Finally! I can do a reveal of the cottage bunkie. It's been a long time coming. I first posted about making it over last summer, and then baby and life took over, and so my parents and I finished it up this season. Well, we can happily put a fork in it. This nautical bunkie makeover is done-zo. Remember when it looked like this, as my Dad's former workshop? Well it was re-worked ... View the Post
cottage DIY: the bunkie bunk bed tutorial
Okay so last you guys saw we had just finished the basic interior on our cottage bunkie (here), and re-finished the dresser (here). You can’t have a bunkie without bunk beds, so here is our bunkie bunk bed tutorial (say that ten times fast!). Sleeping space had to be maximized, so we knew we wanted to do two sets of bunk beds along either wall of the bunkie. We looked at a few bunk bed ... View the Post
furniture redo: a navy and gold dresser
We basically just needed one piece of furniture for the bunkie, besides bunk beds, and that was a dresser. I searched the online used sites for quite a few weeks, but it was tricky as the dresser had to be a fairly specific size that didn't seem to be popular. I was spotting either really tall, narrow dressers ("tallboys") or long, large dressers. I needed something in between, but not as small ... View the Post
the cottage bunkie makeover: exterior finishes
Last summer my Mum and I started gathering ideas and a few items to decorate the new bunkie at my parents cottage (remember, I gathered some inspiration from Pinterest here?). Anyway, we got part way through things and then I went and had a baby and the bunkie got put on the back burner - you know, wasn't a huge priority when caring for a newborn, healing after birth, and all that. When this ... View the Post