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My Big Fat Post About Bunk beds, Dressers, Wall Decorations, and Anything Else That has Anything to do with Fall.

11/11/2014

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When I say Big Fat Post, I do mean it even though I really should be either folding the numerous piles of laundry, writing that research paper, studying for my geometry test tomorrow, or all three. But I keep procrastinating. Because technically, the research paper isn't due for three weeks, the five loads to fold will be folded eventually (probably tomorrow...maybe), and I don't really need to study for my geometry test. Though I probably should.

So, moving on. As a humongously large answer to prayer, we finally got our bunk beds!!!!!!!! God gave us the money to purchase the beds through 2 anonymous givers!

Ever since Amarisa was born, we three oldest girls have been sleeping on mattresses on the tile floor. Which wasn't really that bad, except for the combined facts that a) we live in a basement, b) its cold outside, c) we live in the country. This means that bugs really, really, really like our house. And when you're on the floor, they like your bed.

My sisters and I have a lot of stories about these bugs. One night, around 10:30, 11:00ish, I felt this something on my leg. I really didn't think about it until it started moving. I really don't mind bugs. Actually I'm more the person who, instead of killing the poor things, I take them outside. (And let them freeze to death, but that's beside the point.) But when there is a very large cricket crawling up your leg in the dark of night, I don't like them.

Also there is (Did I say is? I meant was.) this spider above my desk that must be learning how to fly or something because it keeps dropping from the ceiling. The first time, it fell on my head, but I didn't catch it fast enough to squash him. The second time, I found him and killed him. ;)

Melody said I screamed, but I don't scream. I just said loudly that I was almost 100% positive about a bug that was crawling on me. And then of course we had to take a picture of it to prove to all our friends that it actually happened. We like to take pictures of bugs and show them to everyone.

But enough about bugs! Our bunk beds came on Wednesday, and Dad put them together on Thursday.

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I held the bed up while dad screwed it together
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Bottom bunk of the first bunk bed finished
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First bunk bed finished, second one almost done
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All done!!

After we finished putting the beds together, we wanted to decorate a little without spending any money at all. So my mom found out how to add chevron stripes to our already existing dressers.

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Mom painted them gray and took off the tape
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Melody painted the crate on top of the dresser with leftover paint from upstairs. We didn't have any paintbrushes, so we ripped up some old t-shirts and used those:)

After we did all that, we went to Hobby Lobby to see if we could find anything on sale that fit our budget. Not that we actually had a budget or anything:). After searching the entire store for over two hours, we had only found one thing that all four of us agreed on: a gray, chevron, cute little owl with red eyes. We also saw something else there. It was a big sign made of wood that had a heart and the word love stenciled on it.

Autumn really liked it, but I didn't and it cost like, $100!! There was a 50% off discount, but still, that's a lot of money. So, we left without it. We just so happened to have a pallet in the back yard my mom had saved and we used our amazing brains and went to work. ;)

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Our cute little owl that actually isn't that little now that I look at it. Especially compared to the little one on the dresser. We already had the lamp and we just painted the lampshade.
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First step: find your pallet.
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Step 2: assemble your tools.
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Step 3: pry as many boards as you want (or can) off of the pallet
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Step 4: nail all of the nails down or pry them completely off if you want too. P.S. I took this picture. I have to say that because Autumn took all the others EXCEPT this one.;)
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Step 5: sand wood to desired thing (softness? roughness?) Pic by Autumn
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first three boards we got off and Charity
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One of the nails we were trying to pull out. Pic by Autumn
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One of the other nails we were trying to get loose. Pic by Autumn
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Mom's war wound;)
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Step 6: lay all boards on a flat surface. Find another board to nail the boards too. Cut board (the one you're nailing the other boards too) to the right length. (Does that even make any sense?)
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Cutting the board.
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Step 7: Nail boards into the base board. Being careful not to nail it to the table (Which we may or may not have done:))
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(almost) finished wall hanging!
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Step 8: paint boards with desired color and style and apply stenciling. Which is optional.
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Finished product. Joy is Melody's middle name, Faith is my middle name, and Love because Autumn's middle name (Kay) is not a fruit of the Spirit. Just kidding:)
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Hanging in our room above the other dresser. And Grace is Serenity's middle name.

After all that hard work, we found out why those things cost so much money:). Anyway, that's all for now! Oh wait, I found a picture of Amarisa. Last one:)

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Isn't she so tiny and cute???
CarissaFaith:)
6 Comments
Julie Hinebaugh Gribben link
11/11/2014 03:35:21 pm

Love, Love, Love this life snapshot... Wonderful wording/pics/moral to the story! :) Great God Loving and Respectful family. Makes my heart very happy! :) Thanking our Heavenly Father for always taking care of His Children!! ( no matter our age! :)

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Nancy Middleton
11/12/2014 12:16:29 am

Great job girls. Love the new look in the room. You are all so creative.

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Joyce Hall
11/12/2014 05:33:11 am

Wow! You really did a great job-not just the work, but documenting it also. I finish something and then wish I had taken a before picture. Nice work.

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Mary Skinner
11/12/2014 01:56:09 pm

Very creative! By the way, Cassandra, you need to up-the the number of children in your "Author" section :)!

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Grandma
11/12/2014 03:41:06 pm

You all did a great job! Your room is beautiful! Praise the Lord for the bunk beds. And Autumn, Kay means Rejoice and we rejoice that God gave us you. And "Love" fits you.

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Cassandra
11/12/2014 03:47:26 pm


Thanks Mary! I forgot to add the new child!

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    God reached down in love and rescued Cassandra from her sin at the age of 21: changing her life, purpose, and focus forever.

    Married for 25 years to Michael, she has served alongside him at Lighthouse Baptist Church—for 18 years--

    She’s a coffee loving homemaker, 12-year home educator, mother to 11 children, Pastors wife, creater of  Pros-and-Cons-of-Homeschooling.com and consultant for HomeWorks by Precept.

    With her unique and personal teaching style, she continues to be used by the Lord: sharing, counseling, and speaking to women about her favorite topic—Jesus.
     

    She is passionate about her children having a Biblical worldview in every subject and Is absolutely convinced that the living Gospel shows her children that the answer for their hearts is Jesus!

     


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