Play fort!

First lumber run. I mostly winged my material list so I probably made a total of 5 trips to HD throughout the project which was okay considering I would only be able to work in 1-2 hr increments for a few weeks.

First cut. No turning back now.

To give an idea of how little "shop" space I have. A one car garage filled with crap. 2 year old for scale.

I framed the wall sections and rafters and made all my remaining cuts for the frame and decking before the groundbreaking.

I had a square dug out from a previous sand box. An evil neighborhood cat used it as his litter box. If I ever run into that dude in a dark alley....

Dug the post holes 14" deep, poured the quikrete, set the posts and deck frame.

Floor planks installed.

Back and side walls up and secure. I was pretty happy with how level and square everything was turning out.

Roof up! This was easily the most difficult part considering I had no help for this project. Well aside from this workhorse.

1" x 4" wall planks installed.

Inside view of the steel panel roof. Simple but I like the look.

I had drawn up a couple designs for the guard rails but decided this was a bit fancy (and time consuming) for the kiddo's fort.

Decided to go with a simpler and contemporary look.

Stairs built. I wanted something easier for a 2 year old to maneuver than a ladder. I think they work pretty well.

Also added some red mulch to fill in the dirt.

He's pretty excited so far.

All deco'd up thanks to a couple of mom's design choices.

I was definitely inspired from a few forts online but did not use any specific plans to start with. Overall we're both pretty happy with the outcome!