The Transformation

Remember the post about how I was going to transform an old thrift store find into a barn for my son. Well, it worked. Hub and I sawed and nailed and painted until we got this.

Then we bought the little tractor and animals to go with it.

Grammy and Hub went out to a field near our house and got some straw that had fallen to the ground. Grammy tied them into these cute little bundles.

And I learned how to make a rope ladder. It was fun. If you want to learn how to make one, check YouTube. That's how I learned.

I haven't done the exact calculations, but I estimate the total cost of this project (not including the animals and tractor) to be about $30, including the $5 thrift store item, another $3 - $5 for the board we bought for the roof, and about $12 for the paint, and a few dollars for the saw. I already had the twine for the bails of straw and the rope ladder.

This was a fun project, but I learned a couple of things. First, having an electric saw would be nice. We just had a cheap hand saw, and I had to have Hub do the sawing because the wood was so old and hard. Second, procrastination means sleep deprivation. Of course, I already knew this, but I re-learned it anyway. I painted late into the night in order to finish this before the boy's birthday. But it was very much worth it!