My baby bed conversion.

This was a major undertaking for a girl with almost no woodworking or power tool experience but, I got it done!

This baby bed has been in my family since about 1945, serving 2 generations of babies (including my older cousins, me and my siblings and all of my children) before it was determined unsafe.

The last 20 years, it was in the quilt shop as a display for baby quilts. 

With these stencils and the slobbery finger patina, I could not throw it out and no one in the next generation had a place for it.

SO - - I took the baby bed apart and I purchased a large sturdy used coffee table from FB Marketplace. I primed and painted it. That was the easy part.

Then, after several trips to the hardware store, conferring with a couple of carpenter friends and watching multiply YouTube videos and googling questions ("Why do screws break?" - "What is an impact driver?" - "What is the difference between steel wood screws and brass wood screws?"), I attached the baby bed back rail and two ends to the painted coffee table.

I could go on  for a while about all of the things that went wrong but, as my favorite carpenter said, "Sometimes you just have to figure it out as you go." 

I would never want this craftsmanship to be judged but, I can say it is sturdy and level and I love it!

I purchased the two back pillows but, back in my comfort zone now, I covered a piece of foam for the cushion seat.

Olive thought it looked like the perfect place to take a break with her book. I agree.