Little tyke playhouse windows#
I placed a couple of my junk stash planters under the windows and Sofi waters the flowers when she’s here. The colors are so much better than the original color scheme.
Yes, I’m patting myself on the back and having a piece of chocolate. Sofi is happy as can be and forgot all about the castle thing. I wrapped Frog Tape and a plastic bag around the telephone part and just painted the outside door bell red. I found a pretty red spay paint in my stash and painted the door knob and door bell. Remove the shutters before painting….you’re welcome. That was a lot of work that could have been avoided. They were the perfect color to start with. Yay! I sprayed the shutters with Simple Green and scrubbed and scrubbed till I got the blue paint off. I didn’t like the shutters being the same color as the house and they were too difficult to brush paint with them attached.īetween the three of us we got them off.
Little tyke playhouse how to#
Our son was visiting and after reading how to remove the shutters I was determined to get them off. After we got the house back up I did a Google search and found a forum (somewhere, can’t remember where) that said pull up on the bottom of the shutter while pushing down on the base of the house. I was afraid to pull on them too hard, thinking they might break. When we took the house down we couldn’t get the shutters off. You may have noticed that I painted the house with the shutters attached. Yes, you can use sealer in the paint sprayer.
When the paint was dry I applied the Minwax Polyacrylic sealer. I painted the outside all over with a couple of coats of paint in about 10 minutes. I did not prime the outside of the playhouse. I decided the coat of primer was overkill since the blue paint contained primer. As shown in an earlier photo I primed the inside of the house before applying the blue paint. The JTS and I set the house up and I applied the blue paint. At this point I decided we would put the house together and then paint the outside. After the primer dried I applied the cape cod blue color. I worked on the inside of the house first spraying it with white primer. Moving on to June and I’m finally painting again. I was going to apply the sealer after the whole house was done. All this time the roof was taking up space in our workshop because I didn’t’ want it to get all dirty before I sealed it. Needless to say the JTS had to power wash it again before I could paint it. You can see the playhouse leaning against the tree in the background. This photo was taken outside our workshop doors where I usually spray paint things. She also wanted it to be a castle when we put it back up, but that’s another story! During the winter Sofi would ask if we could paint the house and I had to keep saying no, not yet. I didn’t get to finish the playhouse makeover until this month (June, 2016). I painted the roof at the end of October then the weather turned awful. I painted the bottom side of the roof first then when it was good and dry turned it over and sprayed the top. Look at all those angles and grooves, no way. I sure wasn’t going to brush this thing by hand. I used my favorite DIY tool for this makeover….the HomeRight Super Finish Max Paint Sprayer. I decided the gray primer would be the perfect color for the roof so that’s what I went with….primer. Glidden Gripper Primer tinted gray is my go to primer. The blue is an oops paint I bought at a local home improvement store. The color scheme I selected was gray for the roof and a soft cape cod looking blue for the “siding”. Polyacrylic Sealer ( I used Minwax water-based interior because that's what I had on hand) Red Spray Paint for door knob and door bell Paint ( I used Glidden Latex Paint & Primer in one) Materials list for the Playhouse makeover: The JTS (aka Junktion Technical Specialist, aka hubby) took the playhouse apart and used the power washer to clean it up. It was covered in mold and you can see the condition of the “cooktop” in this photo. This is how the house looked last Fall (October 2015). Our youngest granddaughter, Sofi, is four and she loves the little house. Ten years down the road and one extreme paint makeover for the Little Tikes Playhouse and it is better than new.
I ordered the two parts and the little playhouse was as good as new. At that time Little Tikes had replacement parts for the playhouse. When we set the playhouse up in our yard the telephone didn’t work and the “cooktop” was a mess. Our oldest granddaughter, Tenley, was two or three at the time so we were thrilled to get it. It was a hand-me-down from their grandson. Our neighbors gave us this playhouse about 10 years ago. What kid doesn’t love a playhouse? I never had one when I was growing up….soooo deprived.
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