Hooked on Playhouses

by hookedonhouses on March 5, 2009

Playhouses are so much fun. I had one in my backyard when I was growing up–an ugly green aluminum shed that stored the lawnmower and rakes. It was fun to play in anyway, though, and I was always good at “pretend.” Some days it was a Cape Cod. Other days, a castle. If I’d had a yellow cottage like the one above, I never would’ve come out! I would’ve insisted on sleeping there and having all of my meals delivered to the front porch.

This is the playhouse that Linda of Restyled Home built for her daughter Sophie (above). If you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to go to her blog and take the tour. I want to live in it myself!

At the Columbia Tusculum House Tour that I showed you photos of last Fall, one of the homes had this purple playhouse behind it. The homeowners built it for their daughters as a Christmas gift. Lucky girls!

We made ourselves right at home. The owners provided fresh-baked Snickerdoodle cookies, which were perfect for an impromptu tea party inside the little house.

Now it’s your turn to tell us what you’re hooked on today! If you have something to share with us on your blog, then add your link below. Just please be sure to:

Add the permalink to the specific blog post, not your general blog address.
Link back to the party from your post so that your readers can come and see what everyone else is talking about today!
Visit as many of the other participants as possible and leave comments! That’s what a blog party is all about!
Double-check to make sure your link works and goes to the right page so it doesn’t get deleted!

(Also check out Finer Things Friday, Melissa’s Beautiful Life, Ann’s Food on Fridays, and Fifi’s Fashionable Friday happening today!)

Hooked on Fridays Participants

1. maya (hooked on learning photography)
2. Living With Lindsay (Five Dollar Challenge)
3. Things That Inspire
4. Mary Beth {Dining Room Updates}
5. TK – Why waste a garage on a stupid car?
6. amylouwhoo @ mommyandbeyond
7. Troischats (stripes and symmetry)
8. Gennaro
9. Jill (polaroid pictures!)
10. Holly@Homebody(Thrift Store Goodies)
11. Christy (Vegetarians Driving Hummers?)
12. songbirdtiff-displaying photos
13. Katie – cookbook author\’s kitchen
14. Creations From My Heart makeover
15. Arleen (decorating with pink and green)
16. Jennifer @ The Apple Grove
17. Arleen (Tea at The Palace Hotel)
18. Suzy Homemaker- Cake Pops
19. Kim @ Forever Wherever (Rays)
20. House Favorites (Grohe Greatness)
21. Linda@Lime in the Coconut (Brownies anyone?)
22. Taya @ Delightful (outdoor living!)
23. Kate @ A Simple Walk (mom-to-be gift)
24. the BLAH BLAH BLAHger (Photoshop Actions)
25. Cooking During Stolen Moments (cheddar pan rolls)
26. Christy

27. Amber.Filkins–Hooked on Spring
28. ImagineCozy (Living Room Redesign)
29. The Summer Kitchen Girls
30. Monkey\’s Momma
31. Andi – udandi (handwritten letters)
32. TidyMom
33. DesignTies (Hooked on circles)
34. Fifi Flowers on Fashion
35. Katie @ Clean & Classic Interiors (FREE stuff!)
36. PamperingBeki (Spring!)
37. Wayfaring Wanderer ( Hooked on Happenings)
38. Karla @ It\’s The Little Things…(Hooked On Mitchell Gold & Bob Williams)
39. Our Nifty Notebook, Scholastic Book Fairs
40. Brenda
41. Lisa @ Coastal Nest!!!!!!!!!
42. Dagny @ Beautiful Living (hooked on DIY rastafari chandeliers for your nursery!)
43. Maya (Puttin\’ on the Ritz
44. Puna
45. Angela @ Peonypatch – Chihuly
46. Christine (Cooking on a Budget)
47. Kimba @ A Soft Place to Land (spray paint)
48. coco@ordinary miracles
49. Suzanne
50. Cary@anewpath(Hooked on Dreaming)
51. Jane @Beach House
52. Alpaca Farmgirl

