Beds!!!

Have I mentioned lately how AMAZING my husband is??? He seriously amazes me all the time. Shortly after we found out we were having a boy, we began looking for bunk beds. We figured we may as well bite the bullet and purchase them now rather than down the road. We did a lot of looking around but couldn't find one we liked that was for a decent price and would last through two Morgan boys. We mentioned that we were on the look out to one of our friends, who ended up telling us about a website with tutorials for almost everything (seriously its addicting...there is so much on there). We went home and checked it out and found a bunk bed tutorial that we both liked. AFter thinking it over for a day or two we decided that we would build/modify the one online and by the next day the lumber was purchased. It took a while to build, stain and we still arent all the way finished with them, but Ricky did such an awesome job!!! He and his friend, James Hazelbush, built the frames. Ricky and I stained them. Then Ricky and Shane Aplanap set them up in Tavans room. We still have to add the upper rails and ladder but left them off for now. Tavan is a climber/ jumper so we don't want him climbing and jumping on the top bed....so for now its just the bottom.Tavan absolutely loves his "big boy bed" and loves to show it off to people who come over. Here are a few pictures of the whole process.


This is just half the lumber it took. Thanks again to the Hazelbush's for letting us use their house/shop to build in!



From lumber pile to Headboard/footboards



headboards to beds


unfinished to stained....


it looks funny right now with just the one bed, no upper rails, or a ladder but I am loving that Ricky did such an awesome job and that his boys will get to sleep in a bed that their daddy made for them. With any luck (due to the modifications James and Ricky came up with) the beds should last for most of their childhood :)