Laura's Loft (oh, and Karl got a bunk bed)

So one day when Matt casually mentioned that Laura could use a loft bed in her room, Laura pounced. "I've always wanted a loft bed!" We asked her why she never told us before, and she said she did, about 5 years ago. Apparently I brushed it off then, so she never bothered asking again. Well, to make a long story short, Laura decided to buy a loft bed (since we had already gotten her a roomful of furniture, and she had gobs of money saved up from her allowance, we figured it was fair). She thought very hard about whether to buy a cheaper, less sturdy bed, or to go all out and buy the super industrial-last forever one. She got the sturdy one.

This is the space where the new bed would go.


Part of the deal was that her parents would put it together.


It's standing!


Penelope and Pippa hung out together amongst the boxes.


Karl acted as photojournalist and took all these pictures.


Laura practices climbing a ladder up to the bed.


Side rails are on!


Laura in her new room! When we put the bed together, we realized the natural wood matched her existing furniture really well, so we just sealed it with a clear finish (thanks Fred!) and added polka dot decals, per Laura's request.

Pippa likes it too.


The next day Pam and Fred brought over the matching bunk bed that goes with Karl's bed, so now he has the set that Matt and Steve slept in when they were kids. Poor Karl. He never gets anything new. And we forgot to take pictures.