Old Wooden Playhouse Coop Conversion in Progress- Picture Heavy and more to come!

[HouseMouseHens]

And the girls are really in love with their new house! No roosting yet, but I expected that. But they havn't been sleeping in the nests either, so that is good.

 

[DianaMallory]

Love it! Really cute! I noticed your still using wood shavings. I was using straw until I read on here about using sand. I love it! Sand makes clean up so much easier! You should try it!

 

[HouseMouseHens]

Love it! Really cute! I noticed your still using wood shavings. I was using straw until I read on here about using sand. I love it! Sand makes clean up so much easier! You should try it!

We are actually going to be using sand, but we have to wait until we can get the vinyl flooring down and the run built so we can order a couple yards of sand all at once to put in the coop and the run. We're just using shavings until that happens, and then we'll only use them in the nest boxes.

 

[Crazy Mitch]

I totally love the final product! ! ! ! Great choice of paint!

Congratulations!

GB
Crazy Mitch!

 

[ChickyBangBang]

This is fabulous! You did a beautiful job. =)

 

[furbabymum]

I'm collecting windows for a greenhouse project too. Love your coop!

 

[c2chicks]

Beautiful job!! Oh...you're gonna love the sand

 

[HouseMouseHens]

Well, I got the rest of the trim up, and gave the white another coat this morning. I still need to paint the back... since it faces the fence with barely enough room to walk behind, I am in no rush to paint back there. NO one sees it anyways! Haha! I am happy it's turning out like I (better than I) imagined, but I am sick of working on it, and wish there was a run fairy that would just come and magically make the run appear.... Ugh! I'm ready to be done!

Here is what it looks like as of right now:






And here is what my backyard looks like right now... Pretty little coop in an awful, dusty scrap and tool filled hazard area. Haha! Around the circle of bricks (which is going to be a fire pit) will be a red brick patio with brick walkways to the coop and a little play garden I am going to build for my daughter. To the right of the coop will be the run going all the way to the fence on the side and in the back, and everywhere else were planning on laying down sod. Eventually all this hard work will pay off, but for now, it's a pretty terrible place. Haha!



The windmill was in our front yard when we moved in, and we decided to paint it to match the coop and stick it over to the left of the coop in the flower bed that is over run right now. We painted it red, and then I got the green paint, so now I have to find some spray paint to match. Haha!

 

[BGinVA]

Very nice!

 

[Mahlzeit]

That is an amazing coop. I love the use of all the windows and how they go all the way down to the floor. Those are some lucky chickens.