Monday, January 4, 2010

Barn Beds

Although the cabin itself is nestled in the middle of the forest...in the middle of the mountain, on the way there we drive past miles and miles of pristine pastures and farmland. We love looking for the cows, horses and sheep by the side of the road. Even the occasional chicken crossing the road.  Yes, seriously; they really do.
We say hi to our farm friends as we drive up the mountain and we have to make sure we say goodbye as we drive back down. The farms and animals are so much a part of our experience going to the cabin I knew I needed to incorporate that into the design of the kids' room.
I came up with the idea of barn beds and found a few pictures online for inspiration (not an easy task; apparently searching barn and bed  together will find you a whole lot of Pottery Barn bed pictures!)  I gave the photos to Hubs and let him run with it. Here's the result:

They did turn out pretty darn cute! He even incorporated little hinged window doors that actually open and close- they love playing with those, especially in the middle of the night when they are too excited about being at the cabin to sleep.

I dressed the window with ruffly red gingham tie-back curtains and a tab top denim valance that actually has overall-type clasps on it. Here is a close-up since you can't see it real well in the photograph.

I found it at Walmart for only $7.44! One of my best cabin bargains to date.
I also made canvases for the walls out of an old farm picture book from my childhood- but I didn't take any photographs of them yet (oops!)...as soon as I do, I will share those too.

And even though Hubs did all of the work, I want to show it off so I am linking up here:










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15 comments:

  1. Very, very cute! Very, very creative! Very, very fun!

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  2. those are really cute. Love how you tied everything together. Looking forward to seeing your canvases.

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  3. These are great! Original and fun!
    And I'm happy to meet another lover of cottages & cabins!
    :)
    Zuzu

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  4. They turned out perfect... really well done. I'm hosting a Power of Paint Party starting late tonight & every Wednesdays... I'd love it if you'd link up your cute barn beds.

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  5. How cute are those beds!!! What fun!!!
    Living it up at Lakewood,
    Cindy

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  6. Whoa! Those are adorable! Thanks for sharing.

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  7. Preciosa la casa de jugar, felicitaciones por la cortina, buena idea!!! Chany

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  8. Thanks for linkin' up for my 1st Power of Paint Party!

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  9. Those are sooo cute. You both did a great job. How fun to get to have a get away place.

    Cheri

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  10. You've been featured. Go check it out.

    Cheri

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  11. Ohhh I love those! We have a cabin too and I'm not gonna let my kids see them or they will certainly want a couple...great job, kim

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  12. CUTE!!!!!! Wow your husband is great. I know the girls love em. I makes them all the more special that their dad made them.

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  13. Michelle,

    Thank you SO much for sharing your blog with me! O my goodness, I am drooling over so many of your posts, and this is one of them!! What a darling idea--barn beds!! LOVE this!

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  14. yes that search does find you everything but actual barn beds....yours are adorable... great job

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