One Down One To Go!

This weekend we finished staining and painting the boy's loft bed. By Sunday night he was excitedly sleeping in it.

We had planned on painting the whole thing - but during the sanding process we decided to leave it au natural (somewhat)...a little stain...some poly and painted shelves are what we decided on.

We wish we hadn't painted the shelves but I guess that could still be changed later and it might look a lot different once the shelves are filled with boyish books (waiting for the shelves to "cure" awhile long before putting the books back). Still need to add a matching painted trip along the edge of the desktop to pull it all together.

Need to also figure out what to put on the pegboard at the back - I know they do (somewhere?) sell desk accessories that are made to be put on a pegboard.

I bought the boy some army green curtains from Walmart and want to find some sort of army green cover for his bed.

From this...

To this... (before stain and poly)

To this.

Loft(y) Ambitions...Part 2

Today the kids and dh worked on the second loft bed.

Things are far from finished - but here's a photo anyway. It still needs to be painted etc.l - but I went ahead and put some books on the shelves so I could get an idea of how things will look.

I love the long desk top (hollow core door) and all the book shelves b/c you can never have too many book shelves. On the top of the loft - at the head of the bed - there will be 2 or 3 more shelves. The foot of the bed will have a partial guard rail.

There is plenty of space under the desk top for storing Legos, Playmobil and ammunition.

Loft(y) Ambitions...

Guess the piano bench project was just a "warm up" project...this is what dh and the kids were working on Saturday...loft beds for both kids.

The bed is far from finished...the bottom half will have a built-in desk and bookcase...plus it needs to be sanded and painted and tweaked here and there. We did set it up in the girl's bedroom on Saturday and she slept in it as is a couple of nights so that we could see what needs to be added/changed before we declare it ready to paint.

The kids are mighty excited!