Bedtime!

 For many years we have slept on the floor (on a mattress, that is). As a bed goes, it has some advantages. It's free. It never sags. But it's hard to get out off, especially if you are pregnant. Most people would solve this problem by buying a new bed frame, or maybe a used on on Craigslist. But we are picky, wanting a bed with lots of space under it for storage, and also cheap. So we decided to trade our free time for a home-made bed.

 We bought a bunch of lumber from home depot, 2x4s, 2x6s, and some OSB. Thank goodness we have a RAV4 to cart it all home in! Then we cut it all to length, making only one mistake out of about 50 cuts.

One of the features we wanted was a headboard. We found a design we liked at Ikea and then built something similar out of 1x3s. This was the only place we cut something the wrong size. Next time you visit, see if you can figure out what we did wrong!

 

The bed has more legs than is traditional. They also serve to keep the mattress from sliding off the top. 

 

A bed needs a place to go. Our old bedroom barely held our king-sized mattress, so we decided to re-purpose Jymm's crafty room, shown here in it's former glory. Don't worry, we just moved her craft-space somewhere else.

And the final product. We decided to add a little pizzazz to the new room while we were at it, so we hung some drapes behind the bed. They serve the added purpose of dampening the acoustics in the room. We think the end result looks quite grown up. Almost like we're adults or something!