I wanted to make use of the twin size mattress from my son's old bed and I thought it would nice to have an extra place for his cousins and friends to sleep when visiting so I added a trundle. I had to slightly alter the plans to accommodate this, and made some little happy mistakes along the way. Because I wanted to be able to take the bed apart I had purchased some surface mount hardware for the rails. What I didn't account for was the extra width it would add for the platform. It ended up making the frame large enough to fit a queen size mattress. This would have been fine if I hadn't already purchased a new full size mattress! Ha Ha. I ended up having enough of the bed slats showing that it bugged me so I ended up taking a 2 x 4 and cutting out a notch so it would sit flush on the rail and cover up the slats. I stained it using an American Chestnut Satin Polyshades Mix and overall I am pleased with how it came out. This was a good learning experience and now I'll get started on a nightstand shortly.
