Hooray! Operation playroom/guest room is complete! Took a weeee bit longer than expected, but it was soooo worth it! We ended up building our own heavy duty pallets.. well, I should say JAMES ended up building the heavy duty pallets! hee heee! We hunted and hunted, and the place that said we could have some 'heavy duty' ones for free.. well, I can see why! ha! They were, shall we say 'not very nice' lol! I am sure we would have made out just fine with them, but another thing we found, was the average pallet is quite a bit bigger than a single mattress.. and with the amount of available room already being an issue, this was just the best way to go. The most expensive part was definitely the casters.. other than that, the cost of the wood wasn't all that bad.. cheaper than 2 new beds would have been that is for sure!
OK.. here are some pictures of the pallet beds! (I am so excited to share these finally!)
They filled up pretty much the entire wall.. one HUGE long sofa for the kids, and 2 beds for guests... either keeping them long, or pulling them together for a gigantic guest bed. LOVING how this turned out!
All of the bedding was super cheap.. the comforters are from Walmart and were under $20 a piece.. throw pillows were found on clearance at various stores around Grande Prairie. Sort of 'hodge podge' looking, but I am really digging the mix! At the end of the day, when I got in the truck and looked in the backseat at the collection of colours and patterns, all I could think was 'what the heck am I doing' ha ha! But I had a vision, and stuck with it.. looked for colours and patterns that I wanted and this was how it worked out! The sheets underneath the bedding are turquoise.. of course! heee! ;)
I made these pillows (the little ones made with Heather Bailey fabric) this morning (with stuffing from an old flattened pillow)..
Oh my gosh, the lighting was soooo bad in there! Ahhhhh! lol
My roller skates from when I was a kid (they sit in the window)..
Random shots from around the room..
A collection of some things on a shelf.. print and owl are from Etsy... and the music box is another childhood treasure. :)
Here is the new repurposed desk area.. the legs I found at Home Depot and painted them a teal colour... love this new little space! The 'nook' was the perfect size for the shelves and the desk! Much better use of space for this little room!
One last shot from the doorway.. I wish I had a wide angle so I could have got the whole wall in one shot! It really is huge! lol But the best part is, with the furniture that we took out gone.. the addition of the 2 new bed doesn't really make the room feel all that more cramped at all!
Please excuse the photos.. I was having a heck of a time with the lighting in there... it is suuuuuuuper gloomy here today, definitely not ideal for photos of a dark room! ahhh! Oh well. :)
We loooove the pallet beds, they turned out so perfectly for the room! Gosh, what would I do without the internet and the abundance of inspiration that can be found? Because I can guarantee you.. if I hadn't seen this bed floating around blog land, I most certainly wouldn't have thought of using pallets for a bed! And now that they are in there.. I seriously can't picture anything else! If you are thinking of doing one of these up.. do it! You will love the result, I promise!!
OK, I gotta run for now! We all slept in this morning.. Laine missed the bus, and the day has felt like chaos ever since! ha!
Later! :)
that stuffed horse on one of the last pictures is really beautiful. Reminds me of one I had when I was a little kid, I used to love it and could not sleep if I didn't have it on my arms! Thank you for the nice memory!
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You have such a amazing sense of style to your decorating. I just love it. One question ... How do you manage to add all this detail to your home with a toddler ??? LOL !!!!
Posted by: Patricia Kumfer | November 19, 2009 at 08:29 PM
those pallet beds lined up like that are awesome!! Definitely saving this idea for the future.
Posted by: Casey | November 19, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Amazing!! Seriously. I want some too!!!
Posted by: Rhonda Steed | November 16, 2009 at 05:51 PM
are you frickin' kidding me???!!!!! Those "beds" turned out AMAZING!!! .. and lovin the hodge podge of pillows on top!! EEeekkk!! Awesome job Jen!! (and James) I want some!
Posted by: amanda | November 13, 2009 at 05:07 PM
Love it! But yah... casters are not cheap! :(
Posted by: marcy | November 12, 2009 at 07:58 AM
Fabulous idea!
Posted by: Kimberly | November 12, 2009 at 07:27 AM
i want to visit your house one day :) just love how these turned out ... would have never thought of using something so industrial as pallets. genious!
Posted by: laura vegas | November 11, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Wow.
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