Saturday, December 25, 2010

Personalized IKEA Kura Bed

As usual, I waited till the last minute (2 weeks before Christmas) to look a bed for my 4 year old daughter. Of course I didn't want just any bed. I wanted a loft bed, one that would allow her to climb up top to sleep and also have space underneath to play. You can't find many loft beds in the local furniture stores so I spent countless nights online trying to find the perfect bed without breaking the bank. My friend Amy's daughter had a Kura bed so I went to IKEA to check it out. The bed was exactly what i was looking for except it was blue and i wanted it for my daughter. So I pitched the idea to my husband telling him i wanted a pink bed and this is what he came up with. We're both pretty creative people. I gave him the idea and he ran with it. It took him a day to paint all the pieces, a day to attach the letters and designs and a day to put it together. We presented it to her o Christmas Eve and needless to say, she LOVES her bed. She says the top is her castle and the bottom is her house. Let me know what you think.

This is what the bed looked like before we touched it.

The price tag? $500 but you won't find this at your favorite retail store
$200 - bed
$100 - IKEA mattress
$100 - loft bed curtain on the bottom
$50 - letters and collage
$30 - Paint - 3 colors (pink, purple and fuchsia)
$20 - Canopy- $20


Bed after it has been painted



Alyssa and Aiden underneath the bed

Collage

Side panel

Loft underneath with curtain

Alyssa playing tag in her "house" underneath the bed


Personalized clock by Formygrandchild.com


Wallwords.com - I found this quote years ago and decided I was going to use it in my chid's room


Chandelier bought on Ebay



4 comments:

  1. That is SO cute! Job well done, and very inspiring :) The little princess must be very happy with her new bed/playhouse :) *♥*

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  2. Thanks!! She loves her bed and I love playing with her underneath the bed too.

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  3. Was it hard to paint the panel, did you prime it in some special way? For some reason I thought the material might be hard to paint over? The bed looks great!

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  4. What paint did you use for the bed and panels? Do you have to buy the ikea mattress or will a standard twin mattress work?

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