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King Farmhouse Bed

I nagged and begged my husband to help me build a farmhouse bed for months and months.  I would find myself in the law library reading and re-reading the plans and comments when I should have been reading my casebooks and supplements.  Finally, for Christmas, he obliged me and I couldn't be happier.  We LOVE our new bed, even the boxers wanna sleep "in the big bed" now!  We're hoping to start the Apothecary Media Console in the near future - when finals are over!

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Farmhouse Queen - Black Distressed

I wanted a new bed and couldnt find one thing that I liked that was even remotely in my price range.  Me and my dad search the internet for a bit and I found your site.  I really liked the Farmhouse Queen plan.  I wanted to do a distressed black finish on it though.  We also embedded the side rails partially into the 4x4 and created slots on the inside of the side rails for 1x8s to fit in acting as the frame for the mattress. We also shiplapped the headboard and footboard inl

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Hanging Beds for Our 3- and 5-Year-Olds!

Our 3-year-old daughter Esmé and 5-year-old son Hugo are sharing a room right now, since bedroom #3 in the new house is serving as my studio until we get around to building a little studio outbuilding for me in the back yard. Luckily, they like sharing a room still at this age! However, they are growing up FAST and recently - suddenly - decided they had both outgrown the toddler beds they've been sleeping in and needed something bigger. We talked about all manner of configurations - bunkbed,

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