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Packed with diagrams, tips and easy-to-follow instructions, this manual provides detailed instructions for constructing 14 different models of houses. -- Stacie Gentile, The Calgary Sun, May 20, 2000


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Build a lifetime of Memories

Whether simple or architecturally fanciful, a playhouse can be a magical place for your child. David and Jeanie Stiles use their own experiences to guide the amateur carpenter through the steps necessary to build an imaginative playhouse -- for the backyard, basement or playroom.

Designed to be put together with easy-to-obtain materials and common handyman tools, with clear step-by-step diagrams, these playhouses can be constructed by anyone who has basic carpentry skills (or a willingness to learn) and a weekend or two of spare time.

Projects include: A cardboard-box playhouse, a gingerbread playhouse, a fiberglass whale, a barn bed playhouse, a spook playhouse, a U.F.O. playhouse, a tree house, a log playhouse, a garden trellis playhouse, a three-legged fort and a complete selection of accessories.


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67 of 67 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This book has everything!, October 13, 1999
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Someone gave this book to my daughter for her birthday and we decided to build the traditional playhouse that is on the cover. Although it took almost a month of weekends, it was well worth the time! She and her friends spend all their play dates in it and we always know where they are. This looks like the most advanced project in the book and I am a weekend carpenter, but didn't have any trouble following the plans. We are working on the "Spook House" for Halloween and the whole family is having fun adding their imput! Highly recommend this book for anyone with any building experience.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Clear, Well documented plans for building a treehouse, August 21, 1997
By robert@gusick.com (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
All winter long I had promised my kids that I would build them a treehouse in the spring. So, when the flowers started popping up, and they hadn't forgotten, I had to do something. I had once seen a treehouse web page that mentioned David Stiles other out of print book, "Tree House Book". I couldn't track that down, so I bought this one instead.

This book only had one treehouse design, but it was just right for my situation. (A reasonably straight tree, with the fort built around it). What's very nice about the book is that David goes into detail on _ALL_ the tools and materials you will need, including a detailed shopping list. As I'm a woodworking novice, this helped tremendously. I was able to go to my local lumberyard with the book, and I got everything I needed in one trip.

The treehouse went up just as the book stated, with only a few minor customizations.

If you'ld like to see the finished product, I've put together a web page:
http://www.gusick.com/Treehouse

- Robert Gusic

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42 of 49 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Fell short at a critical step, October 3, 1999
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I hoped that this book would help me build a playhouse for my young daughter. Although it appears to be very detailed, it is not for the novice woodworker. There was no diagram to show how the walls were to be built and I was left to my own devices to figure out how to do it (which, being a novice, I was unable to do). I telephoned the author about this problem who admitted that the diagram was not in the book but he could not explain to me how to do what I wanted. I gave up and bought a Norm Abrams videotape and plans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
I bought this as a gift for my father, who wants to build playhouses as a side business. He loves it!
Published 1 month ago by Hilary L. Thomas

5.0 out of 5 stars Great plans for building a playhouse
My husband promised our grandson he would build him a playhouse. There is a great choice of plans and easy to follow instructions. We can't wait to get started!
Published 4 months ago by mtnmama

2.0 out of 5 stars OK Book
It would be nice if the book had more wooden houses to choose from. We are interested in a playhouse, such as the cover of the book. The cover is why I bought it. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jill Gilmore

4.0 out of 5 stars What do you get for the money?
This is a great book wide range of choices, from a bed made to look like a barn, a play cube with each side a different fantasy (fire dept, post office, general store and puppet... Read more
Published on October 9, 2007 by L. M. MACLEAN

5.0 out of 5 stars You can build.
Clear, concise and well illutrated. I bought this book to use as a point of departure/inspiration to build a playhouse. Read more
Published on July 12, 2007 by D. Saks

4.0 out of 5 stars Playhouses
A good book with lots of plan designs. This book could
use more color pictures and examples, but makes up for
it in design plans.
Published on July 5, 2007 by Timothy M. Schultz

3.0 out of 5 stars Good ideas, bad plan
Overall, it's an 0K book - the ideas are good, but the descriptions are lacking. The thing that led me to write this review is to warn potential buyers that the (at least the... Read more
Published on April 25, 2006 by A weekend carpenter

4.0 out of 5 stars aw, come on
I don't understand some of the people who write reviews. Do you
only think this book is bought by do-it-yourselfers? Read more
Published on December 3, 2005 by design student

1.0 out of 5 stars a reader
Please don't buy this book unless you are comfortable reading vague plans and are an experienced carpenter. Read more
Published on July 9, 2005 by Jose G. Fajardo

5.0 out of 5 stars Chock full of good ideas
The cover of the book is enough to draw a child into imaginative thought. Plenty of good ideas, with a realistic view of the ability of the average do-it-yourselfer. Read more
Published on March 19, 2002 by Linda L. Reeves

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