November 27th 2015 - 3-in-1 sofa bed

Following on from a post a few days ago of changing the boys room around to make more space and buying a 3-in-1 sofa bed I can now report that it has arrived.

2 big boxes with the postman outside the door in the pouring rain!  Good job neither were heavy or it would have been a 2 man job to lift them.

We have a blue and silver version of the 3-in-1 sofa bed as boys room is blue.  My 1st thoughts were they were not going to be very comfy as  didn't look that deep.  But when we opened it out and I sat on it, it is actually comfy.

the 3-in-1 sofa bed is made all in 1 piece of foam and covered.  It can be stored folded as a cube, opened out with the small ends up as a low sofa or opened out fully with the small ends as a sofa bed.  This is going to be stored as a cube so that the boys have room to play etc and it will only be opened out when people stay.

The boys have all laid on it and said that it is really comfy and we have had arguments over who was sitting on it to read.  The cat has also given her seal of approval and has been laid on it asleep since we got in from the school run.

The only downside is its not long enough for adults to sleep on and we thought it may be as it was listed as a uni/student sofa bed.  but if we have to buy a piece of foam the same depth then we will do, but as its mainly going to be used by the kids and their friends its not a big problem.

May 1st 2015 - Pallet Bench

May 1st 2015 - Pallet Bench

Me and hubby have made a Pallet Bench to go on the decking similar to that of the pin - except we only have 1 part and no back on it.  We are going to make a 2nd one as well.  But the wind got up and was really cold despite the sun shining.

We also ran out of metal mending plates to hold them together so cant do anything until we get some more.  It also needs varnishing but this can wait until they are both made.

We added extra pieces of wood (from the pallet) into the gaps so that the top is a solid seat as more comfortable than the gaps in a pallet.  We cut it down so it's only as wide as the 1 section of the 2cross bits (see pic as they form front and back piece of wood).  The legs were made from the bottom part of the pallet.  it's no higher than a normal garden chair.