Playhouse Customization

Customizing Your Playhouse

In the realms of childhood, open-ended play where imaginations are tapped to construct and sustain whole little worlds is the best kind of play, and a playhouse just might be the best place for and most conducive to it. Customizing your child's playhouse is as easy, then, as finding out just what rests in their vivid imaginations. Are they envisioning a rustic, Western log cabin; a quaint, cozy country cottage; a wild, makeshift jungle hut; or a contemporary, small-scale version of their life-sized home? Whatever the theme, you can utilize a number of design aspects to customize your children's playhouse to fit their most fanciful dreams.

Paint

Just as a fresh coat of paint can spruce up any house, so it can set the mood of your children's playhouse. Don't hesitate to choose multiple colors for trim, doors, sills, shutters, even sides and the roof. Paint the interior walls and surfaces to carry a theme established outdoors inside.

Furnishings

Choose from the markets veritable smorgasbord of small-scale furniture to fill playhouse rooms; select round tables and chairs, rocking chairs, and bean bag chairs, storage units, toy chests, and kitchen sets complete with toy sinks, refrigerators, and grills for rooms inside and small patio sets and chairs for outside areas.

Finishing Touches

Add depth and personality to your children's playhouse with unique finishing touches: handmade curtains, children's artwork, braided rugs, brightly colored throw and floor pillows, potted flowers, window planters, small wind chimes and fountains, yard decorations, and a flower and vegetable garden "out back." Add even more functionality to the area by laying a slab of slate outside the playhouse to be used for "sidewalk" drawing and other chalk or sidewalk games.