A room for girls

Nev has had an issue with sleeping in a bed since we moved here. She kept falling out of the toddler bed and Gary or I would have to go get her when she'd cry from falling out in the middle of the night, sometimes multiple times. Well she got fed up with it and soon we'd  put her to bed and about a half an hour later she'd sneak her blanket and doll and pillow pet and sleep on the floor next to her sister's bed. Since she was happier there we learned not to interfere and found other means of lowering her bed and giving her a bigger sleeping space than the toddler bed gave her. That also freed up the Toddler bed/crib for her baby brother.

However, I felt like it was time to do something about the mess of their room and I thought that Nev was ready to sleep a little more elevated. So I searched around for bunk beds. I had a strong impression that a ladder bed was not the right solution for the girls and so I started looking for stairway beds. I found this one via Amazon at Bunk Bed King and was happy since it was white, and said it was made of solid wood.


Gary and Olea sorted all the pieces and organized them so it was easy for us to put it together while the girls slept in the art studio.

This also worked out nice so that it was not suspicious that we had the bed mats set up for their Grandparent's arrival a few days later.

 We were able to get it all done except one of the under bed drawers since one of the pieces was missing the groove cut out down the side.

Thankfully we have a nice neighbor with a table saw and he was able to rip it for us the next morning after the mattresses arrived.

The girls' room had a paint we were happy with and it matched some of their existing pieces well enough so we have just stuck to the color excitement instead of pinking out the room to the point of vomit. I really like it now. We put in new blinds too, which is great since the other ones were broken and had lost real function and their room faces the street.

We have changed out the wall shown in this pictures since I took these pictures by adding the book shelf (used to be changing table Hensvik from Ikea) since it was white and Giddy doesn't really need the changing table anymore and Olea needed a place for her books. We also moved the dress ups into the closet.

A few more things I want to do: switch out the fan blades (the boys room has blades that match and theirs match the wood finish we are planning on doing in the boys room) and the dangly thing on the end of the fan and light chain. Gary also wants to sand down their dresser and paint it white.

Here is the magic. Their room has never been cleaner, consistently and without nagging. The right piece of furniture can make all the difference! The girls and Gary and I are so pleased with it. No painting required. :)