9 Creative DIY Dog House Ideas To Build

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Everyone needs privacy sometimes, including your pets. Build a cool and adorable house or shelter for your dog to enjoy staying outside and hide when it’s too much sun. After building the house don’t forget to add comfy cushions and pillows inside.

This crooked dog house from ana-white.com is a nice and simple idea. The shape is rather traditional and it’s built of plywood sheets and wooden boards; the roof is sloped to prevent rain from spoiling the plywood.

This classic dog house can be easily built using exterior wood siding and wooden boards. This is a traditional shape, and you can paint or stain it the colors you like.

Geometric décor is very trendy, so you can build a geometric dog house of birch veneer. Such a fun pod can match any modern indoor or outdoor space and your pet will relax and sleep with style.

This insulated A-frame dog house reminds of a usual human one. It is suitable for a small to medium-sized dog with a 9 square foot base. It’s pretty easy to build and shingles outside will keep it from humidity or excessive heat.

Always wanted a tree house? Maybe your dog wanted it, too! You can build a real tree house for your pet in the garden attaching a platform to the tree trunk and adding a staircase.

This plywood dog house with a shingle roof is another classic option for outdoors. It’s rather cozy, you can vary the size up to the sizes of your dog and paint it as you want.

This seaside dog house is great ideal for a coastal garden or patio, decorate it with shells, paint some fish and other sea stuff on the walls.

This stylized frame dog house is a great addition to any modern interior, it can be used inside and outside, too. If you don’t like white, paint it some other color.

The last piece for today is a super simple dog house made of plywood – just a standard item that can be later decorated and painted in various ways, it’s a cool idea for those who don’t have much building skill.

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DIY crooked dog house (via ana-white)

DIY crooked dog house (via ana-white)

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DIY Scandinavian framed dog house (via vtwonen)

DIY Scandinavian framed dog house (via vtwonen)

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DIY classic red dog house (via removeandreplace)

DIY classic red dog house (via removeandreplace)

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DIY geometric dog house (via homemade-modern)

DIY geometric dog house (via homemade-modern)

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insulated A-frame dog house (via instructables)

insulated A-frame dog house (via instructables)

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DIY dog tree house (via diynetwork)

DIY dog tree house (via diynetwork)

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DIY simple blue shingle dog house (via diynetwork)

DIY simple blue shingle dog house (via diynetwork)

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DIY seaside-inspired dog house (via craftklatchwithmona)

DIY seaside-inspired dog house (via craftklatchwithmona)

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DIY simple plywood dog house (via instructables)

DIY simple plywood dog house (via instructables)