Real Life - Isn't my dh great?

Apr. 19, 2007

Isn't my dh great?

He made me this bed! I wanted a big "canopy" type bed. Our mattress had just been on the floor since we moved into this house, and before that one of those cheap metal frames that had broken legs so it was only a few inches off the floor. We had looked and looked at beds, and besides being way too much money, none of them were quite what I wanted. So he decided to make me on. He used pine 6x6 beams and 2x4's. Here is what it turned out like.

I found these sari's and thought they would be perfect.

I wanted something brighter for spring, dug around in my junk and found these curtains. They worked out great!

Not to mention, that same great dh built me this house. Previously my room was tiny, with the bed jammed in one corner and storage cupboards all around the edges so you could barely walk around two sides of the bed. There were six of us in 980 sq. ft. I am so thankful to have a husband who works hard so i can stay home, and to provide his family with this roomy, comfortable house.

amy

• Post A Comment! • Send to a Friend!

Comments

Apr. 19, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by poshred1

P.S. Yes that is a swiffer duster under the end of the bed. It's a good place to keep it because, after all, there is a lof of dust there! The sad thing is it is still there, and I took those pics a few weeks ago. I have no idea how long it was there before that.............in my defense I do use the dusting attachment on the vac fairly often.

Amy

• Permanent Link

Apr. 19, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by SandBetweenMyToes

We have sweet husbands, don't we. Mine is finishing up "phase 1", as he calls it, of my laundry room. A much bigger space that I can also keep my extra frig in, and has a laundry sink and folding table. "Phase 2" is a pantry where the washer and dryer used to be.

Did you find any use of any of the info in my email?
Have a good weekend!
Letitia

• Permanent Link

Apr. 20, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by TOSPUBLISHER

Wow! What a wonderful gift! What is on the wall behind the bed? Rocks? Wood?

Thank you for sharing your thoughts about sending your children to college over at Home Where They Belong.

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB

• Permanent Link

Apr. 20, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by mom2fourtreasures

That is definately a very unique bed. You know I love it. Your dh does work very hard. You are both blessed to have one another. Hope your having a good day.
In Christ.
Geanine

• Permanent Link

Apr. 21, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by cammiemelisabray

So nice! The curtians look perfect. You are a blessed woman : - )

• Permanent Link

Apr. 23, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by TNMOMTOMANYBLESSINGS

We missed you at baseball today.

Of course I think that is a gorgeous bed. How fun looking it is.. what a beautiful haven to find rest on. I need a bed, and a couch but I am settling for a cabin this year.. oh I also need an outdoor potty.... my dh is working on it.
God is so good to give us such wonderful husbands.

Blessings,
Maria

• Permanent Link

Apr. 25, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by poshred1

The walls are logs. It is called a cordwood house. It's built sort of like a woodpile, but with concrete in between. The logs go all the way through the walls, so you see one end of the log on the inside and the other on the outside. The walls are 16 inches thick. 4 inches of concrete on the inside, 4 on the outside the inner 8 inches are stuffed with sawdust for insulation. There is a great website with a lot of pics and info called www.daycreek.com. Click on cordwood.

We first read about it in a book on alternative housebuilding methods. They said inexperienced builders could build it, and that is what we were, and are still ")!! We had this crazy idea that if we could read a book about it we could do it...........took us six years, and we did but with a lot of hard lessons.

• Permanent Link