A loft bed.
Another fairly significant project of ours is in the books: building H a loft bed. We started it back during the summer's themed "Construction Week." That was at the end of June. We finished yesterday. Size and scope of project and the time it took us to complete it while surviving (and enjoying) summer notwithstanding, we're really happy with how it turned out. It's perfect for our girl. Backing up a bit to the beginning, we had to start with a design. Like all projects, I work best when sketching with paper and pencil. We wanted her loft to be accessed by a cubby "staircase" that could double as storage. The tricky part was designing that part so that it fit the dimensions of her room. The whole reason we built her a loft is because the room she got (being born after S, really) is about a third the size of his. We have no idea why the previous owners did what they did, but here we are. Like for the upstairs washer and dryer installation , we asked our...