For my little princess…..may you have sweet dreams in your castle for many, many nights.
I decided 2 weeks ago that my daughter and I were going to start a BIG project. A BIG, FUN building project…..just the two of us…a 7 year old and a mom! A beautiful Loft Bed with Storage Stairs! We have finished and are so happy to introduce our masterpiece.
It took us a week to complete and cost us approx. $350. It was a blast, exhausting, wonderful, frustrating and I am SO proud of taking it on!!
I only had a couple of issues along the way. Really all just from my inexperience though. My biggest tip for you would be to buy the biggest bucket of Wood filler they have. I underestimated how much I was going to need filling the pocket screw holes. I can’t believe I actually know what a pocket screw is now….and how to use that tool 🙂
I got these plans for the Playhouse Loft with Stairs at Ana-White’s website. Then I adjusted to make it fit her full size bed. , which added 15 inches to the width. (SEE BELOW for my changes). That did add extra calculating for me….the wood amounts and spacing, etc.
Ana-White is a very inspiring! There is just no telling what else I may take on. I’m thinking the farmhouse bed for me and hubby!
**SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST FOR DETAILS OF EXACTLY WHAT I DID TO MAKE THE LOFT BED FOR A FULL-SIZE MATTRESS**
Below are a few more construction pictures 🙂 Me, in all my glory 🙂
I MADE THESE CHANGES TO ANA’S LOFT BED PLANS TO FIT A FULL SIZE MATTRESS. Print out the FULL directions and make the changes on the plans before starting your cuts.
Disclaimer: These are not professionally planned changes…remember, I’m just a Mom. LOL! But everything worked out great doing these changes.
1. I added 15 inches to the 3 end sides. So, where Ana has 37 ½ …I
made that 52 ½ for both ends (including railings). I had to re-figure the
spacing of the railing slats myself because the 3 inches in-between each
didn’t work anymore. I think it ended up being between 2.75 inches or so. I
just laid them all out and measured until I got them about right and marked
them with a pencil. Total “newbie”ism there 🙂 On the Inside stair wall
and railing….I made that 36 ¾ instead of 21 ¾ (and did the same
refiguring of the slats in the railing).
2. I also chose not to cut a window in the “Side without the ladder”
because that is against a wall.
3. I did have to change the stairs too. Since I added 15 inches, what is
in the plans would have left more space at the entrance to the stairs. I
got it as close I could to reach the edge of the wall as she did…3 inches
shy. I have 4 steps instead of the 3 Ana has on her plans. I used her same
cleat measurements though for of them. Just added one more for the 4th
step.
Here’s how my steps measure:
~The top step is 36 inches high (instead of 29 ¼) and it is not a storage
step. I screwed this one down fully.
~2nd step is 27″ high
~3rd step is 18″ high
~4th step is 9″ high
Danielle
I would love to do this for my daughter could you please send Me the plans for your full size bed if that’s ok
Robin
Hi Sheri, I am really interested in getting the full size plan for this. Would you be able to send these to me? Love this project!
Laurie
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Michelle
AMAZING !!!! I am dying to get this bed for my toddler ( 2.5 years old ) but in the stores they are roughly 1,000 in NJ. I would so take on this project after seeing you complete this but I don’t have much space to actually build this !!
Jo
Hi can you pls post or send me the details from ana-white.com as i am unable to bring up the web-site on any browser. the web-site just comes up forbidden. i would really like to make this for my kids!. thanks for any help you can give
Sherri
I was able to get through with the link on my post. I did see this PDF version on her site as well. Hopefully this will work for you.
http://ana-white.com/printpdf/2010/09/easy-playhouse-loft-bed-with-storage-stairs
Thanks!
trudie
you’re tops.
what a fantastic role model you are for your daughter and for other mums and daughters (because you posted this). I admire you. 🙂 keep awesome,
trudie x
Sherri
Awww!! Thank you so much! It will always be a wonderful memory for us 🙂
kalibosilulu
Great and amazing job. .. really thank you very much. ..god bless you
colleen
I LOVE THIS!! Great Job Mama!!can I ask you a silly question how high are your ceilings?
Michellette "Mimi" Green
GIRL POWER!!! It looks amazing.
sahara87
This is amazing! My two year old was looking at the website with me and goes “Wow! Can I have that mommy?” Could you possibly send me the plans for the full size bed? I would love to make this for her to use for years.
Kris
LOVE the bed! I have been looking at plans for a couple of days and would love to do this one. DD has a full size bed. Would you please share your plans with me with the full size dimensions? Thank you!
sara
Hi my name is sara, we are looking at this bed to build for my daughters room also in a full. I had a few questions for you? How did you guys get it into the house after building it? Also was it hard to figure out the measurements to convert it from a twin to a full? Thank you so much looking forward to hearing from you.
Erin
Hi Sherri,
I found your post while reading through comments on the loft playhouse bed plans on Ana White’s website. I saw that you built it for your 7 yr old daughter and was wondering whether you added any height to the bed. I’m wanting to build a twin-size for my 4 yr old, but she is quite tall and the 45.5 inches inside the playhouse would only give her a few inches of head room, which I’m sure she would outgrow quicky.
Anyway, just wondering if you added height and if not, is your daughter bothered by having to crouch/duck inside the playhouse?
Thanks!!