We're daydreaming about kids' lofts on this sunny afternoon. 1. White Loft Space | My Lovely Things2. Floating Loft Beds | Midwest Living3. Modern White Loft Bed | Apartment Therapy4. Wooden Kids Loft | Arch Daily5. Nautical Kids Room | Our Boat House
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How to build a DIY loft bed or hanging bunk bed with this easy to follow tutorial. It's made from basic lumber, attaches to the wall and suspends from the ceiling.
For my daughter’s 9th birthday, the only thing she wanted was a “beachy” loft bed. So you know I had to make it happen. But how do you make a loft bed “beachy”? We started by coming up with a design list of must-haves. Here’s what we came up with: “Beachy” / Coastal Theme Mature enough that she will get many years of use Not damaging to floor / existing trim Plenty of storage & play area Electrical for outlets and lights As this list came together, I quickly realized that this wasn’t going to be a weekend project. Nevertheless,
Image 4 of 17 from gallery of Reconstruction Birmensdorferstrasse / baubüro in situ. Photograph by Martin Zeller
Image 18 of 32 from gallery of Loft Apartment / Ruetemple. Photograph by Ruetemple
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Image 1 of 22 from gallery of Coppin Street Apartments / MUSK Architecture Studio. Photograph by Benjamin Hosking
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Installée en surplomb des boucles de Seine, dans un cadre quasi pictural qui a inspiré bon nombre d'impressionnistes, cette maison de campagne normande a de quoi laisser rêveur. Entièrement redessinée par la talentueuse Amélie Collard, elle est devenue le point de chute d'une famille en quête de nature. Le paysage vernaculaire des Andelys, entre coteaux et falaises, leur a certainement suggéré ce nouveau projet de vie. La bâtisse n'avait en effet rien de l'écrin contemporain qu'elle est aujourd'hui lorsque le couple et ses trois petits garçons l'ont visitée. Les pièces de vie n'étaient pas orientées vers la vue dégagée sur la Seine, pourtant point fort de cette maison de 220 mètres carrés, mais concentrées à l'opposé. Un défaut que la cofondatrice de Terre de Brume s'est empressée de corriger en créant de larges ouvertures sur la façade pour installer le séjour face au paysage. La première étape d'une profonde rénovation pour ressusciter, avec sobriété, cette belle endormie.
OK, in the interest of full disclosure, I thought I'd give you all the dirty details about money. How much we need, how much we've already spent, how long we anticipate the saving process taking, etc. Here's the breakdown: Land: Down payment--$2000 (although they were only asking for $1000) about $300 a month, but we're paying $400 so we can pay it off quicker. It should take 8 years to pay off. Camper: $3000 It was $3500, but we managed to talk him down with little more than a pretty please. We had a budget of $4000 for this purchase. Pipes, Water Lines, Sewer Pumping, Trencher Rental: Total of about $600 (This was smaller than it would have otherwise been thanks to Uncle Larry and Cousin Mike!) Electric Pole and Equipment: $300 So, our initial outlay of money came to just about $6000, which is exactly what we borrowed from my parents. We start paying them off as soon as the yurt is up and completed. We'll probably pay them $500 a month until it gets paid off, wich will take a year. We still need to buy some sod and grass seed, and expect to spend about $300 on that. Now, for the yurt: Here is the company we've decided to buy from: http://www.laurelnestyurts.com/ They are well-respected and more affordable than some of the bigger companies. A couple of the smaller, affordable yurt companies weren't respected and had bad rating with the BBB. We are buying the 30' yurt, and we're adding an extra door, several extra windows, complete insulation, and a working glass window to put an air conditioning unit in. We plan to do some sanding and staining ourselves. The total cost, according to their price calculator is $10, 445 minus shipping, which will be around $800. The deck and flooring for the yurt will be in the $5000 range. We plan to do much of it ourselves with help and knowledge from my cousin, who owns Dunamis Home Restoration. Initially, we plan to live in the yurt without interior walls. As soon as we can get the shell of the yurt up and heated/cooled, we will move our furniture in and hang curtains for partition. Over the next six months after that, we will build a loft, with a bathroom and rooms underneath, and with a kitchen. We will pay for that gradually, as we can afford it. We hope to have everything completed two years from now. Here are some examples of interiors anf lofts to give you an idea: How we're going to save the money: Theatre, baby! So far, we're in two shows--Greg's in one and I'm in another. That adds up to $3500. Hopefully we'll both be in a show this summer. (I think we have a good shot--cross your fingers!) I have a possibility to be in two. Maddie may also be in a show this summer. Each show pays between $1100-$1700 dollars. This is over and above our usual pay for teaching. We also hope to do some voice-overs over the next year. Additionally, starting in March, we should be able to save $500 of our "regular" pay since we are saving on rent. All in all, we estimate we should be able to order the yurt by the end of the summer, if all goes well. We're also considering what one blog reader suggested regarding adding a Paypal button to this blog. It feels kind of wrong to us, but I understand lots of people do it on their blog, and if we're giving any information that entertains or helps people, I suppose donations for that service make sense. We're still in the "thinking about it" phase! And that's pretty much all I know about money right now. By my count, at the end of two years, we will have a camper and a 30' yurt for about $25,000. You can't even buy a run-down crack house for that! In eight years, we will have paid for the land. I'll be sure and post money updates as they come!
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