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Cubby House for Under $30

Checking pallets and fixing framing

Checking pallets and fixing framing
Truck Engine pallets form the base and lower wall frames

cubby house for under 30

Wall frame 4×2 posts in place supporting home made roof truss – made from pallet sides, cut at 45 degrees and covered with recycled roofing from job sites. Zinc covered ‘Minirib’ pattern, sheets are approximately 5feet long (1530mm). Truss made in back yard by nailing a square of left over roof flashing to make up nailing plate. Back wall is a sheet of old steel sheeting – ideal for magnet toys and chalk drawings once partially painted with blackboard paint.

cubby house for under 30

More Roof Truss detail

cubby house for under 30

Guesstimated window sizes and door openings to allow for ‘Home Owner’ to grow into the new building

Site Manager checking progress

Site Manager checking progress
Plywood wall lining, windows framed, perspex (plexiglass) fitted front porch flooring going down

Getting serious

Getting serious
Everyone can get involved, waterbased paints make it safer for everyone to paint

$30 well spent

$30 well spent
Ready for a princess fairy party

cubby house for under 30

Picking out the curtain materials