Inspiration

A couple of years ago we bought a large slide for a future play structure we planned on building down the road. We subsequently got a hand-me-down plastic play structure, which while not aesthetically pleasing , was adequate for our purposes--at least at the time. Now that we have three little ones all vying for space on the small structure, we've gone back to our initial idea of designing and building our own.

The space where we plan on building the structure is tight, so we have to be imaginative with our design. I'm having fun searching the web for inspiration and love the look of the natural playgrounds that seem to be popping up everywhere. Although our installation will be very small, I can't help but be inspired by what I've seen on sites, such as Playground Designers UK. They design for schoolyards, but some of their ideas can be incorporated into a (much) smaller scale. I found the following gorgeous pictures on their site:

Talk about inspiration!