collections / forts:

March 25, 2010


forts. a simple childhood past time.
and so very popular as of late..

i remember taking up our entire living
room building these with my little brother.
we used cardboard boxes and sheets.

hope you enjoy this collection! xo.
found via loveology




source unknown. found via a beautiful mess

all pictured above via booooooom from their fort contest
(you can click the image for the specific posting and the artists name)


55 hello's:

  1. Lovelovelove!

    (esp. the first one... haha!)

    <3
    Mila.

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  2. maybe a month or few weeks before TIm left I tried to get him to build a fort with me in our living room. We were really bored and it sounded like an amazing idea, to me. He wasn't all about it, so it never happened. :(

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  3. I was just talking to a friend about how I miss forts! These pictures really make me want to make one RIGHT NOW.
    :)

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  4. I love that second one!

    Brian and I made a fort in our living room and slept in it Valentine's Night. So fun!

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  5. I love them, Id love one day to make one for my future kids!

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  6. These are so fun. Brings back lots of good memories!!! Thanks for sharing them.

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  7. that one on the boat is from Anthropologie--maybe last spring?

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  8. Beautiful and inspiring! Haven't made a fort in years - feeling compelled now. :)

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  9. forts are fun! i haven't built one in a while, maybe it is time..

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  10. Love this little collection!

    I believe the "source unknown found via a beautiful mess" pic is from a recent anthropologie catalogue.

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  11. Tents!!! How fun!!! Great post!

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  12. I love forts! We used to sleep in them as kids in our bedrooms. i really do love this post!
    xx

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  13. aw this makes me so happy!!! What is it about forts that we love so much? Escaping into our own world I guess. thanks for sharing :)

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  14. Yes I love the first one too!!! I want to make one for me and my hubby with some vino and cheese, sounds like a plan:-) Thanks for the inspiration

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  15. ooo! i remember making forts as kids. chairs chairs, bedsheets with sticky tape, rope, tying, tying, how much fun!
    this post brings back simple happy memories

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  16. sweet!!lopve the pic from simply bloom!
    I featured them in my blog yesterday...

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  17. forts are really magical, aren't they?

    btw, for some reason the link to my blog is wrong. here's the correct one:
    http://thedrifterandthegypsy.blogspot.com/2010/03/lets-build-fort.html

    hope you are well!

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  18. So beautiful !! Especially the first one, which is so magical...

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  19. How perfect is this? Wow, thanks for the beautiful inspiration!
    www.barefootbysea.blogspot.com

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  20. I love this post! I wish I can make one in the future for my baby girl :)

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  21. ohh this made me so happy! It reminds me of many fun times with my boy cousins growing up who were like brothers:) lovely post!

    and I am so glad you are all about bringing polaroid back! I just posted some polaroid artistry recently...love it!!

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  22. You're never too old to build a fort. I love the outdoor ones.

    Christine@TheFiveSenses.org

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  23. Oh! I really really love forts. I haven't made one in forever, but I have many fond memories of taking over my grandmas lounge to make multi-roomed forts. :)

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  24. Awww, these photographs take me back to childhood...I loved building forts and creating all these amazing adventures to be had!!! :)
    What fantastic photos!!

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  25. brilliant, cant wait for summer to build my own in the garden (for the kids of course)

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  26. Forts! I haven't thought of them in years. How fun would that be to have one waiting for the hubby when he gets home with dinner inside! Love it. I also now want to fill my house with balloons! Super fun.

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  27. the 2nd one.. I wish I had someone to do that with! x

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  28. these are so pretty!!! i love the clean look of the first one.

    my brother & i used to make forts all the time when we were little too. we used kitchen stools & sleeping bags :]

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  29. this is great, i love it. you should do a 'teepee collection' sometime, i've realized that they are suddenly wayyy popular

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  30. My husband, my miniature weenie dog, and I will sometimes just all get under the covers and call it "fort time." We will just hang around there for a bit laughing.

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  31. These just made me want to keep my son out of bed and build a fort in the living room. HOWEVER, toddler toes in my ribs are something my sleep can't afford tonight ;)

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  32. hello:)

    u have a beautiful blog, glad to have found my way here!

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  33. Darling little lovelies! I could tuck myself away in any of those...

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  34. I just adore these. I did a similar post but I called them tents :) I really love each photo you chose. It makes me want to make my own. x

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  35. This is so sweet! I want to go make one right now. :) Have a great weekend!

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  36. these make me want to be a kid again! so fun. i loved the summer forts where you used fans to keep the sheets up and air blowing through. what a perfect post!

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  37. Thanks for the memories! Some of the favorite memories from both my childhood and my kids is building forts and make your own "magic garden" where anything is possible :)

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  38. why did i ever stop building them??? these are all so pretty and romantic too!

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  39. aww I always loved forts as a kid! The fort made by the kids in the movie "The Holiday" is one of my absolute favs!

    P.S. Be sure to enter my first GIVEAWAY! :)

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  40. My boyfriend and I now have a permanent fort set up in our room - he won't let me take it down cos he loves it so much! Thanks for these photos.

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  41. These photos bring back so many childhood memories. Thanks!

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  42. These certainly bring back childhood memories that I have not visited in my mind for quite some time of tents built in the living room and bedroom. Thanks for the refresher. It is always nice to remember the days of old.

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  43. Yay! My favorite collection so far! I wish I were laying in the last fort. So dreamy.

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  44. I use to play forts when I was little, I think I need to make one again soon. Maybe I will surprise my husband with one tonight :)

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  45. I think my favorite thing about some of these forts is the way the light shines through the tarps. I was a nanny and fort building was one of our favorite pastimes.

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  46. that last one is fantastic!

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  47. These are so fun. Brings back lots of good memories!!! Thanks for sharing them.
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  48. Hello!! I am so tickled by this post. Yay for finding your blog! Just Lovely.

    I'll be following :)
    Beatriz.
    thatgirlinpearls.com

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  49. Great post! That takes me back to childhood. My sister and I loved building blanket forts too! I remember one time we built a mash tent. Since we both wanted to be the doctor, the only patient we could find was our poor cat Agnew. He tolerated us splinting and bandaging his leg!

    Thanks for bringing back some happy memories for me :0) Have a great day!

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  50. Awww, I love this post. Thinking about childhood forts takes me down memory lane. Such sweet memories.

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  51. <3 that second picture. adorable.

    i remember making forts & "boats" in the living room with my siblings. we would use the couch cushions, blankets, chairs. so fun :)

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  52. Definitely brings back memories of all the blanket/sofa cushion houses I made as a child..under the desk, kitchen chairs, laundry hangers..
    and such beautiful photos! Makes me want to create them again :) Thank you for sharing!

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  53. Wow!!! I absolutely love these pictures... I always used to build forts of chairs and blankets as a kid, I loved to have this little cave just for myself. And yes, why not re-build it again today :-)

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