It’s been a long time coming. Most 4.5 year olds have moved on from their toddler beds long ago. But my little guy L-O-V-E-S his car bed. This is a picture of him when he was 3.
Oh, I didn’t mention that I bought the bed before he was even born. I saw it on craigslist for $30 or $40 and knew that one day my little boy would love that bed. Lol. No, seriously, it moved with us to this house and was dumped in the basement with all the other toys. Hahaha! Look at that picture!
I’ve been promising to build my little man a tree house bed, but I’ve been stalling. With good reason. The entire upstairs needs new carpet {desperately} and I’m smart enough to hold off on building a monstrous bed until I get the carpet replaced. The problem is, I am too cheap to hire someone to come replace the carpet. 🙁 And even though my the little guy still loves his car bed, he has climbed out of it the past 2 nights to sleep on the floor. So I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that the toddler bed is just too darn small. So out it goes. Bye-bye toddler bed. The giraffe swing will miss you.
Smart Girl
This is cool! My little guys would have a blast playing “car” in the basement! Wow! Lady, are you making a tree house bed? And you want to install carpet. Liz, do you think you have an addiction to all things DIY? lol 😉 Well, if anyone is going to do it, I know YOU can. 🙂 K is getting new carpet in his room, but I am have the carpet people install it. I have too much on my plate to learn how to do that and have the tools.
By the way, your little ones are too cute! 😀
I definitely have an addiction 😉
I have been looking for a bed like this. Do you know where I can find some. It’s for my Preschool. Please email me. Cherjam11505@aol.com
Thanks 🙂
Can you tell me what size you cut the plywood? Thanks!
To the size of the mattress. Or the opening. You should measure it because maybe it’s not the same as mine. Good luck.
Hello Smart Girl,
I realize I am VERY LATE To this party, however, I recently snagged one of these fab beds for $20 on OfferUp YES! It was a diamond in the rough- but so Cute! It came with a Camo paint job that had definitely seen better times, but was still cool. After pressure washing, sanding some loose paint etc. I gave it a funky LoveBug Vibe and added flower decals. FYI, replacement decals for headlights, taillights, nose and license plates are available at Etsy at the Toy Restore for $20 for all. To the point. While I was looking up info on this bed (I’d never seen one before, and had to have it for my granddaughter). I came across this post and decided to copy your idea. However, you don’t really give any details as to how you actually did it. I zoomed in and see that your corners are really snug fitting, which I also want- so how did you get the board in? What thickness of foam did you use? Do you take the bed apart? Did you make a template with paper? I know you replied to someone that you just measured your mattress, but they can be different by inches and I want that clean, neat fit you achieved. People who may not be as adept as you probably could benefit from a step by step guide. I have my plywood, some Gorgeous Glittery Galaxy Purple vinyl and now I need a bit more details as to what kind and thickness of padding- closed cell foam? 1/2”? How to get the plywood into the bed, and how much allowance did you leave for the wrapping of the foam with the vinyl- I’m sorry this has turned into a novel, LOL. I’ve been working on this bed for over a month (First it took almost a month to get it from the seller, who was in some sort of life turmoil and not very communicative) and since it’s painted and de’caled (is that even a word?) I don’t want to ruin my paint job trying to shove it through the window did I mention I used about 25 cans of primer, paint, topcoat?!
Thank-you, in advance for your help, and I hope you held onto the bed in the basement for your grandkids to enjoy one day☺️
Thank-you,
Debbie