Sandbox

This could be under Sodyl too, however, I think it affects the lawn more at this point. I have wanted a sandbox in our yard for a while now and finally took the first step to achieving this yesterday. I went to Home Depot and bought some wood. Took me much longer than I had anticipated. I also felt much more "like a girl buying wood" than I would have liked. Once there I couldn't decide what to buy. 2x8? 2x10? the 8's seemed too narrow while the 10's seemed too wide. After some discussion with a couple employees I went with the 10's and am still not sure that is the right width. I also went there with the intent of building a 5'x4' box. I want it to be big enough for at least 2 kids to play in comfortably. That extra foot of length in the long direction cost me about $5 more in wood. (had to buy a 12' length instead of the 8'). Again my indecision is kicking in and I am thinking 4'x4' might be good enough. Especially when sand costs 2.75 a bag and the chart says a 4'x4' box with 4" of sand would require 11 bags. that's around $30 for SAND. This was supposed to be a quick and cheap project. I didn't buy the sand. Going to "shop around". I had them cut the wood and will start with sanding the edges. Baby steps.