The party that earned Pinkie Pie her cutie mark was just the first of many she’d plan and throw in the ten years she was with me. And, after a few more parties, which were either at the individuals’ homes or in the gymnasium of a church in town, I figured it’d be a good idea if Pinkie Pie had her own building where she could plan and throw whatever parties she wanted or needed to. And, she was a big help in the planning and construction of the building.

As I remember, it was her idea to have a row of bathrooms for males on one side of the building, and a row of bathrooms for females on the other side, ten each. And, the main party room would be surrounded by an upholstered hallway, with double doors in the middle of the sides that didn’t have bathrooms. The main room would also have double doors, of solid wood, midway on the walls facing the bathrooms.

The men’s rooms, or stallions’ rooms as Pinkie Pie called them, would have urinals, which was the main difference between them and the women’s rooms, or, again as Pinkie Pie called them, mares’ rooms, other than the labeling and appropriate pictures. The standard for each bathroom would be one toilet, one sink, and one shower. I wasn’t sure that Pinkie Pie’s party house would need even one shower, but she insisted. So, I agreed. I was to learn later that the showers were a good idea after all. But, in the mean time, the toilets were designed so that they could accommodate equines and humans, which, as I remember, required some mechanical mobility on the part of the toilet bowl.

The front and back doors would be metal, with two windows each, while the doors to the main room, as I said before, would be solid wood. Which is to say, the doors to the party room had no windows.

I didn’t realize until the party house was nearing completion, but the hallways made me feel like I was in some kind of theater, particularly one for movies. And, while the structure was pretty much square in shape from the ground up, the bathrooms and the hallway surrounding the main party room made that room more rectangular shaped. I wouldn’t be surprised if basket ball hoops could be brought in and set up, and such games could be played in there; although, we never tested out that idea. As far as I know, that theory remains untested.

The walls for the outside of the party house would be brick for the bottom half, and cobblestone for the top half, with windows appropriate to the rooms that’d line them.

At any rate, the floor of the party room was tiled-over cement, with heating elements in the cement to provide heating for winter time. The walls were generally wood with cushioning and carpeting to keep them from getting damaged. The color of the walls themselves was white, while the carpeting was pink-colored.

Pinkie Pie decided it’d be a good idea to avoid incandescent lighting for her party house, and I agreed with that. But, having seen separators at the church, she liked the idea; and wanted separating walls for her party house in case there would need to be more than one party, and the parties would need to be kept separate.

Pinkie Pie also chose the folding chairs for her party house, as well as folding tables. And, for most of her time with me, she collected all sorts of games that she thought those who’d have parties in her house would want to play, including board and video. And, on the subject of videos, she also collected a lot of movies for those who preferred them to video or board games. At any rate, while she understood that sand boxes would be somewhat difficult to set up, those were among the things she requested, and sand to go with them. Those were simplified by putting them on wheels so they didn’t have to be emptied out, just wheeled in and out.

As expensive as the project turned out to be, somehow, it took no more than a year to complete it once it was started. And, the major help was Pinkie Pie setting up a business planning and/or throwing parties. And, she turned out to be really good at keeping records of those who came to her for that purpose. Which is to say, some people only came to the pink party pony to plan out a party, and help get it set up; and they threw the party themselves.

When the party house was completed, early in Pinkie Pie’s third year with me, I gave her full control over it, letting her know that, for all intents and purposes, the party house was her territory. And, from what I could tell, she took the best care of it she could, in spite of the problems she faced. From the time that she received the party house until the time she left and returned to Equestria, all the parties she planned and was allowed to throw were in that house.

That isn’t to say, though, that she didn’t need my help with keeping it up, or preparing it for the parties she’d throw. And, I was always happy to help her.

She would face all sorts of difficulties when it came to maintaining her party house, but she always had me to turn to for help with her problems. And, when I got married and had children of my own, who adopted Pinkie as their big sister, when the children were able to, they and my wife also helped her with party preparations, as well as helping her through her problems.

While the party house was built over my basement house, it was never disruptive to me, or the rest of the family that lived there. And, as for the problems the pink party pony would face, well, that’s for a later chapter. Suffice it to say, when it came to planning parties, she worked closely with her clients. She had rules that she’d enforce to her best abilities. And, when she felt inadequate, she had her human family to turn to for help.