0.16 inch) thick surfaces still made of bamboo.
If this “IKEA thread” continues, maybe it could be moved to a different section, @Bauexperte? Possible titles: “Experiences with IKEA Furniture” or “Your IKEA Furniture” or “Your Ikea Furniture” 😉. For garden topics, this doesn’t really fit at the moment.
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toxicmolotof31 May 2016 12:10Kallax used to be called Expedit.
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