Materials: Ikea loft bed and some MDF
Description: Cut 30cm off the legs of a double loft bed and the ladder. Got some MDF boards cut to go on the runs instead of putting a mattress down, and added some thinner decorative mdf along the sides - i just nailed it on. This now serves and an area for setting up and playing Playmobil, but it would work well for LEGO, trains, cars, barbie dolls etc.
See more of the kid's mezzanine area.
~ horrisanddeedle, sydney
Materials: Bedside rast
Description: I've assembled 2 Rast bedside tables. I place them on their side and put one against the other creating 2 big cabinets and one narrower in the middle. On the left cabinet I inserted some compensated shelves.
On the right side I added a door creating a pantry and on the other side I built a frame where I glued a clear plastic sheet which is the oven door. The back of the cabinet is made by a compensated base where I laid a wooden bar to hang the kitchen tools. It is all being painted with water colours. It has a real bargain tap. Total price approximately €30.00.
~ Erika
Materials: Kura bed & Trofast steps
Description: To give you a bit of background, we moved into this house when Ebi-kun was 2 years old, it was perfect timing because he transitioned from co-sleeping to going to his own room. As he was only two, he didn'€™t have much say in the design and I did it with a "€˜under the sea" theme, Ikea helped a lot by having a lot of great fishy items at the time. (See original sea themed room here)
Now he is 7 and 2nd grade at school we decided he needed something a bit more grown up, he said he still liked the fish but it felt a bit babyish. So, we sat down and had a talk and decided on a space theme.
The top of the bed has wooden rails screwed to it then the space ship windows are made from orange plastic.
The side of the spaceship uses silver vinyl and the orange glittery door is fabric stuck on with strong glue - as is the triangle logo. The number plate is printed on sticker paper (I imagine I will have to replace that in time). The whole thing was nailed to the bed frame using round headed tacks.
The bed frame was painted with silver metallic acrylic paint as was the bookcase which also doubles as steps.
At the head of the bed are Stripa shelves - I'm not sure if these are still available, actually meant as picture shelves but they are the perfect size for precious bits and pieces!
See more of the Star Wars room.
~ Jo Ebisujima, Japan
Materials: 2 Kura bed, 2 Malm drawer
Description: We cut one of the structure of a Kura bed and we put it under a complete Kura bed.
Then we created the space under the structure for two drawers with wheels Malm.
We decorated with colored paper applied with spray glue.
~ Kiki&Zoe, Italy
