I fell in love with this image of bunk beds from pinterest...
So a couple days after Christmas my husband and I decided to try it out.
I'll take you through our 3 days of construction with these impressive iphone pictures.
I know, great quality right? Anyways, here's the after.
The kids have the perfect place behind the stairs to hide. It's not huge, so it makes for an interesting family sardines game. I still have to put up some trim to cover up where the bead board meets but other than that, it's all done. The two hinged boards on the bottom come up and we can pull out two trundle beds. So that makes a total of SIX twin beds in here.
I bought the light fixtures from Home Depot for $12.00 a piece. I drilled holes in the bottom and wired them to a lamp cord. The kids love it and have already figured out how to hang barbies from the fan. And I love it because when my sisters come to visit, we can chuck all 9 kids in there and watch a movie in peace.
That is so awesome!!! You did such a great job!
ReplyDeletewow this is so amazing...I love them...Great job
ReplyDeleteNikki!! Amazing!! I so wish I had a room big enough to do this. You guys are brave and hard core diyers. WTG!!
ReplyDeleteLove it! How creative. :)
ReplyDeleteYou are awesome!!! I have 5 kids and have totally pinned that (and other mass bunkbed pictures) on Pinterest! I can't believe how quickly you got it done!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed!
--Katie
Creatively Living
I have been dreaming of doing this! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteTotal space saver. Great job.
ReplyDeleteI pinned that image a long time ago, too! I love it, and you guys did a great version of it. Wonderful!
ReplyDeletei LOVE it. Now what did you do with the old hospital beds?
ReplyDeleteI've been drooling over a similar bed. You two cranked that out quick!
ReplyDeleteWow! Wow!! Wow!!!! You are amazing!
ReplyDeleteI am in awe of how amazing that is! You are lucky to have the support/help of your husband. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteYour version of the beds is way better. How dumb to have glass photo frames and giant lampshades right above your bed. If I had a nightmare and sat upright quickly I would smash my face off.
ReplyDeleteI still think the pirate mesh rope would be better than the treacherous four inch stairs, though.
that looks awesome Nikki!!!! I love how you see something you like and you do it! You really are a go getter!!:)
ReplyDeletethats AMAZING! love the wainscot too. by the way yours look even better than the photo that inspired you. good job!
ReplyDeleteOh it looks amazing !!!
ReplyDeleteSo fantastic !!!
Your blog is so full of inspirations...
Many lovely greetings,
Nell
SO COOL! I wish we owned our house so we could do that. I'm actually making a loft bed from some premade bunk beds for the four of my kids.
ReplyDeleteamazing!! great job:)
ReplyDeleteI found your blog the other day and went through it when my mouth hanging open. I can't BELIEVE all the stuff you do and all the cute stuff/furniture/decor that you have and find. Then this post pops up, and I don't even know what to do with myself. How in the world did you DO THAT just by looking at a picture?? I am beyond in awe! Will you move out here and be my neighbor and help me?? :) I'm officially your new stalker. Be warned. :)
ReplyDeleteholy mother of God! that is amazing! I Love it!
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How lovely! I always love bunk beds! Have a fabulous day, Kellie xx
ReplyDeleteOH MY WORD! It's amazing!
ReplyDeleteIt looks great! It looks so professional, and I like the changes you incorporated into your design.
ReplyDeleteis it wrong to say that i like the white even better than the original??? great job!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous! I have to show this to my husband to prove to him that "See, we *can* have more kids!" (He thinks three is our limit. Ha.)
ReplyDeleteAnd btw, I always love Colton's take on things! ;)
love it!! i hope we can build those in our new house! is it hard to make the bed on the top bunks?? that's the only thing i'm worried about... changing sheets
ReplyDeleteum, wow! you did such a great job :)
ReplyDeleteTHAT IS AMAZING!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou must be so proud! What an outstanding job. When will the full tutorial be posted????? You will probably start a new trend if you decide to post one, and I will be the first to follow.
ReplyDeleteJust stopped over blog hopping to say hello as your newest follower. Rumor has it you smelt metal, so I had to see for myself.
