So we finally replaced the cover on our old IKEA Klippan sofa and were left with a big piece of canvas that I could not bring myself to throw out.  The cover had three pre-cut holes that seemed perfectly designed to stick a bamboo pole through. I happened to have an extra bamboo pole in the garage as well as  some extra tent pegs and our mini-miner’s tent was born.

I used a crotch in the apple tree and an old chair to support the main bamboo cross beam and some old rope to pull back loose material and create more space inside. Some old tent pegs pushed through the material fastened the tent to the ground and held the sides out.

…aaaaaand he loves it!