The only things that could make this better would be:

1. Me lounging on the daybed swingy thingy instead of awesome designer Rachel Halvorson.
2. A big beautiful horse poking his head out through that stall door just behind, if indeed that’s what that door is. (I love horses and it’s been way too long since I’ve been riding!)

I’ve been staring at the design of this swing for awhile because I think it’s darn near perfect.

Doesn’t this look inviting? I’d love to have a big enough porch to include one of these. One day, one day…

I thought about creating a set of plans to build this puppy but the closer I look at it, the more complex it gets. If you’ve got the skeelz to build this one, you probably don’t need any plans to guide you.

I love the big fluffy mattress. It looks like a great place to read a book or write a blog post!

If you want the look of a swing bed without the actual swing and without worrying about the rope pulling free or breaking, then this idea is for you!

These beds aren’t actually hanging on the ropes, they’re resting on 4×4 (maybe 6×6) legs under the center of the bed, combined with strong attachments at the wall to create the illusion of a hanging bed.

What gives it away?

• The way the ropes are connected to the rings on the ceiling… no strength there.
• The ropes aren’t perfectly taut, no tension there.
• Then, of-course, there is the fact that you can see one of the legs in the picture!.

This looks awesome! While not technically a swing bed, what a great looking room and fun for three boys to share.

I almost didn’t share this image, however. The reason is the safety concern of this design. A regular thinking person (as compared to a structural engineer) might not grasp the tension on the point where the rope attaches to the wall. In technical terms: It’s a ton of weight!

If I were to build this, I would be wanting to reinforce the framing at the point of connection and use a bolt with a ginormous washer on the backside of a 2×4 (inside the wall). You could also use the ladder for extra strength by making it permanently fixed in place.

Of course it all depends on the size and bouncy tendancy of the boys in question! Just be careful not to underestimate the forces at p...

This is just un-be-lievable! I want this. I love the attention to detail and unique features of this.

• I’m guessing that the column/legs on the corners are upcycled from a down-and-out previously awesome piece, but they may be made just for this. Either way, yes.
• The thin-ish rope (about 3/8″ – 1/2″ thick by the look of it) wrapped around the rails is just owning me. I’m not even going to be able to sleep without dreaming of the awesomeness which is this rope-wrapped bed rail.
• The perfectly frayed “tassle” ends on the hanging ropes. Somebody was on fire when they built this thing.
• Not to mention the awesome stained concrete floor, the perfect weathered wood window casings, or the so-fab-it-should-be-outlawed roof structure.

Twenty years from now you’ll be able to read a sto...

Call me modest or old-fashioned, but I still kind of prefer one bed per room myself. This sleeping porch is designed for a camping-like experience for summer nights at the lake. It looks like fun.

The beds themselves use chain for support. While that probably will last awhile, chain presents a couple of issues: pinching, rusting, noise, and no flexibility meaning a very firm base for the bed. I think heavy rope would be better, but it wouldn’t last as long.

When looking at wonderful bathrooms, ideas can be easy to feel but a little harder to spot individually. I love to help with that by finding great pictures and pulling the best bathrooms ideas out and sharing a few tips on each one.

Since there are millions of awesome bathroom pictures out there, I thought it would make sense to work around a theme… in this case we’re looking at Yellow Bathroom Ideas.

What a perfectly inviting space this is! The abundance of detailed woodwork really works great with the soft yellow. Lots of wood, which can be painted a crisp white, really helps balance colorful rooms. Here are a few ideas you might want to take away from this picture:

1. Wainscot works great in bathrooms both for looks and for function...

I’m really excited for today’s Old 2 New project. Jen from Scissors and Spatulasliterally took ‘trash’ and turned it into something really amazing. Her husband’s childhood bed was going to be thrown away. She had a vision for it though.

She added a few additional pieces of wood.

Painted and distressed it.

The result was this incredible foyer bench!

Amazing, right?

Next time you’re driving down the road and you see someone has thrown out an old bed, you now know what you can do with it