Yesterday we spend 700 dollars on a "big Boy" bed for Blue boy. He had been previously sleeping in the bottom half of a bunk bed (one of the wooden kinds that comes apart, Stuperman had the top half in his room) The boys got into the habit of bed jumping at the inlaws and broke Stuperman's bed. Instead of buying the baby a new bed we decided to give him Blue Boys bed and repair and sell the other side.

When we built the boy's rooms downstairs we made these cute little alcoves (the darker blue paint in the photo) and as you can see, we thought ahead and put in an electrical outlet. We plan on adding a built in desk when the kids are older so they have a quiet place for homework and study. Stupidly we forgot to put any type of internet connection like a Cat5e Keystone jack, but hopefully by the time the children need and internet connection in their room, there will be a better form of wireless, one that will provide coverage to the entire house.

The set in space in blue boys room is literally TWO inches too short to fit his new bed and bookcase headboard, Which really sucks, so when it comes at the end of the month ( I had to order it online, becuase after a full day of bed shopping we found absolutely nothing even remotely close to what we were looking for), instead of nestling into the perfect spot for a bed, it will have to lay completely opposite.

Blue Boy has approved of the bed change, but it still bugs me!

(If you would like to see the bed we ordered, click here, his new mattress will be arriving tomorrow)

*this was taken during construction, you can see a wee bit of the baseboards sitting in a pile waiting to be installed. they are up now