Built-in Daybed

We finally finished a project, well finished enough to post at least.  We are expecting baby #2 in January and will be losing one of our two guest rooms to make a room for the baby.  There are a lot of times we have more than one family/couple staying with us and we had some “wasted” space in what will eventually be our office upstairs.  Currently, this room is still little more than a storage areas but I do have big plans for it in the future.

I measured and this space was 60.5″ deep.  We had an extra queen size mattress, which is 60″ wide so I thought we could turn this into a built-in daybed.

The nook before

It took us several weeks, but really only about 8 hours of work to get from that empty space to this.  Hindsight is 20/20.  I started the wainscoting on the left side and by the time I made it to the right I realized the light switch was right in the way.

Nook after

Don’t look too closely or you’ll see that the wainscoting and walls need another coat of paint or two, but it is functional enough for guests.  It would also make a relaxing reading area if one of us had time to sit around and read.

View from the daybed