Our bed is now…
That is!
This project has history and of course, chatty me has to tell you about it!
But I will make it fun…
I swear!
It All Started with This:
Oh, Yes It Did!
The huge white shelves on the right in the garage came with the house when we bought it.
For some reason, the husband, had to tear them down and they were monsters!
Mind you, there now are metal shelves exactly where these used to be? Don’t ask me!
Anyway, they were monsters because each section is at least 7.5″ long and made of at least 1.5″ thick plywood, with little pieces of woods attached to both sides (to place shelves)!
Can you say super heavy and awkward?
What is worse, the husband would not let the contractor take them away!
So my mind went to work!
What could I do with these???
Aha! We did not have a bed frame!
So, I decided I could use the Monsters for a Platform Bed Frame!
The husband nixed this idea for almost a year!
But I finally went forward with my design vision!
Yes, we are in our 40’s and our bed is now sitting on cement blocks, or should I say…
Cool Industrial style legs!
After cleaning…
I sprayed painted!
And kept on painting! Those suckers are big, even if I did not have to paint the full sides!
After painting, had to transport the monsters to the bedroom.
Huff Puff, Ouch, Oooh, Wait, Okay, Got It!
For some reason these monster garage shelves had trim on them, who puts trim on a garage shelf?
I had to take some trim off (or shall I say, “The husband had to take the trim off), to use it for the end to make for a more finished look.
I thought those funky little pieces of wood that stick out (which I like to call “nobbies”) would make the Monsters look cool as a Platform Bed Frame.
And I was right! It does look cool!
But I have to admit…
The vision of this whole bed was kind of like this:
What I forgot is that we have a box spring!
Which makes ours just, ha, a tad bit higher!
But I still like it!
There needs to be some tweaking on the end part that sticks out at the end. Tweaking, not to be confused with twerking (which by the way that area is perfect for dancing on top of, you know).
In my design mind’s eye, it was supposed to be a seating area, but now we lovingly refer to it as “The Diving Board!”
Picture this…running through the house, sliding around the corner into the bedroom trying not to lose speed, continuing toward the bed stepping up with one foot up on that end part, giving just the right thrust to DIVE into the bed!
Yes, we really are in our 40s! And ahem, we have both tested the diving board and my platform bed frame is that strong!
But no, I am thinking a long thin bench style cushion for that area in complimentary colors would make for that nice low seating area I had in mind.
Do you have any other ideas I could do with that area (maybe steps for our aging cat)??
If so send me some suggestions in the comment area please!
I can’t wait to read them!
Okay, I should have made sure the bed looked a bit better for these photos, but you get the point!
PS…Even though the husband was not into this particular design idea, even with the nay saying, he kept on helping out! I now thank him for the trim removal, trim adding, monster lugging and block carrying help he did provide! We are kind of getting good at The GnoMAD PAD team projects! Click here to see our House Number Team Project: PROJECT FOR TWO!
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