Our new King Bed - Handmade!

I am excited about a new venture we are taking on (and actually started earlier this week. We are building our own bed! I know this sounds so crazy, but I found some amazing designs on www.knock-offwood.com, and I couldn't resist!

We purchased a new matress set in early April because our Queen was giving out on us. We decided if we were going to spend all that money we needed to choose if we were ever going to want a King, and we elected yes, so we splurged and purchased a king matress set from Matress Firm (they were very nice and easy to work with) and a bed frame from Ashley Furniture...which we still have not received (in late JULY!!). I got very frustrated about this a few weeks ago we we found out that it would be mid-Sepember before the bed SHOULD come in and just mentioned that it might be nice to make exactly what we wanted and quit waiting on them. Jonathan thought I was loosing it, but appeased me by at least looking at the plans I had found online. He actually thought it was something we could do for around the same money, or cheaper than what we purchased our previous bed for.

We started the process Tuesday night and we were able to start a rough start to the headboard, footboard, and the start to our storage boxes underneath (I'll have 12 baskets for extra storage under the bed- I'm very excited!)


We (and by we, I mean Jonathan and Uncle Kerry) worked on this all day Saturday and finished the staining on Sunday. Uncle Kerry was so amazing and so sweet to let us use his shop and to help/direct Jonathan along the way...apparently 3 people is too many, and pregnant people aren't very much help at all!)

Below is the start of the boxes to hold my baskets under the bed.





Next shows both bases ready, with slats, and rough start to the foot board.

This is the rough finish with the headboard and footboard, with the bases. Now it just needed to be sanded, and stained. The stain turned out so amazing and I absolutely LOVE the finished product!

My baskets (6 on each side) fit perfectly! I love the extra storage room and know it'll come in handy in the years to come!

It will be so neat to pass down this bed to our children, and so on. I am so proud to say that "we" built this bed! I'm so glad that Jonathan went with the idea, because he did such an amazing job! I have a very handy husband.

Happy 4th of July!

We had a very relaxing forth of July weekend. I am house sitting this week, so we swam at the pool and just relaxed! It was great. Our friends Nick and Lucy came over on Sunday night to hang out. We cooked out, swam, watch the fireworks, and watched a movie. We had a blast! During the fireworks Nick proposed...and she said YES! It was so fun to celebrate with them after. Below are a few photos from the night. We had a blast.

Sinking In

I think the fact that I'm pregnant is finally sinking in. I've been sick, felt great, and so on for weeks now. It's a vicious cycle!

Now that we have a little one on the way there are so many things to think about! Maternity clothes, diapers, cribs, baby food, etc...and how to pay for all of this. I have decided that I want to use cloth diapers, even though everyone thinks I'm crazy. I just have this feeling that it would be better for us in the long run and I know how much money it would save us as well. Being the penny pincher of the family makes me think of ANYTHING we can do to save money. I've read alot about how much better this is for the baby as well. No doubt, disposable diapers will have to be used at church and other places, but I feel pretty strongly about using the cloth.

Another thing that I believe will be important is making our own baby food. I feel like 1. it's going to be much healthier for our little one and 2. it'll save us money (once again). Also, after reading several reviews on this, I'm surprised at how many toddlers end up loving the veggies that you put before them because that's what they've been eating so far...I hadn't really thought of that. I'm experiencing a whole new world that I've never even looked into before.