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Bunk Bed Set - Free to a Good Home (Venice)
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About 15 years ago, being a little cash-poor I devised all kinds of designs to build bunk beds from scratch from lumber I had, and decided, wisely, that I shouldn't even think of playing with my children's safety like that. So, I shopped carefully until I found this nice, heavy solid hardwood set, for a couple hundred bucks, here on Craigslist. I forked out the money and the beds became my children's beloved headquarters, forts, and sleeping places if they felt like obliging. We have loved them and there are infinite photos of kids reading and playing and occasionally sleeping in them.
Many years ago one of the beds went out to the garage when my daughter got a larger bed, and the other stayed in my son's room until just now. They are SOLID, but the one that stayed with my son is a bit worse for wear. You can see in a few of the pictures, he hacked away at the top of his footboard (WHY?) with a knife of some kind during the pandemic. The damage is superficial but annoying. Although it's not easy to see the damage when the beds are together, it's unpleasant looking when separated.
I am hoping that a family who needs these, possibly someone who can't dish out a grand for the beds alone, will take them and love them. They're what I was looking for back then - a fixer-upper aesthetically, but safe as they ever were.
There are no mattresses. But there are: the headboards, footboards, and rails for the two beds; the two platforms (one of them was stepped through before we got it, but it does the job); around 14 1x4s that take the weight on the bed (some of which were decorated by my son over his head); the ladder; the rail for the top bunk; and all the hardware EXCEPT I think a few nuts are missing and easily replaced, and you will need to add screws for both the ladder and the railing. (The railing has support hardware that holds it up, but it needs small screws to fix them in place.) Aside from my son's damage to the top of one footboard, there's some scuffing and a few scribbles — these are not "new" by any stretch of the imagination. I coaxed off a lot of stickers. The stepped-through platform and the written-on 1x4s can be put beneath the bottom bunk so they can't be seen.
I put it all back together sentimentally and to take these pictures. I guess if it were 15 years ago now and I was getting them in this condition, I'd probably get some sandpaper and lightly sand these, and heavily sand the knife-damaged part so it's nice and smooth again, then take a look and decide if I wanted to prime and paint them. I think I would probably decide (as I did long ago) to keep them their natural wood finish despite the flaws.
Again, it's old-school heavy solid wood. I think it says, "55814 Thanasuille Furn. 1-96 76" Made in the USA."
Thanks for looking! Let me know if interested. I've disassembled and it's ready to go.