About six years ago, I made some bunk beds for my twin granddaughters.  A few years later, they unbunked them into twin beds (no pun intended), then moved and each got their own bedroom.  Then one of them saw a cousin's loft bed and decided she'd like hers that way, if possible.  Grandpa to the rescue.

 

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Edited September 1, 20205 yr by kmealy

Did you just put it on stilts?? I can tell from the smile the customer is happy!

14 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Did you just put it on stilts?? I can tell from the smile the customer is happy!

I guess you could say that.  I made a substructure for the head- and foot-boards.  The rails and glued and screwed into a lap joint.   The back stretchers are also into a lap and bolted in place with carriage bolts.   Beds of all types need to be disassemblable.   

BTW, the bookcase on the right was made by my daughter (their mom) when she was about 12 or 13.  I made the two boxes on them, one is a "keepsake box" out of spalted maple.  The other is a jewelry box is walnut carcase with maple drawers.  Her fraternal twin sister's is maple carcase with walnut drawers.

53 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

 I can tell from the smile the customer is happy!

Happy customers indeed.  Nicely done grandpa.

Danl

Very nice.  Great re-engineering job.

Love this, and based on pictures so do the recipients.  

Great job Keith, and momma did a great job on the bookcase also

I like it!  You did a great job and it shows

My granddaughter's room is set up the same, desk under the bed and loves it. I don't know if it is the new "thing" or it is just plain more practical use of space

1 hour ago, Ron Altier said:

desk under the bed

Not at home, but at college all three girls did that...desk under the bed, fridge next to desk, surge suppressor extension cord (since regular extensions were forbidden). 

5 hours ago, Ron Altier said:

I like it!  You did a great job and it shows

My granddaughter's room is set up the same, desk under the bed and loves it. I don't know if it is the new "thing" or it is just plain more practical use of space

When my eldest daughter (who is now 44) moved into a new bedroom about age 6, I made her a loft bed with a dresser and desk underneath.  A few years ago, I readapted the loft bed into a bunk bed set for her twin sons.  The desk and dresser is in their guest room.  The wood came from trees downed on my uncle's farm by a tornado on the day he died, logged by my dad, and he and I hauled to the sawyer nearby.

 

 

This is a great way to create space in a smaller child's bedroom - larger children too.

Oh, and when my middle daughter went off to college, she wanted a loft bed for her and her HS buddy who was going to be her roommate.  So we did that, had to store the Uni's bed frame in the corner, got a futon sofa to go underneath, and a coffee table.  Geez.   At the end of the year, her roomie transferred to another school and my daughter moved off-campus.   So dad drove up with the trailer, dismantled it all, moved about 1/4 mile to an apartment, set it all up again.  Daughter had twisted an ankle, was in a brace and couldn't help much, so it took me all day.   About mid-afternoon, the front desk in the dorm said, "Holy cow, aren't you done yet?"

So, I guess I've made three loft beds, two sets of bunk beds that convert into twins, a triple bunk, and two queen beds.