Built this castle loft bed for my 2-year-old after seeing the plans and building the princess playhouse loft bed for my 4-year-old. Using stone textured paint worked well. Also, used an old slide a neighbor gave me. One change I made was that my wife really liked the toy chest stairs, so I made those again instead of the coves called for in the plans.
Built from Plan(s)
Estimated Cost
$500
Estimated Time Investment
Week Long Project (20 Hours or More)
Finish Used
Dark grey primer, stone texture spray paint, light grey semi-gloss. It would have been extremely expensive to texture the whole bed, so only painted the towers and front panel. The dark grey primer makes the light grey paint 'pop' a bit more. The pictures are untouched since I had to reformat my machine, but in real life the color is pretty rich; for grey anyway.
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate