New Bed

Our bed used to sit on an old metal bed frame. The frame was not in the best condition, which resulted in sore backs from the bed sloping to the middle. We needed more support!! I had been watching the ads for beds on sale that I actually liked, and had no luck. While looking around on one of my favorite blogs, Brown Paper Packages, I found a bed that they had made from wooden pallets. It was cute and cost less to make than anything in the stores. We followed the general idea and used some scrap wood from a mirror crate that Lucas got at work.

Here is a "Before" look at our bed:

Lucas cutting down all the boards to size

Laying the pieces out

We got a new tool to play with! It is called a pocket jig and it makes diagonal holes so you can screw something into the side.

All put together with extra support in the middle.

W painted our bed a chocolate brown (seriously, the paint literally looked like melted chocolate) and put a poly coat over it.

And here is the finished product!!......

When we put the box spring and mattress on our new bed and layed down we could immediately feel a difference. Wow, we actually have a comfy mattress and never knew it!