Happy Sunday, Everyone!
I'm really, really excited about today's post...mostly because I'm really, really excited about the bed that we bought for Diddle's new room. Our biggest issue with his room before was space. It's not a very big room (10 x 10) and his bed, desk, dresser and bookcase configuration left little room for actual playing or even just relaxing. Our secondary issue was that this was a room that could rarely, unless we had a lone visitor, be used for guests. We have a LOT of visitors, so for just one person to come at a time, is rare. Issue number 3 (and this is becoming a bigger issue as Diddle gets older), is that he loves to have sleep overs and the old room, just didn't work very well since there was BARELY room to SQUASH another twin mattress pad onto the floor space. (1st World problem, right?? I know.)
Our initial plan involved keeping his old bed and getting a trundle for it...problem here is that in order for the trundle to fit, we'd have to move/get rid of his night stand and dresser or desk..which of course meant getting rid of either 1) clothes storage or 2) study space or 3) "stuff" storage. None of these were very good options. We browsed through soo many catalogs and websites and decorating sites for MONTHS. Then I saw a bed at (my BFF) IKEA. It was a daybed and looked like it might be a little feminine but it had a drawer system underneath so we figured that would allow us to get rid of the dresser so was worth checking out. OH MY GOODNESS. That bed had a secret!!!! Check this out. Here's the bed in the new room:
Nice right? I exchanged the pulls that came with it since they looked a little country and added to its original feminine flair...I think these chrome pulls look a little more masculine, don't you? Here it is with the drawers pulled out...plenty of room for all of the clothes that were in the dresser:
BUT..here's its secret! This WHOLE drawer unit pulls out so that this bed can go from twin all the way up to whatever is the size of 2 twin beds side by side (which is bigger than a standard King for sure). Check it out:
So we ended up getting the best of both worlds. Drawer space AND extra sleeping space. We decided to take it for a test run and Diddle had his BFF over for a sleep over the other night. They are just 2 small boys so we used our old futon mattress (which is the size of a Full bed). Here it is all ready for the sleep over:
It was a success! We are considering buying a thin either queen or king sized mattress to keep rolled up in the garage for when company comes over (we could seriously put up to 5 or 6 small kids on it when its all pulled out), but for now, we are out of money!
Here's my happy boy on his new bed:
One more thing to cross off the list! Next up: Study Space!
Have a great week, Everyone!!
~Bean
Great bed!
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