Platform Bed

When the box spring to our queen mattress wouldn't fit upstairs without knocking out the wall, it didn't take long to decide to make this  platform bed I saw on pinterest  http://www.shanty-2-chic.com/2014/08/easy-diy-platform-bed.html

The lady off the blog made her platform bed for around $55.  Jesse tore apart the box spring and used the wood inside to build a good portion of the bed so it helped keep us under that number.

Here is the finished product... (after two tries)

I sewed up the small pillow
after finding some leftover
fabric at our local thrift store

This was my first staining project and I majorly failed the first attempt. 
Note to self:  always follow directions on the back of the stain can...it knows more than I do
 
Jesse now refers to me as stain master.  I do not  quite live up to that title, but I have gotten  better and now have a fuller understanding of the ways of stain.  It is fun learning new things and as a result we are in the midst of building some pretty good looking projects.  Dare I say, we are actually starting to figure out this whole renovation thing.