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Old Kitchen Cabinets Into Built-In Bed
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Offtract
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3 Materials
$200.00
4 Days
Medium
Last year we bought an old house that needed a lot of work. We had a pretty tight budget but didn't want our house to look like a cheap re-model. Everything had to be done including bedrooms and the kitchen.
Once we ripped out our old kitchen cabinets, we thought they could be used for storage. But how? And the idea for a buit-in bed was born. This is the second bed we made using old cabinets (the last one used bathroom cabinets).
We took a section of the cabinets (the part under the sink) and made it into a built-in twin bed. We measured out the dimensions of a twin mattress and added several inches to make sure it wouldn't be too tight of a fit once it was complete.
The most difficult part of this project was working with the 35 year-old walls of this house that were no longer straight. So if you have an old house, keep this in mind and just know you really can't do much about it- just go with it and it will work out.
Inside the bed, we added a bookshelf for even MORE storage along with a skylight and a wall light. After the bed was built, it needed to be primed and painted.
Now that the bed is finished, I am thinking of adding curtains. Putting wall paper on the inside would be kinda cool too.
If you don't have old cabinets to use, check out your local Habitat for Humanity or Craigslist, you may not get them for free but they won't cost very much!
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Published August 6th, 2014 2:56 PM
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So whomever uses it must jump literally into bed...?!
Any thoughts on how to make a bed that has 3 sides inaccessible?
Great! I already know how to create/make one, but how do you make the bed, in the sense of straightening it out every morning?