Basic Bunk Bed Buying Mistakes
The other day my friend Susan asked me for my advice for buying a new bunk bed for her kids. With a large family of four this is a purchase I have made twice already. Well in fact I’ve bought three sets of white bunk beds in my time but the first was a big mistake. So instead of giving Susan advice on what to do I gave her my thoughts on what not to do. I made three big mistakes when I bought my two sons their first bunk bed and I hope by sharing them with you now you can avoid the time and expense that I went through.
The first error I made was a really basic one; I simply didn’t take the time to measure up my kid’s bedroom and then didn’t take any notice of the size of the bunk bed I was buying. I just thought that a bunk bed was going to save me space so I didn’t worry about taking any measurements. Big mistake. The white bunk bed I bought was so wide than it just seemed to engulf the room making it look completely cramped and made tidying the room a nightmare. Five minutes with a tape measure would have spared me a lot of time and money later on.
But it didn’t end there.
The second mistake I made was not involving my two boys in the purchase. I just assumed that they would be delighted with any bunk bed that I bought. A bunk bed’s a bunk bed right? Wrong! As I mentioned above I bought a classic white bunk bed which to be honest suited my interior design tastes and didn’t take them into consideration at all. Basically they were pretty underwhelmed by my choice and from then on I’ve always made sure to get their input when buying furniture for their bedroom. Fair enough really.
Certainly the worst mistake of the three was not research the topic of safety well enough before buying. The white bunk bed came flat packed, which is fine and fairly standard, but once we’d assembled it we really didn’t feel it was very sturdy. It wasn’t terrible but it didn’t seem like it was going to withstand a lot of aggressive use and I do have two boys after all. I also didn’t like the size of the gap between the top bunk guard rail and the mattress. I was quite worried that my youngest might slip through the gap in his sleep.
So all in all a bit of a disaster. I learnt to do my research, ask my kids what they like and to spend that little bit extra to pay for the quality that gives me peace of mind when it comes to safety. If you can avoid the errors I made you should be on your way to bunk bed heaven.
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