Sunday, May 2, 2010

Bed frame...so far

After having such a bad start to this project on Friday night I was very skeptical about how yesterday would go. I picked up the air compressor from Jeff and got all the stinkin nails that I swear didn't exist. After going to yard sales and hula I got home around 3 which is when Rillz got home from work. And we went straight to work on the bed frame. It ended up being super easy and quick. Besides accidentally nailing 2 long nails through the floor and some extra scratches on our hard wood floors our living room became the perfect construction zone. Our bed frame is far from perfect. Because 1) pine wood is definitely not always straight wood and 2) I am nowhere near being a perfectionist. So I really don't care (ok maybe I do a little bit) that there are gaps in some places. Anyways, after 4 1/2 hours of work this is what we have. Now I just need to stain it. Which, I am not patient at all when it comes to painting so I will have to learn quick so I get the right color and don't try to race through it. Hopefully, it is in my bedroom soon!

Work in progress. Our little moveable dishwasher became a work bench for cutting and drilling holes.
Here is what we have so far. The headboard and Footboard. The pictures make it look less gappy than it really is.

6 comments:

Kristi M. said...

That seriously looks AWESOME!!! I can't wait to see it stained and set up. You could always get paintable caulk and run it along the gaps and along the connections to fix that and make it more cohesive.

Kristi M. said...

Oh yea...I bet Rillz is ready for his own compressor and more projects now.

HeidiT said...

After we went to dinner last night and you where talking about working on the frame I thought, "it's freezing outside where are they building this thing?" So funny it was in your living room. Looks great though! Much less country then I had for some reason pictured in my mind.

AMY AND MIKEY said...

oh my gosh! it looks so good!

Danielle said...

Wow- that looks AWESOME! I can't believe how good it turned out! You guys are so talented! I can't wait to see it all set up!

katy said...

That looks way good. How fun.