Thrifty Can Be Beautiful!: June 2016

This bedroom may be the most dramatic room update at our camp. All rooms underwent a huge transformation, but this room would make me cringe when I entered it. Now, even though it is not my bedroom, I find myself lounging in my daughter's chaise looking out the door onto the lake and I feel relaxation take over.

The mess of a room that we started with!

We called it the blueberry room... among other names.

In order to replace windows in all of the camp we had to remove the sheet rock around the sill. This room was no exception, however in this room we resized one of the three windows and changed out another one for a glass door.

We built a frame using 2x4s to create a raised bed.

There was a lot of holes in the wall that we had to fill in with joint compound including the section where we made a window smaller.

I sanded and painted before we fully attached the bed frame.

For character my husband and I put up at least one pallet wall in every room in the camp. This room is finished with three.

I stained the pallet wall with Early American Minwax and used three coats of Polyurethane since I wanted the sleeping area to be nice and smooth for a variety of reasons.

We had our electrician add a light and an outlet that also has an USB charger built in.

We removed the window and framed out a space for a door.

A view from the outside.

We followed the manufacturer's instructions for installing the door.

Until we built steps, we had to board in the door. We also began to tile the floor and cover the bed frame with pallet wood.

We trimmed out the windows and doors with 1x4s and built a ladder with 2x4s.

We built a closet underneath the raised bed since this room did not come with a closet. This section is to hang clothes from. We used 2x4s, galvanized piping, 1x? boards at the correct width, pallet wood, and 6 casters.