Over the holidays, we drew up the exact design to fit our crib mattress. We also retrieved some fabric that I bought for the nursery, before we knew if she was a boy or girl and before we knew what we would do with it. While at my parents house, Matt cut the wood and I cut and sewed the fabric. Obviously, my parents helped quite a bit.
A few weekends after that we put together the bed in my brother's garage. Here's the assembly:
...and here it is in her room! I really need to figure out how to take better pictures. I think rule #1 is to take pictures using natural sunlight. Rule #2 is to straighten out the bedding (but that's hard to do with a toddler ready for bed).
Rule #3 must be to clean the camera lens so there's not fuzz in the picture (it's above the painting...if you didn't already notice). Her room is rather small, in fact so small that a twin mattress will not fit so we're hoping this bed lasts quite a while. Some bright sunny day, I'll try again with different angles and a clean lens.
Did you notice the flying turtle? It's hung above her bed by fishing line. It's actually a night light that projects the constellations on the ceiling and wall. While laying in her bed, here's the view. Of course it's mesmerizing in person. These pictures don't do it justice, but you get the idea.
It took some transitioning, but now Bella sleeps well in her bed...most of the time. Matt's the night-time keeper because he can do just about anything and fall back to sleep almost instantaneously. He's spent a couple of nights or at least a couple of early mornings laying on the bench sofa parallel to Bella's bed, just so she feels better with someone in the room. We're trying to get Penny to sleep on the bench, but we're unsuccessful so far. Honestly, I don't blame her...and when Daddy's away, she falls asleep with me, then gets transferred into her bed so we can both twist, turn and kick without waking each other.
1 comment:
Cute bed!
Lots of changes.
Coming down soon????
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