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Thursday, July 26, 2012

From Sand Box to Rock Box

When we bought our house it came with a very nice play area which also included a sandbox. The sandbox was not in a good location and the only thing it was good at was growing mold. Megan came up with the great idea of moving the sandbox and changing it to a rock box.

My Dad was able to help me with this project which was a HUGE help. I had to modify the original design to make it more functional for its new location. This included a few pressure treated 2x8s and a pressure treated 4x4 post.

Once we had redesigned the box, we were able to move it to its new location. We placed some landscape fabric and then 25 bags of pea gravel to give us our rock box.

We where able to use the existing cover, but had to make a few modifications. We reinforced the top, added a handle and hinges. Along with some new trucks that Derek got for his birthday, Derek and Brooke both enjoy spending hours in their new rock box.


























2 comments:

  1. Megan and Chris this is such a good idea. Once again your the man Chris. Grams

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  2. i bought my son a bag of gravel last year. we just used a big potting tray to hold it (not quite as big as yours but big enough for a few good vehicles). He spent hours playing in it every day during the summer. Such a great idea, nice one

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