Finally I’m allowed to reveal my post on creating a beach hut playhouse.  It’s been a really exciting project to be a part of the Waltons Make It Your Own Playhouse and the transformation below was achieved with a budget of just £50.

Let the kids line up those sand castles and search for treasure on the beach of this stripy beach hut in the comfort of your own garden.   Create a picnic feast to enjoy at the hut table and cuddle up in the seating area for story time as you all stare up at the fisherman net ceiling and watch the breeze gently move the driftwood mobile.

THE INTERIOR

The beach hut playhouse interior was put together with a collection of thrifted finds, mainly from items we had lying around the house.

• The Walls and Ceiling – I used a quick splash of cheap white emulsion on the interior walls and ceiling we had leftover really lightened up the playhouse, and gave it that extra beach wood feel.  Once dry I stapled some pea netting from the green house to the ceiling, to create a flowing fisherman’s net and added some dried seaweed we picked up from the beach.
• The seating area – I used a woven beach mat from the garden center, (£1.50) to create a comfortable floor then for the seat I used a pregnancy pillow (or you coud use a few old pillows) covered in an old blanket and added a cushion we had lying around in Nye’s bedroom.
• Toy Storage – An old picnic basket or wicker basket creates fantastic beach style storage.  Wicker is perfect for storing away any tray toys and keeps them clean and dry.
• Furniture – I used a spare set of table and chairs from inside the house to showcase all our other beach finds from our holiday.  These are fantastic sensory treats, and they look just perfect displayed on a nautical paper tray from Tesco (50p)
• Driftwood Mobile – Create a perfect holiday momento with some free beach driftwood and some string. You’ll seed a drill, some drift wood (and shells) and some string. Select a drill bit that is slightly bigger than the thickness of your string and drill holes through the center of each piece of wood and tie knots into the string where you’d like the wood to sit.