A cubby for your birthday

Over my Christmas break I have been building a cubby house for my daughters 2nd birthday (next week). I have all but completed it apart from a bit of paving and some small garden beds etc.... below are some construction pics and the finished product.

It cost me just over $1k. Timber/Hardware/Cladding aint cheap is it.:rolleyes:
I did manage to save a few bucks by doing the following:
- getting all the framing pine second hand out of the paper for $100
- using left over colorbond wall sheeting/trim etc from my shed for the roof. Roof cost me a total of $6 for the roofing screws so that was a win at least. :2tsup:
- Floating floor I also picked up free out of the local rag.
- the timber shutters were cut down from second hand shutters I found at the local recycle yard (revolve) - $8 :D

Turned out alright I think esp since its my first cubby :wink::cool:

Great work at an excellent price. I used to live in Canberra, so where is the central heating.:rolleyes:

Wow! Great looking CH and it looks well made.

Probably too well made. The Trouble & Strife might be inclined to see it fit for temporary overnight accommodation post pub crawl for the builder? :)

It must be great to be a woodworker's daughter.:cool:

Nice work JD. It looks great.:2tsup:

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Originally Posted by BobR

Great work at an excellent price. I used to live in Canberra, so where is the central heating.:rolleyes:

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LOL, I will look into it as soon as I get approval for the plumbing :wink:

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Originally Posted by wayfarer

Wow! Great looking CH and it looks well made.

Probably too well made. The Trouble & Strife might be inclined to see it fit for temporary overnight accommodation post pub crawl for the builder? :)

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My wife is expecting again and I tell you what If I end up with a tribe of girls by the time they all hit teenage years I may be voluntarily moving in. :oo:

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Originally Posted by Wongo

It must be great to be a woodworker's daughter.:cool:

Nice work JD. It looks great.:2tsup:

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Thanks Wongo, I drew inspiration from the cubby house you built your daughter (along with many others cubbies built by members on this forum) :2tsup::D

Cheers

Forgot to add dimensions:

Main House area: 2400 x 1800 x 1700 wall height. It ended up being approx 2200 x 1600 internal once I lined it with ply.
Front Deck area 1800 x 1800 :D


Joel

Noticed there is steering wheel on wall. What sort of mileage does she get? Do you have to pay tolls on the freeways?

Nice work JD, young missy would be proud of her daddy!

Looks great, I bet you are chuffed with your creation.

Donna

Really great work. I recognize that table and chairs, that's the ones we smear banana and yoghurt all over every morning!

Maybe you could put a little weatherproof locker behind the cubby with your bunk roll in it.

I recognize the table and chairs and the toy box too I had to glue ours at the dowel joins I guess Ikea doesn't think about how hard kids play with stuff but they certainly are handy.
And the cubby looks great nice work.:2tsup:

I guess Ikea doesn't think about how hard kids play with stuff but they certainly are handy.[/quote]

I think Swedish kids just ain't as tough as Aussies!! Or was that rough?

Thanks for the kind words all :2tsup: I spent the weekend paving around the cubby and building a raised planter box out the back for growing some vegies:2tsup:

Yep gotta love ikea, ha ha. As for the 'toy box' few pieces of ply for shelves and a couple of hinges and it make a neat little 2yr old size cupboard :wink:

Cheers
Joel