About a month ago, Ellie decided she wanted to start sleeping with Lainey in her bed. Much to our surprise (and delight) they both started going to bed about an hour earlier and sleeping all the way through the night. We started looking around for bunkbeds and bunkbed plans and Matt came across some on the web that he liked. He started construction last Saturday and worked most evenings this week in the garage sawing, sanding and assembling. Could we have picked a colder week to start this project?! Today they were complete and we disassembled them and moved them up to Ellie's room.
Lainey mans the drill!
Lainey mimicking every move Daddy the carpenter makes!
Daddy and his Royal helpers!
Ellie's loft...mostly complete.
There is still much work to be done! Painting begins tomorrow. There are still bookshelves to be installed underneath, a chalkboard to be painted, and a puppet theater curtain to be made. Original plans were for Ellie to sleep on top and Lainey on a bed underneath. Daddy's mind was working overtime today though thinking of additional ways to "trick out" the bed! I saw him on the internet this evening looking at slides...ladder up one side--slide down the other!! Who knows what the final product might look like. I'll be sure to post more pics as the we move along!
2 comments:
Now you have me thinking! With baby #3 on the way, I was going to give each child their own room but our girls have been begging to share a room. You will have to keep me posted on their sleeping schedules...do they wake up at the same time (our Laney sleeps in later so I am hoping Ella won't wake her up). What a cute bunk bed. We had one with a slide for a while and the girls LOVED it....go Matt, go! How fun! I love the princesses helping out :) They are just adorable!!
(I'm a friend of Leslie's--she told me to check out your bunkbeds.)
WOW! I'm really impressed with your husband's handiwork. My husband and I were just looking for bunkbeds for our son, but I never even thought about building our own. I'll have to check back later to see how it gets "tricked out!"
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