Triple Bunk Beds and Hardwood Floors
We decided that when we move Eden out of her crib, we'll move her into a queen sized bed so that when guests come, she can bunk with her brothers and they have somewhere to sleep. That means all three boys will be in a room together. How do you get three boys in one relatively small room? Triple bunk bed! I found these plans on Pinterest at the Handmade Dress. To help spread out the cost, we decided to go ahead and move the boys now and get that cost paid for before we move Eden this summer.
And while we were moving all of the furniture in the bedrooms, we decided to investigate the floors underneath the carpet. We found hardwood! Our awesome landlord gave us his blessing to tear out the carpet (and man was it gross underneath!!!!!) and we cleaned up the beautiful floors underneath.
Yesterday Jack built the bunks and we let the boys paint their bed the color they wanted out of the bedding. They loved painting them! Oh, and let me tell you a great story about the bedding. We bought two sets of the bedding 3 years ago at Target when Josiah was born and Caleb and Noah moved in together. I love the bedding. But Target no longer makes it. I figured someone had to be selling a used set on ebay- problem was I couldn't remember the name of the pattern. Then I remembered that a year or two ago my college friend Courtney had posted a picture on her blog and I remembered noticing the same bedding in the background. I sent Courtney a message to see if she knew the name of the pattern, and she told me they were getting ready to change out that bedding and graciously offered to send me her set!! How awesome is that?! So, now we have three matching sets all ready for a triple bunk.
Today Jack's parents came to help us get the bunk bed assembled and built a closet organizer (based off of this design found on pinterest). Right now, at 7:30 the boys are in their beds. They asked to go to bed at 6:45! Figuring that if I said yes they'd be up before the sun tomorrow, I let them go play their leapsters in their beds.
The end result of a week's work is, what I think, an incredibly awesome bedroom for three boys!
The Before:
The After:
The closet organizer: shoe storage, individual hampers and shelves for extra clothes storage.
Side by Sides:
And while we were moving all of the furniture in the bedrooms, we decided to investigate the floors underneath the carpet. We found hardwood! Our awesome landlord gave us his blessing to tear out the carpet (and man was it gross underneath!!!!!) and we cleaned up the beautiful floors underneath.
Yesterday Jack built the bunks and we let the boys paint their bed the color they wanted out of the bedding. They loved painting them! Oh, and let me tell you a great story about the bedding. We bought two sets of the bedding 3 years ago at Target when Josiah was born and Caleb and Noah moved in together. I love the bedding. But Target no longer makes it. I figured someone had to be selling a used set on ebay- problem was I couldn't remember the name of the pattern. Then I remembered that a year or two ago my college friend Courtney had posted a picture on her blog and I remembered noticing the same bedding in the background. I sent Courtney a message to see if she knew the name of the pattern, and she told me they were getting ready to change out that bedding and graciously offered to send me her set!! How awesome is that?! So, now we have three matching sets all ready for a triple bunk.
Today Jack's parents came to help us get the bunk bed assembled and built a closet organizer (based off of this design found on pinterest). Right now, at 7:30 the boys are in their beds. They asked to go to bed at 6:45! Figuring that if I said yes they'd be up before the sun tomorrow, I let them go play their leapsters in their beds.
The end result of a week's work is, what I think, an incredibly awesome bedroom for three boys!
The Before:
The After:
The closet organizer: shoe storage, individual hampers and shelves for extra clothes storage.
(we painted the posts between the beds the same color as the wall so it looks like they are floating!)
Comments
This makes me wanna be a Blankenship.. wait! ;)
We used the plans from The Homemade Dress. They cost $1.99 to download. We made the green set (there are two variations). You can find the plans here:
http://www.thehandmadedress.com/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=20&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=54
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As I told you, the area in front of the bunk was left free for the children to play. A low shelf with toy boxes and a large rug covered the space, it was all we needed. So in my case, the bunk bed was a good choice. You have to know that it is not for life because they continue to grow, and there comes a time when you will have to return to the traditional room configuration. Especially since they themselves will decide that they no longer want to sleep in a bunk bed, or that they no longer want to sleep together in the same bedroom. But you can use it for many years. So from our experience, we say YES to bunk beds.
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