You do know now you have to show a picture of your handy work.
Was it a kit bed? Or did you free hand it? DH has a island/jungle themed one in mind for the girls.
That room is sealed off right now = DH is still re-insulating the attic right above it. It's fridged in there = hence, we sealed it off for the winter. Aliese has been sleeping in her sister's room on the spare twin bed.
I'll take fresh pictures for ya'll, when we open the room up again.
Until then, here's pictures of it DURING it's initial installation. None of it's dressings are on it, in these pictures = sorry. They weren't made yet, at that point. *CLICK TO ENLARGE PIXS*
Now, there's pink sheets & princess pillows on it.
There's a canopy that goes over the entire top ... & castle "walls"/curtains hang all around the front, around the moat. These "walls" have castle wall-like notches across the top ... + screened-in windows.
The trundle drawer still has her train set in it = she loves that thing! ...
I don't know if you can clearly see it in these pixs, but I painted the inside of the trundle drawer to look like country/forest scenery, for the train set.
I need to install a light on the bottom bunk, with the "wall" curtains up, it gets pretty dark in there.
WHY & HOW I MADE IT ...
I had search all around for castle & princess beds, but ALL of them were not super sturdy. With my little monkey, I KNEW we'd need something super-duper sturdy! So, I was sort-of "forced" to make my own, for lack of better options in the pre-made choices available, at that time.
So, it began.
I found a metal collegiate bunk bed at the thrift store. The upper bunk bed rails were bit bent up. The paint (black) was scratched a bit. There weren't any mattresses, but we had those already. There was no ladder, except for this dangerous built-in "thing" on the END
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Basically, it was just a metal FRAME = It had a top bunk, and a little desk under that, on one end. There was some weird fold-up lounge chair attached under the top bunk, at the other end, but it was bent & didn't lay down well (besides I feared little finger would get harmed by it if it was left attached = so, it had to go.) ... It didn't have a bottom bunk or a trundle. ... It cost me $40 or $50. I had a few ideas brewing as I brought it home.
I liked this bed, but I really wanted more of a castle look.
I got it home, tore everything out of the room, painted the floor (hope to someday paint stone-walkway, a brook & some grass on it) ... I put the bed up on the back patio & tore off the "dangerous & bent items", sanded it, primed it ... then started piecing wood together for the lower bunk ... then for the upper canopy area/frame.
I fixed the "side rails" for the upper bunk - made them VERY STURDY, for my little monkey.
I had chromed bars, from my old retail store. I got out the dremell and cut those to make the upper canopy supports ... Those can totally support MY weight, so they're quite safe for her to hang on (& we all know she was gonna do that, right?!)
I cut out "windows" for the End Cap/Wall ... installed it later, after it was all painted.
I made the trundle drawer box from scratch, put casters on the bottom & painted it.
When the floor was dry enough, I assembled the bed up in her room, and painted it all grey (as shown above) ...
I added that little board across the back of the lower bunk, so pillows can rest there for a lounging "sofa" back rest.
Then, I installed the "DrawBridge Wall" ... Made of 5/8" MDF board. I installed piano hinge, purple strapping (normally used for mountain climbing) & a spin latch to complete the drawbridge. (*Be careful of that thing falling! It's not light! Luckily, Aliese likes it down all the time, now.)
I covered the top of the desk with white marble contact paper.
Someday, I hope to paint stones on the dark grey metal ... and maybe the "wall"/curtains ... but she'll probably have out-grown it, by that time.
Lastly, I made a clip-on ladder to go on the back ... + I got a playset's old slide from a thrift store for a few dollars, & attached it to the back side, as well.
Here's something like what it looks like with the "walls" hung up & it's canopy on the top =
walls & canopy
....... just canopy
That's it.
That really stinks.
But, I could totally see us doing that for one another!
Honestly, they are really sweet and you just gotta love em!
....... just canopy 
