While I was at it, I thought I'd add the latest woodshop project to the blog. This is a miniature hutch for the playroom above the shop appartment. I found the plans in a magazine and thought it would fit perfectly in the down-scaled hide away.

It pays to have enough clamps.

Drawers being made.

Doors being assembled.

Here's the finished carcass, ready for drawers and doors.

Drawers finished and installed.

Doors done, hardware attached.

Ready for use (unless I decide at some future date to put some sort of finish on it.)

Charlie's already getting some mileage out of the new sandbox.

He climbs up and down the ladder with ease...

...and negotiates the various levels inside the sandbox.

Charlie and Grandpa worked over the Christmas holiday to rebuild the deck over the old greenhouse that Suzi's grandpa built in 1944.

Here's the old deck.

And here's the new one - a significant upgrade that will hopefully give years of fun for everyone. My plan is to rebuild the treehouse using redwood lumber like the new deck. I'm thinking that the tree swing can also be rebuilt at the appropriate time.

There's a ladder under a trap door - leading down to the "dungeon." Should make for lots of hours of great play.