One Room Challenge Week 2

My Challenge Room:

Tangerine Tom Boy Room

I started my research for Sophie's room on Pinterest. Check out the board I created for it HERE. These are a few beds that I thought would work:

I wish Sophie liked these little girly touches. Those drawers are so scalloped and sweet.

This is more like what we will end up with, I imagine.

This one was Sophie's FAVORITE. Not even a joke, she really wants this bed. :)

The bed has been a source of contention. As I mentioned before, her room is only 75 inches wide, so in order to maximize space, we decided to build a platform bed with drawers for storage. Last summer I purchased  an oak captains bed with  head and foot board for only $50 off of Craig's List. But discovered it took up too much space in the room. One part of the bed that did fit in the room was the bank of drawers that were meant to be placed under it.

We used this as the base for the platform bed, Joe added a 2 x 4 to the back wall the same height as the drawers (screwed it into the studs with 3 inch screws) and added a piece of 3/4 plywood on top.

I am painting the drawers and eventually the entire bed white. These 2 drawers go on the left side. I took my time and did several thin coats of paint allowing it to dry completely in between coats; this is a kids bed after all and it will see alot of abuse. I will either coat it with wax or a poly. just to insure the paint lasts.

This is what we ended up with. It only takes up 39 inches of the 110 inch over all length of the room. So she will still have floor space to play on. {Did you notice the paint color?? I painted this room twice last week. Orange, which was more of a 80s peach mixed with brown (YUCK!) and now light Aqua.}

The bed is now solid and sturdy. Sophie thinks it's a stage.

Check out Joe's design touch above. This section on the right was meant to hold one large drawer but we discovered it was broken beyond repair. I thought we would leave it open for toy storage. He crawled in here with a jig saw and cut out this opening which leads to the space behind the drawers. He even trimmed it with molding. It's 75 inches wide by about 2 feet. The perfect hiding spot. As you can tell, she all ready has toys in there. We found a few touch lights that we mounted to the wall inside with the help of our teenage son.

I hope you will come back next Wednesday to see the progress on my Tangerine Tom Boy Room.

Please take the time to check out these amazing design blogs all participating in
The One Room Challenge:

Saved by Suzy
Dutch.British.Love
Trapped in North Jersey
Nicole Scott Designs
Kim Macumber Interiors
Rue de Emily
The Pink Pagoda
refresheddesigns
Nana Moon Shop
Taylor Morgan Design
Insideways
My Crafty Home Life
House Four
Living Savvy
(A Lifestyle Thing)