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Wow! Not a very fancy word, I know -but it says what I mean! They turned out fantastic. Makes me want to build some in my kitchen so that I can look at them all of the time. LOL! Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteReally really gorgeous! I wish I was one of your kids! LOL! Oh... and mommy I wanna sleep on the upper left please!
ReplyDeleteYour bunks are awesome. We are adding bunks to my son's room and I was just looking at lights just like yours on pbkids for $70 each. Can you do a tutorial on how you rewired the inside to make those plug in instead of hardwired?
ReplyDeleteAwesome, we are going to do this in our playroom, with toy storage underneath instead of the trundles! It will be a great place to chill out and read a book for our 6 kiddos! Thank you
ReplyDeletethat is awesome!!! Great job. Many years from not when I have a beach house, that's my dream!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing, amazing, amazing!
ReplyDeleteHas anyone ever told you you're amazing?? They should!
WOWZA! I am in awe! What an amazing transformation! You & ur hubby did a terrific job! I'm a new follower of yours now, can't wait to see your next project! Stop by my place and say hi sometime :) http://macaylasroom.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteWOW!!!
ReplyDeleteI am speechless. And a new follower, of course! You are amazing!
ReplyDeleteStacy
Love it! I have to know though how tall your ceilings are. . .I'm wondering if they are the same as our and how they'd look in our space. Thanks for posting! You're work is amazing!
ReplyDeleteI have been trying to figure out a good way to putt a lot of beds into a room. This is seriously amazing!! Love the blog by the way. I'm a native here in good 'ol hot arizona. :) Mind if I ask how big the room is that you put these beds in? Thanks
ReplyDeleteWould you mind telling us approximately how much this project cost?
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get your trundle beds?
ReplyDeleteLOVE IT! I don't think that I realized you were in AZ!
ReplyDeleteim curious to know what the length is between the floor and ceiling!
ReplyDeleteI am in love with this! Build in bunk beds has been on my to-do list for the past year. You wouldn't happen to have a tutuorial?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michelle 4men1lady.com
you are right the kids have the perfect place behind the stairs to hide.I have been dreaming of doing this! Gorgeous!Thanks for sharing see more
ReplyDeleteI just fell off my chair! That is amazing, and nice job on the finish details. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a magical hang out for children. Love how it looks!
ReplyDeletethis looks phenomenal! I love the way you did it and most of all i love the lights you chose!! way awesome! I found you through the not just a housewife contest, and am your newest follow! Good luck in the contest!
ReplyDelete<3 Bethany @ thesepiapuppy.blogspot.com
All I can say is WOW. Amazing job. I wish I had such handy woodworking skills to pull this off.
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing! I'd love this at a cabin! I am featuring this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com.
ReplyDeleteThose are great! Can you give us a break down of the cost for this project? Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get the plans?
ReplyDeletewow outstanding. it is one of the most and perfect place to spend the time.
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do you mind mentioning roughly how much this project cost?
ReplyDeleteWOW! I have NEVER seen something like this... THANK YOU! I have five boys and NOT a huge room.we have been putting in two bunk beds (top twin and bottom full) face to face in a small rm with no room for any dressers or playing. This is perfect and I love that the bottom ones have trundles for my fifth child with out the space.Again THANK YOU FOR SHARING!
ReplyDeleteah! This not only looks creative, but also looks cool, works fine and decorative. I possessed a loft bed with desk at home for my son, and I will replace it with this one
ReplyDeleteI had a loft beds for adults. I want to change it like this. any ideas for me?
ReplyDeleteamazing, Bunk Beds With Stairs is very much like I have for both my son, this seems to be fitted to them, thank you, this is very cool and useful fatherly me :)
ReplyDeleteI know this is from 3 years ago, but I'm hoping you will get this message. Is there any way you can tell me what the length of the space you used was? The height of your ceiling? The height between the floor and the bottom of the bottom bunk? OH! And how wide you made your stairs? Planning on building one and don't know that i have enough room. Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any construction blue prints I am lookin to build one for my girls. If so just let me know on here thanks
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