53. Jill @ Forever Cottage
54. Julie @ Organizement (silver accessories)
55. Gayle (Monday Memories)
56. Kristen @ From My Tiny Kitchen
57. Kimm at Reinvented (Free Spring Decor)
58. LaurelStreet – Ready-Made Frames For Custom-Tailored Art
59. Amy @ Finer Things (bakeware for $1)
60. Pretty Organizer
61. Amy @ Living Locurto (Photo Editing)
62. Tamara
63. velvet and linen
64. Robin@My Blessed Nest
65. Laura @ Decor to Adore
66. Frippery
67. Cass at That Old House; Hooked on House Blessing!
68. Visual Vamp
69. Liz@Violet Posy
70. Carolina Mama (Theatre and Writing)
71. EricDaPlumber (Kohler Karbon)
72. Ramona Owen
73. Supernatural Botanicals, Discussions On All Things Girly
74. Styling by Coty Farquhar, Australia – Coloured Glassware
75. Leila –Make something beautiful for your home!
76. Vintagesquirrel (thrift stores)
77. Eileen @ Star\’s Fault

Tagged as: blog carnival, children, Family, house tours, playhouse

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1 Ms.Tee March 6, 2009 at 2:21 pm: Those playhouses are wonderful, especially the first one. I agree, I’d live in it, too. :0) Have a great weekend!

Ms.Tee’s last blog post..Spring Green Inspiration & Thank Yous
2 Visual Vamp March 6, 2009 at 2:31 pm: I could move right in!
These are adorable.
Happy Friday, and as ever thanks for Mr. Linky.
xo xo

Visual Vamp’s last blog post..More
3 Liz@VioletPosy March 6, 2009 at 3:38 pm: I had the shock of my life yesterday, Lily and I were in the garden and she went to go into her playhouse which she was last in last summer….umm her head is above the door! I have a horrible feeling by this summer she’ll be out of it.

Liz@VioletPosy’s last blog post..Homesense
4 Cass March 6, 2009 at 4:15 pm: Oh I love playhouses, always wanted one but had to content myself with visiting my friend’s. But I remember thinking, “she just doesn’t know what to DO with this house!” Even then, lo those many years ago, I was a House Junkie!

I wish I had one NOW!

Thanks for your kind comments on my post today. And I don’t know how you manage to keep up with all you do! Amazing.

Cass

Cass’s last blog post..Hooked On … House Blessing, Open House, Crunch Time!
5 Denise March 6, 2009 at 5:20 pm: I just mailed a birthday card to a lady who is celebrating her 95th birthday in March. Her goal is to have her new playhouse finished in time for her birthday celebration. She is filling it up with her favorite collectibles and it will be a special place to enjoy her favorite hobby – “quilting”. She is living proof that one is never to old to have a playhouse!! By the way, her playhouse even has a set of stairs that she walks up with complete ease.

Denise’s last blog post..The Geek Squad hits Seattle
6 suzanne March 6, 2009 at 5:40 pm: Julia, (re:Southern Lady mag) why not try going to the website http://www.southernladymagazine.com to see if they have that issue available. They usually do have back issues. I tried to find mine, and it seems to have disappeared. If I found it, I was going to offer to scan the article for you and email it to you. I’ll keep looking.

Suzanne

suzanne’s last blog post..Hooked on a good read!!!!
7 Kathy :) March 6, 2009 at 5:40 pm: Oh Julia I LOVE them…..I had one as a child “The Dollhouse” oh how I loved it, I had a pink stove, sink and cabinet along with my pink round table…when we were sick of house we’d play school. Once or twice a year we would get out the record player (remember those) and put on a show, we’d dress up in our costumes from dance/recitals, we charged 5 cents….lol we had a ball. Thanks for this post and taking me down memory lane

Have a great week-end,
Kathy
8 SoBella Creations March 6, 2009 at 7:17 pm: I’m hoping Costco will come out with a cute affordable play house this year. I think my girls would love it.

Although my oldest daughter insist I build them a tree house.
9 Styling by Coty Farquhar March 6, 2009 at 9:04 pm: Hi Julia,
Looks like I just made it to your party, sorry I’m a bit late. Your little cubby houses are just so adorable. I always wished for one when I was little, we only had a fabric and metal frame tent. I did spend hours in it playing. But nothing like your beauties.

I have a wonderful glass collection on my site today, I photographed my girlfriends collection which is just fabulous. I hope you get a chance to pop by and have a look. By the look of your list you must be exhausted visiting everyone. How do you find the time?

