Don't let the bed bugs bite!

One of Colin and my biggest projects lately has been making our new bed! We found directions online on how to build our own platform bed and decided it sounded a heck of a lot cheaper than buying one! We researched how much it would cost to buy a similar bed and it was upwards of $700. With all the wood, paint, screws etc. we bought, it only cost us around $150 to build. And thanks to a gift card my sister and Justin got Colin for his graduation we only paid $50! We are pretty happy with it and it was fun to do together, although Colin did most of the work.

Yay for wood! And LOTS of it!

The bottom frame. There are 2 parts to the bed. (Sectioned out in 7 total parts.) We built a base, which is below, then we built a platform which hangs over the base around 6 inches.

These are the platform sections. Don't mind the messy garage. Still not completely organized from the move!

And here is the final product! Without the sheets of course!

The bed feels like it weighs a thousand pounds! That's why we made 4 total sections so we could move it when we are ready to move again. (Hopefully in the FAR, FAR future!) Colin did an amazing job and I, as the little helper girl, probably won't be asked back to help! I messed up some of the paint and also dropped the frame trying to move it. Oops! A few hiccups aside, I love the way it turned out and it looks MUCH better than just a mattress on the floor! :)