T4 has been asking for a loft bed for about a year now, darn Pottery Barn catalogs. Ana White to the rescue. Using her plan, the Mr. T and I built it. It always amazes me that it works, yet it always works! It was a nice distraction from the flooding disaster in our basement that has kept me from sewing. Here are the plans from Ana White. If you haven’t made anything from her site, it’s super easy. She gives you a purchase list and a cut list. Pottery Barn sells their loft bed for over $1000 and with the expensive paint I bought (one coat action!) we spent $250. Not too shabby.
And here is T4 in his loft bed. I added a frame to the side of the bookcase to put cork, just like in the Pottery Barn catalog, and as you can see the last bit of cork isn’t on yet. He LOVES the bed and spends all day in there. Not sure what he’s going to do when school starts.
We took our family for the back-to-school, school supply shopping expedition yesterday. When you have 2 teachers and 4 children, this is what your cart looks like.
Out of control, right! Here’s what’s sad, not an orange notebook in the cart and T4 needed an orange notebook per the school supply list. So after Wal-Mart, Target and Office Depot and mom refusing to pay $2.00 for a notebook that should be $0.17 like the rest, we headed home. On the way, the Mr. T jokingly says, I’m surprised you didn’t spray paint one. GENIUS!
That’s right boys and girls, I spray painted a notebook and of course had to add some vinyl action with my Silhouette. Nothing is safe from paint and vinyl in my house.
Next time – baby shower goodies
sharing with ::733::
tolen family fun 