Okay so I discovered that only the roof was ship-lap panels, the rest of the body was just normal sawn and sanded panels. There are lots of gaps between the panels – they don’t fit snugly together like a shed would, so it’s much less weather proofed than a normal outdoor building would be. Not that that should be a problem cuz I would hope no-one has to sleep in it, and nothing should ever be left in it over night. I have managed to get as far as starting to fit the roof. The only reason I stopped this evening at that stage was because my electric screwdriver ran out of juice and there’s no way I’m going to do this manually (yes, far too lazy and I still have blisters from painting the decking). Just need to finish off the roof tomorrow, fit the slide, then bolt the whole thing down to the ground and I’m finished.

And on another note, I think we need to dust the conservatory. Mr Spider, as seen in the photo below is ma-hooo-sive so I decided I would post a portrait of him here for my mom to see as she loves this sort of thing so much.

Well the playhouse arrived yesterday. It is completely flat-packed and even the house part itself is made of ship-lapped panels which need putting together from scratch. So far this morning I have managed to build the base – the house part looks a lot more complicated. I have also managed to stain the decking… Ronseal Decking Stain, does exactly what it says on the tin. Or tub. It came with a sponge applicator on a stick and went on really easy in two coats. The first coat last night took 1:15, the second coat I did this morning and it only took 45 minutes.