CW wrote:
"Woody" wrote in message
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I finished and installed this for my daughters 5 days before my twin
sons were born. We had a local artist paint it. We'll be repainting it
to be more "boy friendly" and having them use it.

I'd argue that making it for "a child" will make it all the more
memorable and special. I suspect my daughters will *always* remember
their bed.

Doing it again, I'd build the turrets from 12" diameter PVC piping
versus plywood. Would save time *and* money.

Any questions, give a holler.



Looks good for the kids and, if the inside of the turrets were done right, a
good place for the cats.



Well, don't much care for cats, but it works for the stuffed animals.

And yes, this was a *ton* of work. It got so I hated coming home at
night because I had a pending deadline (birth of twin sons) and would
have to work late to get this done.

As a personal joke, I had the artist paint a "large white seabird" on
the underside of the top bunk so that looking up from the bottom bunk,
you could see it. She asked my why I wanted that. I told her is was the
albatross that had been tied around my neck while building the bed.

The good thing about these things is I forget about all the work a
couple days/weeks later.

~Mark.