Big Boy Bed

About a month ago we decided it was time to find a big boy bed for Mr. C. He had climbed out of his crib once - so we knew the time was approaching. It’s bittersweet when your “baby” is too big for his crib anymore. L Joe saved the day when he came across this great twin sized “Captain’s Bed” on our work classified ads for $75. We offered $60 and the bed was ours!

Here is the bed:

The bed was in excellent condition. We almost felt bad painting the wood since it was in such nice shape – but it was just not our style. We love looking at the Pottery Barn Kids Collection for ideas and we both saw that this bed could look something like this with some elbow grease and new hardware.


Inspiration Bed - Pottery Barn Kids Belden Twin Bed w/ drawers - $1,700!!: 

Materials needed for this project:

- Circular sander

- Sand paper

- White primer

- White semi-gloss paint

- Foam rollers (these things are the best!)

- Small paint brush for cutting in

 

Joe started out by sanding the entire bed with a fine grit sand paper to get the finish off. We then wiped the entire bed down and prepped to prime it. We then applied two coats of a white primer to the entire bed using foam rollers. We let this dry and then Joe applied two coats of Behr’s interior semi-gloss latex paint in Ultra Pure White. Once the entire thing was dry we were good-to-go! We purchased a twin mattress from Nebraska Furniture Mart and surprised C with new sports themed bedding. (This was easiest since his nursery décor was sports themed). I purchased the oil rubbed bronzed cup handles at Lowe’s for about $4.00 each.

The finished product:

We are so happy with how the bed turned out! The extra storage underneath is great too. For now, one drawer has blankies, one has shoes, and the other has some miscellaneous toys.

In all we spent less than $100 on the bed, painting supplies and new hardware! Not bad considering the $1,700 price tag on the similar PB bed!

You’ll also see in these photos the bookshelf and dresser that we had refinished in the same way for C’s nursery a couple of years ago. Every piece in this room was a hand-me down or purchased cheap!