Have a wonderful weekend. xx Coty
10 Amy @ Finer Things March 6, 2009 at 10:30 pm: Those houses are so stinkin’ cute! My kids would love that.

Amy @ Finer Things’s last blog post..Finer Things Friday: Just Doing Our Best
11 Leila March 6, 2009 at 10:58 pm: I wish I had been able to make a playhouse for my daughters! Maybe for my granddaughters

These are beautiful!

Leila’s last blog post..Go ahead and make something beautiful.
12 Sarah March 7, 2009 at 12:38 am: I used to play in my grandma’s old rabbit hutch. Ah memories. Those little houses are gorgeous!

Sarah’s last blog post..Finer Things Friday- Tents
13 Michelle March 7, 2009 at 1:49 am: Hi Julia,
I hope I’m not too late to join. I accidentally put a link to my blog address the first time (#76) If you wouldn’t mind deleting that one, I fixed it and linked to the specific post in #77.
Thanks, Michelle

Michelle’s last blog post..What Can You Buy With A Dime?
14 Monkey's Momma March 7, 2009 at 11:15 am: I love playhouses! I have a boy, though. Can boys have playhouses?
15 Andi - udandi March 7, 2009 at 2:50 pm: heh, your playhouse was a shed, too?! I always thought because my dad was a handy craftsman he would build us playhouse, when he didn’t, we built our own unstable treehouse!

Andi – udandi’s last blog post..Handwritten Letters & Notes
16 Paul U March 8, 2009 at 12:37 am: It looks real enough that you can live in it.

Paul U’s last blog post..Announcing my contest
17 Janet Doherty March 9, 2009 at 1:14 pm: Please forgive me but I didn’t know how to submit my post regarding Hooked on Playhouses??/ Sorry for the lack of knowlege but wondered if you could help me out.
Love your blog

http://itisanevolution.blogspot.com/2009/03/hooked-on-green-houses.html

Janet Doherty’s last blog post..HOOKED ON GREEN HOUSES
18 hookedonhouses March 9, 2009 at 2:29 pm: Sorry, Janet. I close the blog party each Sunday morning. That’s why you couldn’t figure it out! I’ll have Mr Linky up by 10:00 p.m. Thursday night (ET) if you want to join us this week! I apologize for the confusion. I’m glad you want to join our party, though! -Julia
19 Sonya March 9, 2009 at 7:39 pm: I have always wanted a playhouse…I STILL want a playhouse!
Sonya
20 Robyn- Dollhouse Designer April 22, 2009 at 9:30 am: First I wish I had one when I was a little girl, to those girls who had a playhouse made by there parents lucky for you and be thankful, treasure the moments you’ll spend there. And let me share this, my parents gave me a Victorian Cottage which I happen to see at http://www.classicdollhouses.com/dollhouse-kits-easy-build.html for I did a research for a dollhouse to give my daughter for her birthday and maybe with the help of your blog I can convince my husband to build a playhouse as a present for our daughter on December provided she will do good in school and in doing here chores at home.
21 MELISSA April 26, 2009 at 4:27 pm: I ALWAYS WANTED A PLAYHOUSE I HAVE TOLD MY DAD TO BUILT ONE FOR ME AND MY SISTER WHICH HE NEVER DID BUT HE HAD A SHED THAT WE COULD PLAY IN AS A PLAYHOUSE BUT WE ALWAYS WANTED A REAL PLAYHOUSE RATHER THAN SHED .. OH WELL.. IF MY DAD EVER BOUGHT OR BUILT ONE FOR THEIR GRANDCHILDREN THEN I PROBABLY PLAY IN IT WITH MY KIDS OR MY SISTER’S KIDS HA HA EVEN THOUGH IM TO OLD FOR THAT BUT I STILL ALWAYS WANTED A PLAYHOUSE … ITS MY FAVORTIVE …
22 Judy from cutest-little-things October 9, 2009 at 9:45 am: I’d be honored if you would stop by my blog and see the playhouse my husband built for our son:

http://cutest-little-things.blogspot.com/2009/09/little-boys-playhouse-revealed.html
Judy from cutest-little-things´s last blog ..A Thanksgiving Surprise (and a plea for recipes!)