| Title: | Home_work |
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| Created: | Tue Nov 05 1991 |
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I am looking into making bunk beds. The problem I'm having is getting
the bunks that I find plans for to match the requirements as stated in
the "Product Requirements Document" (read 'Wife wants'). These are as
follows:
o Must look like 'they're for a girl'. This might sound silly,
but most, the overwhelming majority, that I've been able to
find definitely have a masculine look.
o Don't want the typical 'one on top of the other'. The style
should be where the bunks are at right angles to each other
so that a bureau can be placed under the top bunk and next
to the bottom bunk. I have not found any plans for this style
and am thinking that I may have to modify any plans that meet
the other criteria. It is also not necessary for the bureau
to be included in these plans.
If anyone has gone through this, can point me in the right direction
or can offer any suggestions I'd appreciate it.
Thank you,
John Di.
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| 881.1 | Sunset Books Again | TALLIS::KENNEDY | Fri Mar 13 1987 09:16 | 6 | |
Try Sunset books Children's Furniture. At least I think that's
the name. There are actually two similar books. One with generalized
pictures and on with actual building plans. I believe the on with
the building plans has at least one set of beds similar to what
you described. The plans and instructions are easily followed and
don't require too much in the way of tools.
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| 881.2 | Try the library | PSTJTT::TABER | Die again, Mortimer! Die again! | Fri Mar 13 1987 09:19 | 8 |
Try looking in your local public library. That style of bunk bed was very popular in the early sixties. I remember seeing plans in Mechanix Illustrated, Popular Machanics and many, many "build your own furniture" books from the time. Libraries often have older books, so it's a good possibility that they'd have something. In fact, the way nostalgia works, if you hurry up you'll be in time to be trendy. :-) >>>==>PStJTT | |||||
| 881.3 | femininity in furniture | DEBIT::RANDALL | Bonnie Randall Schutzman | Thu Apr 02 1987 09:40 | 30 |
And re: the "look like they're for a girl" problem:
You don't say what age your daughter(s) are, but if you find a really
feminine style, the odds are that when she reaches 11 or 12 she'll look
at her beautiful white canopied bed and decide that's for babies, not
for a young woman who wants to be either a fighter pilot or a rock
star, and she wants something contemporary. (You may detect a note
of the voice of experience here.)
So you're much better off with a fairly neutral or even slightly
masculine style that you can paint in a color your daughter(s) regards
as feminine. You can stencil flowers on the headboard, add gold
pinstriping or ribbons, apply pictures of favorite characters
(Strawberry Shortcake was the big one when my daughter was bunk-bed
age), or, if you're really into woodworking, carved flowers.
You can make almost any style look feminine by adding ruffled
bedspreads and curtains. And most girls like canopies over the
bed, although canopies and bunk beds, even at right angles,
don't seem to go together.
Also, if you haven't done it already (and assuming you aren't planning
a birthday surprise or something like that), you might want to consult
with the girl or girls in question about what they consider feminine.
In the days when she was lobbying for the white canopied bed mentioned
above, my daughter felt that a heavy dark captain's bed -- you know,
the kind with drawers underneath and a couple of anchors carved
in the footboard? -- was the second most feminine thing in the world
and would have been glad to settle for it.
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