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Welcome to our on-line store featuring Google Checkout. We offer a variety of hand-made Play Accessories for sale and all 59 beautiful, non-toxic, Tung-oil Stain Colors, plus useful Color Supplies. NEW: now on sale for the first time are Barbara Butler Plans, "Build-It-Yourself" BIY Parts and Kits (with more to come in the future).
Would you like to build your own playhouse from a set of Barbara's detailed outdoor playhouse plans? For the first time, we are offering select projects as outdoor play structure plans for you to build from. Each outdoor playhouse plan starts with three large format drawings. Page One you might want to frame and hang in your living room: hand-drawn elevations, colored, signed, numbered and dated by Barbara. Page Two you'll want to pin up in the woodshop: AutoCAD structural elevations to refer to throughout the project. Page Three you will need to cut up: 1:1 scale templates for Barbara's cut-outs and trims. Plus a book of AutoCAD construction documents: legal-sized drawings that call out dimensions, angles, hardware and cut lists. Questions about our Outdoor Play Structure Plans? Email us at plans @ barbarabutler.com.

PLN 453: Garden Playhouse Plans $195.00

Plans package includes:

  • Page One: Elevations colored, signed, numbered and dated by Barbara.
  • Page Two: Structural elevations.
  • Page Three: 1:1 scale templates for cut-outs and trims.
  • Plus a Book of Construction Documents: Legal-sized AutoCAD drawings that call out dimensions, angles, hardware and cut lists. Also includes photos, color maps, shopping list for materials, maintenance instructions and recommended BIY Parts and Play Accessories.

 Click here for more Garden Playhouse details and photos.  These plans require carpentry skills and are NOT for the novice. If you are not an experienced carpenter, we recommend hiring a local handy- man or contractor to build from these plans for the best results.  Time to create order (not including shipping time): 3 days. This is a non-refundable product. Returns are not accepted. 

PLN 452: Cozy Cabin Plans $145.00

Cozy Cabin Plans package includes:

  • Page One: Elevations colored, signed, numbered and dated by Barbara.
  • Page Two: Structural elevations.
  • Page Three: 1:1 scale templates for cut-outs and trims.
  • Plus a Book of Construction Documents: Legal-sized AutoCAD drawings that call out dimensions, angles, hardware and cut lists. Also includes photos, color maps, shopping list for materials, maintenance instructions and recommended BIY Parts and Play Accessories.

Click here for more Cozy Cabin details and photos.  These plans require carpentry skills and are NOT for the novice. If you are not an experienced carpenter, we recommend hiring a local handy- man or contractor to build from these plans for the best results.  Time to create order (not including shipping time): 2 weeks. This is a non-refundable product. Returns are not accepted. 

PLN 451: Deluxe Kew Garden Plans $295.00

Make your own version of Barbara's large Kew Garden Cottage playhouse (6' x 6' x 10' high) with interior loft with railing & rung ladder (click here for more Kew Garden Cottage details and photos). 

(1) set of Deluxe Kew Garden Cottage Plans include:

  • Hand-colored AutoCAD scaled finish elevations of the Deluxe Kew Garden Cottage, dated and signed by Barbara Butler
  • AutoCAD Sections and Structural Elevations with dimensions
  • 1:1 scale templates of cut-outs, carvings and trims.
  • Construction Document Book:
    • Overview and site plan with recommended use zone and resilient surfacing
    • Material Take Off List, including lumber, stain, hardware
    • List of  BIY Parts and Accessories that can be purchase separately from our Online Store
    • Color map showing the distribution of color and list of recommended BB Color stains & quantities to purchase
    • Legal-sized AutoCAD drawings, in the order of building, with cut lists and fasteners on each page
    • Assortment of relevant photos to assist you in the building process
    • Maintenance instructions

These plans require carpentry skills and are NOT for the novice. If you are not an experienced carpenter, we recommend hiring a local handyman or contractor to build from these plans for the best results.

Time to create order (not including shipping time): 3 days.

This is a non-refundable product. Returns are not accepted.
PLN 454: Bluebird Treehouse Plans $890.00

Bluebird Treehouse Plans package includes:

  • Page One: Elevations colored, signed, numbered and dated by Barbara.
  • Page Two: Structural elevations.
  • Page Three: 1:1 scale templates for cut-outs and trims.
  • Plus a Book of Construction Documents: Legal-sized AutoCAD drawings that call out dimensions, angles, hardware and cut lists. Also includes photos, color maps, shopping list for materials, maintenance instructions and recommended BIY Parts and Play Accessories.

Click here for more Bluebird Treehouse details and photos.      Not included: Zipline feature is not included. Rope net railings not included - wood fortress railings provided instead. 

Click here to access 3-part video of Barbara & crew installing the original Bluebird treehouse, as seen on american Builders TV show.

These plans require carpentry skills and are NOT for the novice. If you are not an experienced carpenter, we recommend hiring a local handy- man or contractor to build from these plans for the best results.  Time to create order (not including shipping time): 3 days. This is a non-refundable product. Returns are not accepted. 

PLN 450: Wizard's Hideout Plans $890.00

The Wizard's Hideout Plans let you make your own version of Barbara's combination Fully Finished Playhouse and Lookout Tower. The Wizard's Playhouse (5' x 8' x 10' high) has a fully finished interior, real doors and windows, and is completely waterproof with an interior loft . The loft has a door to the bridge connecting the Playhouse to the Wizard's Lookout Tower (3' x 5' x 17.5' high). The Wizard's Lookout Tower is more open-air and rough & tumble, with a jail, rock climbing, a slide, and a rope net climb (click here for more Wizard Hideout details and photos). 

(1) set of Wizard's Hideout Plans include:

  • Hand-drawn scaled finish elevations of the Wizard's Hideout. These elevations are colored, numbered, dated and signed by Barbara Butler
  • AutoCAD Sections and Structural Elevations with dimensions
  • 1:1 scale templates of cut-outs, carvings and trims.
  • Construction Document Book:
    • Overview and site plan with recommended use zone and resilient surfacing
    • Material Take Off List, including lumber, stain, hardware
    • List of  BIY Parts and Accessories that can be purchase separately from our Online Store
    • Color map showing the distribution of color and list of recommended BB Color stains & quantities to purchase
    • Legal-sized AutoCAD drawings, in the order of building, with cut lists and fasteners on each page
    • Assortment of relevant photos to assist you in the building process
    • Maintenance instructions

These plans require carpentry skills and are NOT for the novice. If you are not an experienced carpenter, we recommend hiring a local handyman or contractor to build from these plans for the best results.

Time to create order (not including shipping time): 3 days

This is a non-refundable product. Returns are not accepted.

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Email: information @ barbarabutler.com
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