We have 4 boys and we’ve discussed putting all 4 boys in the same bedroom.

Ben and his brothers had a Quad bunk 🙂

So when I realized on a Monday that Brady and Joel had the week off from work… I decided the QUAD BUNK needed to be built. We looked on pinterest and discussed ideas. I called a friend to come move the electrical outlets three feet up on the wall. We made a home depot run on Thursday and then an Ikea run that evening –  just me and all 7 kids ( I was determined to be ready to go Friday morning). I stayed up that night priming the wood with Ben and got up Friday at 5am to paint. And then I put together the Ikea drawers because they were about the same price as buying and building the pre-made’s at home depot. Then Joel and Brady helped me finish the drawers and we jumped right in to building the frame!

Ryan heard we were doing a project and couldn’t be left out of building something fun so he brought his family down for a Friday night party/sleepover and on Saturday he was the mastermind behind the stairs and trap doors. Ryan and Brady built the stairs on Saturday. Megan and Kelsey helped me pick out the final touches to make it look complete.

I made a few trips to Home Depot.

I love how it turned out. The kids are loving it. I still need to FINISH it – paint, caulk, putty, finish the platform. Hopefully I will tackle that sooner than later.

We sat down and watched the Green Bay Playoff game that night. They almost pulled off the miracle come back but not this year… 🙁 (Ben held Tiago most of the game for good luck)

My kids definitely felt neglected after 2 days of me being the “bunk bed boss” and a not very involved mom 🙂 so, I can’t do projects very often but it sure was fun. Especially fun with so much help from family and friends.

neglected children

We had everyone over again on Sunday so we could sit and look at our finished project 🙂