If you follow our Jillian on Instagram, you know that she and Scott just finished making their boys’ fort dreams come true with this modern playhouse. Best DIY ever! And now that summer is right around the corner, it’s the perfect time dream up an outdoor playhouse of your worn. Get inspired by all our faves below!

DIY mid-century play set from A Beautiful Mess

A playhouse designed by Henri Bredenkamp that’s a mini version of the main house. (Photo by Salt Productions)

California backyard play fort from Sunset Magazine

Cute all black modern playhouse. Major curb appeal! (Photo by @bloggaibagis via Growing Footprints)

Ginggaanbai outdoor playhouse

Farm stand playhouse from Castle & Cubby

Black and wood playhouse with deck from Castle & Cubby

A stunning garden birdhouse for kids

A kid-friendly stylish home and modern playhouse with a slide

Rustic A-frame playhouse via Magnolia

Adorable all-white playhouse from Iron & Twine

Doherty Design Studio’s Vardo Hut Cubby

And the follow-up to ABM’s first build is this darling A-frame playhouse!

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Hello, hello! Recognize this trio? If you follow the wedding blog, you may have seen that Jillian recently hooked up with The Container Store to revamp the closets in her + Scott’s new abode. It’s their first foray into home ownership, so they wanted to spend the time to make each room their own. You can check out their his + her closet makeover, and tomorrow she’s sharing her home office. But today, we thought those of you with littles might like a peek into their shared boys closet revamp. Take it away, Jillian…

Sharing a master closet with Scott is one thing, but fitting two boys’ (of different ages) toys, books and clothes into one space is tricky. You might shy away from open shelving, but after working with the Container Store’s design team on incorporating their elfa designs, we were sold. Somehow everything fit together perfectly, combining a closet, toy storage, and even bookshelves.

White & Birch elfa décor Kid’s Reach-In Closet / Bigso Marten Navy Office Storage Boxes / Hampton Woven Storage Bins with Handles 

As you might remember, we’re no stranger to sharing spaces. It helps that Liam is somewhat obsessed with keeping things organized himself (no complaints there), so he actually loves the open shelving. Especially when it comes to his book collection.

Navy Laguna Cotton Fabric Storage Bins

It’s worth mentioning that all of the components in the elfa birch décor Shelving are adjustable. And the birch automatically goes with our decor and is easily complemented by all the colorful things our boys love.

And Dax, who is 15 months now (can you believe it?!), is all about those baskets and bins.

Find more details from our shared boys’ closet over on The Container Store’s blog!

Photography: Meghan Bob Photography

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Happy Monday friends! This photo essay of treasures our friend, photographer Melissa Kaseman, found in her son’s pockets after preschool totally brightened our morning. It’s such a unique way to catalog this time in a child’s life, which is always, always full of surprises. See some of our faves from the series…

Love how she captured all the fun colors too.

Wouldn’t this be a neat way to preserve some of the treasures your little collects when playing and exploring? You never know what you’ll end up with.

It’s like keeping all their well-loved finds right at home.

The project has won 2^nd in the Editors Choice awards through the CENTER, and Melissa will be showing the work during Review Santa Fe in an exhibition with the other award winners. She’ll also share the work at the Review SF with curators, editors, and publishers. Congrats, M! Thanks for sharing this with us!

Photography: Melissa Kaseman

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(Bohemian modern treehouse via Domaine.)

Yes, it’s only the first week of February and we haven’t even finished (or started) Valentine’s Day projects yet. Even so, we can’t help but look ahead to the excitement of spring and long days outside. Which naturally includes an amazing play structure to keep the children entertained 100% of the time for the entire summer and fall. We can dream!

See the rest of these inventive, inspiring spaces after the jump.

(Contemporary treehouse by Verner Architects via Houzz.)

(Two story modern playhouse by CedarWorks.)

(Two story playhouse in the woods from CedarShed.)

(Girly playhouse via Lay Baby Lay.)

(Modern farmhouse-style white shed playhouse.)

(Woodsy cabin playhouse via Handmade Charlotte.)

(Hobbit Hole playhouse via Houzz.)

(Over the top eco-friendly playhouse via Houzz.)

(Modern backyard playhouse from Made By Joel.)

(Modern elevated playhouse via House Tweaking.)

(Modern studio or playhouse by Kangaroom Systems.)

(Modern open-air tea house via Apartment Therapy.)

(Swedish backyard playhouse.)

(Gorgeous girly cabana playhouse via My Domaine.)

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1. Wooden dollhouse
2. Letter necklace
3. Mini farm animal set
4. Zuzii kids shoes
6. Ace & Jig mini peasant dress
7. Nine to Nine Deskhouse
8. Pyramid blocks
9. Scotter kickboard
10. Princess and The Pea Playset
11. The Velveteen Rabbit
12. Lap loom
13. Abracadacra Gallery Puzzle
14. Hape babydoll stroller
15. Heart sunglasses
16. Janod picnic set
17. Denim stars kids’ apron
18. Kiki slippers
19. Fox sweater

As always, let us know what we’ve missed! We’re always on the lookout for more cute pressies.

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