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SLUMBER PARTY, ANYONE? In Peggy Cvach’s home, that familiar refrain is code for girl time with her grown daughter and grandma time with 10-year-old twins and two teens. No sleeping bags needed, though. Everyone bunks in beds in a cute little backyard playhouse—a formerly run-down structure that Peggy and her husband, Gary, inherited when they bought their West Linn, Oregon, home. “I finally said, ‘Let’s see what we can do to make it magical, fun, and fantastical,’ ” Peggy says. A new foundation, windows, and a heightened doorway that allows easy entry for adults make the space habitable. The fantastical comes in the details. The salmon-painted front door is actually two sidelights outfitted with knobs. The decor is a funky mix of salvaged and mismatched. The magic and fun? Time spent together talking, reading, maybe watching a movie on an iPad. And with her daughter’s family living just 10 minutes away, Peggy is always (and happily) on call for another sleepover. “It’s pure enjoyment,” she says.
Designer Arlene Lord scavenged antiques stores for the dresser and two hospital bed frames, above—one bed rigged with two footboards so it would fit below the bunk. “We wanted things to be perfectly imperfect,” Peggy says.
Whitewashing the knotty pine brightened the interior, right. A chandelier and sconces provide Peggy’s musthave light for reading. To extend sleeping space, a lofted bed snugs between eaves.
INSIDE OUT
A set of screen doors, installed on the inside, wears the same playful hue as the exterior doors.
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