When Aaron got married in November, that also marked an exciting milestone for Jordan. For the first time in his 19 years of life, he has his own room! Aaron painted the room when Jordan left to go on the mission field a year and a half ago but he never finished the makeover and, well, Aaron is a slob and Jordan is a neat freak. Jordan, who is a very frugal young man has been working diligently on renovating his room. He got an Ikea desk from Craigslist, shelving from Ikea, a TV and wall mount from Amazon, rugs and curtains from Walmart, curtain rods from Big Lots and an awesome chair (which I am trying to buy from him) from Goodwill. He also got a Blu-ray player for Christmas.
Once Aaron and Summer moved out we ended up with an extra twin bed. Originally I was going to keep it in my office as a daybed/reading area/guest bed but it just didn’t fit. Jordan said he could use it in his room as a daybed/couch instead of the futon he was planning on buying. Since Jordan couldn’t just move the bed into his room he decided to figure out how to make a glowing pallet bed like he had seen in a picture on Facebook. Well, he succeeded and it looks great and is comfortable too!
How to Make a Glowing Pallet Bed
Supplies:
- Mattress
- Box Spring (optional)
- Pallets (Jordan re-purposed pallets we used at the wedding)
- Paint
- LED Color Changing Kit with Flexible Strip Light
- Saw
- Gaff Tape
- Measuring Tape
- Sandpaper
Instructions:
- Measure the mattress.
- Find pallets of that size or cut to fit.
- Sand the pallets.
- Paint the pallets whatever color you want.
- Lay the pallets down.
- Adhere the LED lighting on the inside edge of the pallet using Gaff tape.
- Set box spring and mattress on top
- Make your bed 🙂
We say that the box spring is optional because many pallet beds say you don’t need one. Since we had the box spring, Jordan decided to use it and this bed is very comfortable. Of course, the lights are also optional-if you don’t want your bed to glow.
Would someone in your family like a glowing pallet bed? Who?
Me!!! I want one! Awesome idea and looks so easy to do 🙂
I think my 3 year old would love something like this with fairy princess bedding. I like that it would be safer than a canopy that she would rip down in a heartbeat. #Lakeside
I really like that bed. LOVE it. Get LED rope lights and mount using Christmas light brackets. #Lakeside
This is the coolest thing ever! I totally need to do this for my son! He would LOVE IT! #Lakeside
Very interesting! I had no idea! So creative! I think my niece and nephews would like this! kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.
Very interesting! I had no idea! So creative! I think my niece and nephews would like this! kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you. #Lakeside
A daybed version of this would be great for a rec room! #Lakeside
That is so cool! Looks simple but so fun! #Lakeside
No, I can’t say anyone would like a glowing pallet bed. #Lakeside
Oh Carter would love it! So neat how it glows! Automatic Nightlight! 🙂
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this is a great idea, wow I wish I could think of things like this
I would love to have a glowing bed. It would make it seem like a spaceship. #Lakeside
I see a lot of crafts with pallets. I never would have thought to use them for anything like that. Pretty cool. #Lakeside