THE FORT!!!!

The Fort! Christmas 2013 we had the idea to build a fort for the kids out of the closet under the stairs

 

From This                                                        To This

 

Yes this crazy small little space was the idea but then Cameron took it to a whole other place!!!

 

 

 

He knocked out the wall and brought it out about three more feet...

... But it still wasn't big enough for Cameron so he cut into the closet in the bathroom (seen down below....

 

 Now we are getting somewhere... but then we thought to ourselves what about under the stairs?

 And to our very happy surprise there was a great little space under there! Now we have the demo done, it's time to frame...

 The idea is that the new wall being flush with the doorway will seem like it just flows...

 And time to do some flooring... We will lay hardwood down later but for now we just laid the subfloor...

 So look at the frame work... I wanted three secret openings, one for mail, one for a spy glass and one for a secret door to the loft.  Oh next I show you how I made the sign for the pirate cave!!
1.Painted wood brown

2. I used wood letters and some pirate decor from Hobby lobby and some Christmas LED lights.

 

 3. I drilled holes in the part I had painted KEEP in, and stuck the lights in. Then glued the other stuff to it.

 Oh back to the progress on the wall...

And the loft! I found a carpet remanant at Lowes for 20 bucks!

 The loft looks so good!!!

Even Emerson loves to check it out!

We painted and decorated!

Below the loft added a little sea worthy decor

 And my sign above the entry to the pirate cave!!!

 Cam put up the hammock... this is where the bathroom closet was before he knocked out that little space...

I had bought climbing holds and a rope ladder for getting up to the loft....

And hand holds for the secret entrance....

Here is the picture that hides the entrance!

 And a few other ones that hide the other secret  doors!

 

 

The kids were a little excited~

 The spy glass!!!

 The Hammock!

 

The kids Love it and now they have a place to play!

 

 

 

 

This video is a little behind the scenes on the fort and a tour under the stairs into the pirate cave.