The twin bed debacle...

Now that Sydney is in pre-school, totally potty trained, and about to turn three, I decided it was time to re-do her room and get that big girl a new BIG GIRL ROOM! Woo-hoo!  I didn't want to spend a fortune, so I decided to just focus on the bed, and the rest can be re-purposed and re-used.  (more on that later!)

I was so excited to drive out to the Stage Coach Barn Sale and look for something fun.  I found a twin bed that was already painted and looked adorable.  It was only about $125, so we brought it home with us!

 {along with this super cute little baby cradle...who say no to this?!}

We weren't quite ready to start the remodel, so it sat in the garage for a few weeks.  I was feeling so confident in my new purchase...until we decided to put it together. 

Problem #1:  I did not bring home the side rails that came with the bed.  I didn't realize they were part of the bed frame, but luckily, the owner and I found each other through facebook and told me she had them.  Had to drive back out there to pick them up.  Minor set back.  No worries.

Problem #2:  Once the side rails were installed, I realized there should have been slats for the mattress to sit on...and I had no such thing.  So we improvised, bought some boards, and had them cut to size.  All is well. 

 Let's get the mattress on there and make the bed!

 Oh wait...what's that?  You sold me a Twin XL bed and neither party knew?  Oh, that's cool.  So I now have a twin mattress, and a ghetto XLong bed that looks RE-DIC-U-LOUS.  Now what do we do?

Well, we went to all that trouble to get the head board and foot board to work, we figured we would just get a regular, run-of-the-mill bed frame and just attach the headboard and foot board to it.  Perfect! {except once you connect the headboard to frame, there is no where for the foot board to be connected.}  Seriously? %#@&

So...we had to load everyone back up, bring the twin matress to the store to return it and purchase the twin mattress/boxspring set.  Super simple.  Seriously, this was fun...ha!  (insert sarcasm)

At this point, our options were very limited here, and since we now owned:
1. Freakishly long twin bed
2. Twin mattress/boxspring set
3. Basic bed frame
4. Cute twin bedding that had already been washed and dried.

I WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE THIS WORK SOMEHOW.

 

So, if you could have seen our family out in the backyard this weekend...I'm happy none of us lost a limb, or an appendage.  {I am convinced we are single-handedly bringing down the property value of our neighborhood...seriously, our dead christmas tree is still back there rotting.}   Um, I digress...

I made Dan get out some form of saw and we just went to town and started cutting things.  Picture him with a hack saw (???) (that broke two blades during the cutting process) and me straddling the bed rail trying to keep it steady as he cut.  It was...interesting.  But alas...

Freakishly long bed rails are  now normal twin size.  Now we just have to figure out how we are going to get the bed together.  To be continued...