build-a-bed

Whaaaaaat? Y'all built that?!?!

Heck yes we did!

(Sorry - cheesy I know, but we're so very proud!)

Here's how we did it...

We started with coffee, some fabulous plans drawn up by my engineering husband and lots of lumber. We made lots of cuts and had our frame all ready to be assembled.

Then it was construction time.

 

It holds him!!

Then we started on the headboard. The idea for this Ryan actually found on HGTV.com but he then adapted it to fit our needs. (He made it fit better with the base to look like one piece and made it taller so we could sit against it and read.)

The puppies were not huge fans of the hammering

That is a bed people!!

Then it was time to paint. We also painted the bedroom set that we had in our old room. It used to just be a blah-ish stained wood, but now it all matches! And with some new pulls I think it looks really snazzy.

We were all pretty exhausted (as you can tell by our snuggling puppies and puffy eyes) after our weekend of carpentering, but as I may have mentioned, we LOVE our new bed!

More pictures of how the whole rooms is coming along soon!