Project No. 2

It is cold and snowy outside, the first Monday after Thanksgiving and I am eating peanut M&M's for breakfast. Don't judge me. I did make oatmeal for my kids before they left for school. That makes it O.K. right?

The real reason I am posting.

I have to share this cute toddler daybed that Kelly and I made a couple of weeks ago. I got the free plans from here. Ana White is my favorite blog ever (sorry cousins and friends I love your blogs too!), there are 20+ plans that I want to make and I will post them as I get them done. I usually check out her blog at least twice a day (no exaggeration). I decided to step a little bit out of my comfort zone on this one. I figure since all of my walls are beige I can be a little creative with the furniture and fabric. I didn't keep real close track of what we spent on this project but for the materials (wood & fabric) it was right around $75. I got all of the fabric form Joann's in Billings and sewing the blanket did take longer than building the bed!

I think it turned out so cute!

I upholstered it, who knew I could upholster? It wasn't hard.

Kelly made sure it was level.

A new bed!

I wanted red in the bedspread so that it would match her dresser, I really like the dresser painted red and didn't want to repaint it. I also had to include pink (just because). I considered polka dots but decided to go on the wild side (for me anyway) and went with the zebra print.

Just in case you are wondering, her bedroom looked like this for a whole 10 minutes before she started taking the clothes out of her dresser and scattering them around her room (again).