A good-quality playhouse will last you for years to come. Wooden playhouses should come treated and the wood should have a long (10-year) anti-rot guarantee. Look for shiplap tongue-and-groove cladding which creates a strong, weatherproof panel, and planed timber throughout to prevent splinters.

Ideas for outdoor forts include:

1. Make a tepee with long sticks tied together with twine.
2. Drape blankets on low tree limbs and use as a covering for a fort.
3. Use bushes as fortifications for your fort.
4. Recycle a large box, cut out windows, and call it home!
5. Build a snow fort, if you have some of the fluffy stuff!

1. Prepare the Ground. Clear the ground that are going to use for your wooden fort.
2. Place Posts. Using some 2×4 pieces of lumber, drive two into the ground to form a corner.
3. Attach Bottom Beam. With the 2×6 lumber, span the distance between corners for the bottom joist.
4. Lay Floor.
5. Build Walls.
6. Lift Wall.
7. Build Door.
8. Finish.

That means a Knights Castle can become that of a Princess, and vice versa. We are also happy to paint them gender-neutral, or not paint them at all. If you have an idea for a castle playhouse and don’t see it here, please let us know, so that we can build the castle playhouse of your dreams!

Below are some of our favorite castle playhouses. We will happily adapt any of our bunk beds into playhouses, so if you saw a castle bunk bed you loved that you don’t see here, ask us about it.

Though you will see several different painting styles below, from unpainted to custom hand painted, know that all of our playhouses and beds can be given the paint job of your choice. That means a Knights Castle can become that of a Princess, and vice versa. We are also happy to paint them gender-neutral, or not paint them at all.

Our principal designer and co-founder, Kevin, spent two very special years living among the extraordinary castles of Europe. They are the inspiration for many of our castle beds. As you look through our various designs you will see staircases, slides and towers to fit just about any room or decor.