Our next project....Bob Villa look out!

Because we realized the other day that there is no way to get a Queen sized box spring upstairs we had a dilemma. We briefly discussed buying a split King because we've always wanted a King size bed and our new bedroom would be large enough, but money is an issue and there was some debate as to could we "squish" a King size mattress enough to get it thru the stairwell.

So...I've liked the look of platform beds for quite some time. Yet they are also pretty expensive. Enter...Miguel and Lisa Bed Builders!

The plan is a basic platform bedframe with four posts each with a french gothic spindle top. Even using pre-cut posts we've priced it out as well under $100.00 to build. The least expensive platform bed frame we found was online only thru Wal-mart and it would have been close to $200.00 with delivery. It didn't look very sturdy either, we've opted for slat construction to hold the mattress.

We also made the discovery today that under the coats of latex paint the wood doors to the bedrooms upstairs appear to be in pretty good shape and are gorgeous. The people that painted over them didn't strip the previous finish so the paint comes off pretty easy. So we are no longer going to re-paint the doors.

:-)