We Built a Bed!

There are several things that I've learned over the course of this long labor day weekend:
1. It is impossible to eat while watching Hoarders. . . try it, I dare you!
2. Building a bed is not as hard as you think
3. Watch out for dog hair when staining wood

But we did it! Thanks to Ana White we built a bed. It is now probably the nicest piece of furniture we have, and it looks AWESOME! Ana White says the project should have taken 3-6 hours, so as expected, it took us 2 days.  We went to Lowe's to pick out materials on thursday night, and then Joe started building the bed friday afternoon while I was at work. Fortunately, it was the hottest day of the year

Rowdy and Batman really wanted to help

But it was too hot. Rowdy had to build a fort in the forest to try to keep cool. She also came out of her fort with about 1,000,000,000,000 burrs stuck to her face.

Joe started with the Headboard/Foodboard

I finally got home from work (hey someone in this family has to) and then I had to get to work on the bed as well

We also had a slight measurement miscalculation that required a little bit of chiseling

The bed had to be assembled in place because it is so big (it may also be a permanent fixture in this house).  This has also left a nice layer of dust covering everything.

 Two coats of Minwax 2in1 Stain and Poly in Mission Oak later, and Ta Da:

Here is Rowdy enjoying the new bed for the first time

Thanks to all of the leftover wood scraps, Rowdy and Batman got a new bench to put their beds on too. Here's everyone tucked in ready for bed!