Early last fall I promised my son and his wife that I would make a toy chest for our grandsons. Delivery would be on Christmas day.
....Well last week I could no longer procrastinate on my promise; so work began using the few, crude hand held tools that I had in my unheated log barn. After about '45 thousand cuts (... and recuts)' I put together the 'toy chest barn' pictured below.
Despite cold feet and fingers, it is fun to see the mental image transform into a physical stucture which I hope the boys will enjoy.
Dimensions:
Barn - 48" long x 24"wide x 30" at the barn peak.
Silo - 36" high (top of staves) x 6.5" wide. to the top of the staves.
Storage:
Lift the roof panel off on the facing side and back lean-to section of the barn. I decided against hinges, thinking that little fingers could be pinched.
The barn doors can be slid open or closed.
The silo cap can be lifted off and the top 12" can hold some more 'stuff'. The bottom 24" contain two structural support disks.
Neat! Way cooler than a bright plastic one from Fisher-Price.
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