Volksie bus bed and play area

This bunk bed on Instructables is so cute that I just had to share it. The volksie bus loft bed has a single bed on top of the bus and plenty of room to play inside. You can buy all the materials you need for this project at your local Builders Warehouse.

 

 

My brother is recently having a new house built to better suit his family.  I thought an appropriate house gift would be a bunk bed for his 3 year old son.  Since my brother is a huge Volkswagen fan, what better than a VW themed bed.  After scouring the web for ideas, and not finding anything up to my expectations, I decided to just design my own.  This is the end result.  I am pleased with how it turned out, and better yet my nephew just loves it.

 

The inside will be used as a play area here, but it will easily fit a single mattress for when he is old enough to have a friend over for a sleep over.

There are 5 parts to the left and right walls of the bus.  One side is a continuous piece - the side with no doors. The side with the doors consists of the front, back, and two doors.  Now depending on where you plan on putting the bus in the room, this is the step you decide which side is which.  

Not a small project, quite a bit of work has gone into creating this wonderful design and you will find the full step-by-step on instructables. Bear in mind that the Imperial measurements need to be converted to metric, and you will find this conversion calculator handy.

I would love to hear from anyone who takes on this project and see the final outcome.