My husband and I built a doghouse this weekend, from the wood that was pulled out by the contractors when we got our bathrooms renovated. The shingles were leftover from a roofing job 3 years ago. [The only thing we bought were three boxes of nails!]

Take a look at the semi-finished product: http://bit.ly/aaOSfL

Now, when we put the shingles on, we protected the wood by wrapping it in industrial strength garbage bag plastic. Now, we know we have to protect the outside wood from rain and water, but we aren’t sure how! We are going to paint it this coming weekend and really need to know.