Man oh man! I honestly feel like I was a queen at building forts when I was younger. I made them my home for the whole day! I brought everything that was important to me inside like my books, favorite clothes, coloring books, beanie babies, pogs… Like my whole room. Forts were the way to live. Having to crawl to get inside. Making rooms inside by putting a pillow in-between. Using chairs for doors. It made me think I could totally survive in the wildness forever. So I decided to challenge myself with building a fort, and not just any fort, my first by myself! I know, making big moves as a 27 year old. This is the first time I haven’t had to share a fort with anyone. It’s all mine! I decided to invite my cat to come in too because she’s a cat and she honestly makes the rules so that was that.

About my Fort:

I have always wanted to build a teepee fort out of sheets with twinkle lights, decorations, movie screenings, snacks and the coziest pillows and blankets. So today I did. I am currently writing this post from my amazing fort now! I WISH I could leave it up forever because I have never felt more at home. My materials have improved since my last fort. I don’t have to bring all the chairs in the house to one room. I have push pins! Yup that’s right! Something to note when building a fort as an adult is the height is more important than ever! You need space or else your head is going to knock the ceiling and your life will come crashing down on top of you. I took my sheets, push pined them into the ceilings to make a large circle. Teepee set! Then I used a bunch of twinkle lights and hung them from the top of the sheets, creating a fun but kind of a terrible representation of a spider web. Then I took a canvas banner I had and hung it up top to give this place some style! I brought all 12 pillows I have on my bed, inside. Set up my computer, popped myself some popcorn, made a glass of kool-aid and crawled inside about 4 hours ago. I have no plans to leave here anytime soon either.

Oh my god, no joke. JUST now my cat just pulled one of the pushpins out trying climb the fort and part of it just caved in. But you know what? I think it made it even better! I feel like I just crawled deeper into my cave and am as snug as can be. I’m realizing now that forts are like art and there truly is no way to mess them up! This is the best!

My time in the fort:

After my cat and I found our spots inside, we sat back, ate our popcorn and pressed play. We ended up watching the classic film The Rugrats Movie. I wanted to make this experience as youthful as possible and boy, did it hit home. That movie is pretty great still. I also read some of my book, played with my cat and took a little nap! And now I am currently writing this blog. Endless fun y’all. It’s been such a great Sunday!

Comparisons:

My forts are never and will never be visually pleasing to the eye from the outside. I need to accept that. They look like a mess no matter what. The inside how ever is magical and will always be magical. This place is mine and it honestly makes me feel like I’m taking a much needed break from life. I haven’t been this happy in a long time. It’s like the perfect stay vacation because it’s still your house but it is like a new room you’ve never explored. Your nerves are still pretty high anytime you touch the walls of the fort though. Like it all could come crashing down at any moment and now that I’m older, I don’t know how much time I would be willing to put in to rebuilding. But that just adds to the excitement. This fort took me about 45 mins to make but I wanted it to be perfect for me. I think I might have tried a little harder than when I was a kid. Better for it!

SO DOES IT STILL HOLD UP?

Heck yes it does! Do this! Make yourself a fort next weekend! Give yourself a day! Make it your own and enjoy your break! This is your own little paradise and anyone can do it. I think I’m going to make this a monthly thing for myself. I think we all should. It’s like a therapy tool that you never knew you needed.  Get some twinkle lights though. It only makes it better! Now get to building!