I haven’t had a sewing post for awhile. Dub and Brandon have new twin beds with drawers in the bottom. I finally gave up on ever building the lovely storage beds from Anna White and put these in my shopping cart at Amazon. And waited. And waited. And then one day the price dropped down to $135 a bed with free shipping and I snagged them. The price had gone as high as $239 each while I was watching them. What a surprise! I’m now very patient with buying items on Amazon and watch the price fluctuations and buy at the bottom.
Darren put together the frames and I built all the drawers. It was very satisfying. I’ve decided I like to build when it’s all precut, presanded, prefinished and predrilled, lol. Ana would be disappointed to hear that.
Now the boy’s have a tidy room, with floor space to play, but no curtains and no bed covers.
I purchased a gray flat sheet and a white sheet from Wal-mart for $5 each and have cut them into wide strips that I am piecing together to make horizontal striped tap top curtains. While I sew I am chanting, “Please don’t look like jail curtains….please don’t look like jail curtains….”
I also purchased some fun fabrics on sale at fabric.com to piece duvet covers. I’ve come up with two different designs, patterned and random. I’m leaning towards the patterned one–what do you think?
I used a virtual quilting method I figured out with power point–fun and less messy than sewing. But nothing real to show for it when I’m done.
Nice bed! Is it a platform bed that doesn’t need a box spring??? I enjoy internet stalk shopping WAY more than going from store to store. I like the random quilt pattern, and you’ll have to walk us through how you did this. Looks awesome!
I like both of the quilts – I am a beginning quilter – but I’m more drawn to the patterned one. Maybe that is because I like order. The beds are great!
P.S. I just saw that HyVee is having their whole chickens on sale for 0.69/lb this Thursday & Friday. I will not be able to visit one until Saturday, but thought I might let you know.
I like the random quilt best!
I like the random best too. Please show us how you used Power Point to make those.
I like the random one…it just feels more balanced to me. Love the colours and patterns!
LOVE the random quilt! Maybe each boy can pick the one he likes (I don’t remember their ages)? Since they will be made with the same fabrics, they’d still “match” if you do one of each!
Angela, Could you please explain what you mean by watching the pricing on Amazon? Did you literally put them in your cart and just not purchase? Does Amazon change the price in your cart? How did you know about free shipping? I have never done this but would like to! Thanks, Andrea in NH
I was wondering about the Amazon thing too!
I had the same Amazon question and thanks for the heads up on HyVee chicken, Tracie.
Nice! I’m a patterned kinda gal, so that one gets my vote. But they are both very nice. I’m sure either would look wonderful. Love your shopping technique. Impulse buying costs so much, and patience really pays off. 🙂
I watch items on Amazon as well. And yes, you can add them to your shopping cart or your wish list and Amazon will update the pricing in both. It will also show you at the top of your cart page or wish list page what items had price changes, and exactly what they were – either up or down. You can get free shipping a few ways, so it depends on the shop you are purchasing from as to how you would qualify for free shipping. Some shops participate in Amazon’s “Free shipping with purchase of $25 or more” promo. You would know on the item listing if this was the case. You can also have an Amazon Prime membership which makes you eligible for free shipping; again if the shop participates. And they also have Amazon Mom. There’s lots of details on their website explaining all of these options. It’s worth the time to check it out.
Happy shopping and SAVING!