I(Shannon) started on Friday out and about all over town with Lil C to find the perfect tree house plan for us! We went to Books-A-Million, Barnes & Nobles, Home Depot & Lowes... none of which really sparked our interest in what they had. It was all minimal at most. Lil C did however enjoy finding books on add-ons like rope swings & trap doors.. lol So, with no luck, we came home and scoured the internet for the perfect one. After viewing a million websites, cross-checking prices & details, and a fairly annoying headache... we came across a site that had user video's added of their processes of building as well as the completed projects. We found what we wanted!
You can check it out here if you like: http://www.treehouseguides.com/sanpedrotreehouse.html
So, after ordering the plan, we printed the materials list and checked out prices online for all the materials "insert jaw dropping moment here :-( ". Decided to take a trip to Lowes to see it all in person. Walked around for about an hr and decided we could probably buy all the hardware cheaper online in bulk...It was much cheaper once all said and done! So the order has now shipped out and we'll be making a trip for wood in the coming days.
2nd day of this adventure was Sunday. We spent the whole morning into a good part of the afternoon raking the million pine needles from around our selected tree. 24 HUGE yard bags later.. it's all cleaned up & ready to go! Oh, btw..Lil C was lucky enough to have spent the night over a friends house, so he didn't partake in this venture! Lucky little brat! Brandon however was a BIG help picking up handfuls of pine needles, filling the bags and chasing/stomping on the bugs that ran out from underneath! In the end, we ended up with about a foot & a half more tree that was hidden under that huge pile!
Wish us luck when that 60+ pound box of bolts, nuts, washers & screws gets here, or rather the UPS driver when they have to deliver it!
Until next time.....
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