Wooden Outdoor Playhouse Plans and Kits

Wooden playhouse plans
can save you hours of drawing up your plans and material lists.

If you have more money than time, then the wooden playhouse kits might even be a better choice.

If money is not a problem and time is critical, you might consider purchasing a pre-assembled wooden playhouse, you may have some minor assembly to do.

If you're a whiz at using a cad program, drawing up your wooden playhouse plans exactly the way you and your children want, is the best of all options. Next you need to make up your material list, but again, some cad programs will do this down to the last screw and nail. Shopping for these materials can be a one shop stop if you have a major hardware-lumber store in town. Some are so good that you give them the list and they'll have it ready or deliver it to your building site.

If you're not a cad program geek, then you might consider finding a website with either free playhouse plans or buying playhouse plans. Remember, free plans are usually for simple playhouses and are given away to help those that want to make a wooden playhouse for the children but don't have the funds in their budget at the time. These simple free playhouse plans also lean toward minimum materials, which if you're resourceful, can be found around the place, or old or leftover materials at construction sites at little or no charge. Bottom line to free playhouse plans is when you get there you find affordable playhouse plans, or when the budget improves, you return to these folks and do a little business.

A word of caution about buying wooden playhouse plans, some look wonderful but can be very complicated, especially if you have little or no experience in the building industry. Think carefully about the playhouse plan you choose, some are very close to a real house with running water, electrical lights and outlets, and even a bathroom, sort of like a summer cottage. Remember, the kids are going to grow up and there is going to be a time that your child's playhouse will not be in use, then what? This type of wooden playhouse plan we're talking about can make a great guest cottage, office or studio apartment. Another thing you need to think about is your local building codes.

If money is not the problem, buying a wooden playhouse kit is an excellent idea if you are looking forward to building your own wooden playhouse and have the children involved. A wooden playhouse kit can be a wonderful learning experience and possibly the ultimate challenge for you and the children if they are old enough to really help out in the construction process of the playhouse.

Wooden playhouses can run from just under a $1,000.00 to over $100,000.00, yes, I have found a couple in that price range. These price ranges for wooden playhouses can be from ready to use, or constructed on your site, or playhouse kits. If you are low on experience, stay with the simpler and less pricey wooden playhouse kits.

Also, keep in mind, once the wooden playhouse kit is assembled, what about the furniture and playground equipment sets (jungle jim sets). Wooden playhouse kits are great, but don't forget to factor in the cost of the furniture and playground equipment.