Monday, May 16, 2011

GREAT Repurposing Idea For A Plastic Playhouse

A large part of living sustainably is learning how to reduce, reuse, and recycle things you may have around your house (or that you see someone else getting rid of!).  A few weeks ago I came across the most interesting blog post about how a woman, Chandra, repurposed a Little Tykes plastic playhouse.

Can you begin to guess what it was used for?












You'll never guess....

She used it .....

To create....


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A chicken coop!






Chickens may be the easiest of all farm animals to keep and nowadays, as the post reads, many suburban neighborhoods are allowing people to keep a few chickens in their backyards.  Reusing this Little Tykes playhouse makes an inexpensive and very sustainable way to keep chickens in your backyard - and best of all it blends in beautifully to the neighborhood.

Go to Front Porches - Sweet Tea and Old Aprons, to read more about how Chandra created this really cute chicken coop    

And don't forget to Barn Hop over to Homestead Revival!


5 comments:

  1. Want to know something a bit odd?!? My husband had the same idea! We asked Freecyclers for their old play house and no one responded! How odd is that?!? Two creative hubbies. :-)

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  2. Oops. I didnt realize it was a female that did this. Still. Two very - creative - people who can think OUTSIDE the box. Impressive!

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  3. Very creative! And such a great use of something that would just end up in a landfill. Kudos!

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  4. Do you have any interior photos. I am getting a playhouse from a friend today and I was looking for how to "do" the interior.
    Thanks,

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  5. Do you have a link to her website? My husband and I would like to build something similar.
    Thanks, Donna twoelles2tees@yahoo.com

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