Year after year it sat alone. The children were all gone and the house abandoned. For eight years the swing set sat in the abandoned yard as the forest took over and vines and weeds grew around it's poles. The first time I saw the swing set I thought how sad it looked.

The Lonely Swing Set

My husband and I bought a house last year that had been empty for eight years. The day I saw the house the first time I was happy to see a swing set in the back yard. When I checked it out I saw that it was very sturdy but needed some serious work before a child could play on it. After some research my husband and I found out the last residents to the house were a mom and her little girl. My daughter was born last year after we moved in and I knew I'd be fixing up the lonely swing set to give it to a new child to play with someday.

The Wood Is Still Strong But It Needs Some Sanding and Some Paint.

Many of It's Nails Need To Be Hammered Back In

It's Swings Long Gone

When we first moved in the yard needed serious maintenance. The house is surrounded by forest, and weeds and overgrowth had taken over the yard. After getting it mowed we beat back some of the forest but we still have a lot of work to do.The lonely swing set will be worked on next summer. My daughter is still to little to use it yet. When she's older I'll work hard to fix it up, make it safe, and get it new swings for her to play on.