The Girl's New Bunkbed!

So it's official. The bunkbeds for the girls room are finished! And I would like to take a minute to just brag a little and say that I did it all without the hubby too! This momma took on the entire job from start to finish!

I ordered the bunkbed online from Bed Kingz on Ebay and had it shipped to the house. It came right on time and I was so excited when I saw the 5 huge boxes it came in on my front step! I didn't waste a minute and I brought those babies inside.

Now being the impatient interior decorator that I am (amongst other things) I decided not to wait til my darling husband got home to start the project. Instead I hauled each of the boxes up the stairs one by one. Mind you...each of these boxes weighed well over 40 lbs and one was even over 70 lbs! This mama got her workout in for the day! I disassembled Kiera's bed and hauled it out of the room piece by piece and then opened EVERY box to find the instruction manual and hardware. Then I spent the next couple hours assembling the bottom bunk. 

I forgot to take a picture of the progress I made that day but I did take a shot of the bedroom with Kiera's bed taken out of the room. (excuse the bad pic quality)

 

I was pretty worn out after this so I took a break til the next morning. But from 9:00-4:30 the next day was spent solely on the bunk bed (again on my own). Dan had to work that Saturday since he was the weekend manager for that week. It was a long long day.  The only breaks I took were to feed the kids and the occasional drink/potty break. I even had to start using one of my winter gloves to nurse my right  hand from the little Alan wrench I had to use to put everything together. My hand was killing me. 

This bed came as individual boards. Nothing was preassembled. I had to assemble everything from the railings to the drawers to the individual bed slats. Even with all that work I would still do it again. This bed is awesome! It has drawers in the steps that go up to the top bunk and side shelves in the spaces behind the drawers. It also has a trundle bed that pulls out! We have some pretty happy kiddos too. You can see Ethan and Emma hanging out on the top bunk in this picture. I got the bedding on the bottom bunk from Target and it matches the quilt and silhouette canvases I made perfectly! I love when that happens!

 

Now we need to fix up Ethan's room and get all the pieces from the crib and old bed out of there so he can move around again too.

And I am happy to report that Emma slept the entire first night in her big girl bed without any problems!