The Big Girl Bed… A Story of FREE!

ALL summer long I looked for a nice twin bed frame at yard sales, thrift stores, and on Craigslist. Everything I looked for was either a massive project that was more trouble than it was worth, too much money for even second hand, or not age appropriate for a toddler.

I wanted to skip the whole toddler bed thing. Toddler beds only last so long before they need to be replaced with a twin. We decided to start with a twin with a guard rail and then remove the rail as she got older.

With all that searching, I found nothing. Nada. NO appropriate, affordable twin bed frames.

UNTIL…

A friend of mine who rents from a wonderful lady who happens to be the mother of one of my dearest high school friends called me up one day at the end of the summer. She said her land lord was in town and was cleaning out her storage unit. She had two pink twin bed frames and a mattress set and wanted to know if I wanted them. WHAT?? YES!!!!!

I knew at that point that we were hoping for baby #2, though no one else did yet. I kind of got giddy at the fact that if this next one was a girl, I would have two pink matching beds! (But it wasn’t meant to be, and that’s okay! We are excited to have a son!)

I picked up the bed, cleaned it up a bit and had Nate set it up a few weeks later. I used a twin quilt that I used in college, just with the plain white side up to match Molly’s room more. I don’t love the guard rail, but it keeps her safe.

I also don’t love the little flower garland just hanging there. It looks unfinished. I used to have an adorable hand made quilt hanging up there:

But the pinks of the quilt clashed with the pinks of the bed and curtains.I also had plans to put new artwork up there, but when we found out for sure that we were pregnant, I decided to wait on more projects until we knew the gender. SO glad I did that!

Now that Molly has this totally free bed, I am trying to decide what I should do with it in a shared gender room. Paint it? But what if I have a third baby and its a girl and the two of them share a room? Wouldn’t it be fun to have them both be pink?

The other issue I have is that the baby comes at the end of April, which means good outdoor painting weather will not have come yet. SO I will not be able to paint it until May or June. I kind of want that room 100% done before baby– I will sleep better that way.

I kind of have some ideas floating around in my head about what I could do… we will see what ends up happening. For now? I am pleased as punch to have  free twin for my growing little girl and from such an awesome family too!

January 20, 2012. Uncategorized.