Much like our mattress, our kids have been sleeping on the floor for the last ... several months. Long story short, we needed two matching twin beds for the girls' room and my oldest wanted a turquoise bed (her favorite color). I was thinking of doing a metal bed (like this) - they are so pretty! But figured we could build something pretty simple.
We made this bed for our oldest about 3 years ago and decided to use the same plans and just add a top piece to make it more of a farmhouse bed. This bed did make the cut to move with us, but is in brother's room and will be his bed once he grows out of his crib.
We used the leftover plywood from our bed and the trusty Kreg Jig rip cut to cut the pieces down to the size needed instead of using 1 by 6s from the plan. That saved us some time and money using up what is in our garage.
The only picture I took of the build was this:
LOL! Once we put everything together there was a small gap at the corner so we added some molding to dress it up and hide the gap. The molding was so small we couldn't nail it down so we glued it and used random bags from the pantry to weigh it down.
The molding really takes it up a notch!
Finished headboard!
We added a 1 by 4 stacked on top of a 1 by 3 to the top (we cut a 1by 6 in half since the 1 by 3 was so expensive).
Let's be honest ... when I was staining them I had second thoughts - it was bright!
Staining is SO MUCH easier than painting - one coat of stain and 3 coats of poly is what we used. The hardest part was timing the stain to be done outside when it was warm enough. The poly we put on in the garage and we used a heater to warm up the garage enough.
In their room it is perfect!
The horse sheets she got from Christmas last year have just a touch of turquoise which compliment the bed perfectly!
Love them together! I was going to do matching bedding, but really love the mismatched sheets with the matching blanket. The sheets were both gifts for my oldest last year.
Since this picture was taken, we added king sized pillows (hubby ordered these and they are great!). I love the look of a king sized pillow on a twin bed - it fits perfectly!
This year for Christmas they got the cutest ruffle quilts, and super soft flannel sheets. Since we live in a cold climate I made their beds with the top sheet (print down) then the grey blanket (this is the best blanket and it fits a twin size bed perfectly - I have bought several when it is on sale on Black Friday for $8) and then the quilt. I am still debating on getting them a warm comforter to put under the quilt but they are cozy for now. Flannel sheets are amazingly cozy and Santa got them from Kohls too!
So there it is - the girls have beautiful new farmhouse beds!
Now we just need to paint their room and decorate!
