koshergrl
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So I have added a new teen to the household...he's sharing a bedroom with my youngest, who had a big iron bed which means there is an air mattress on the floor and pretty much no floor space in that room....
I have been looking frantically for bunk beds for them. But I pull up short when I see the weight restrictions, or the reviews on how nightmarish the set up was. I started looking at army surplus sites and I have found what I want! A lot cheaper, a lot simpler to assemble, and since they're meant for soldiers and/or prison inmates and reform schools, they have about twice the bearing capacity. I mean, one of the bunks I looked at in my price range that I really like had a 150 lb weight bearing capacity. I mean, seriously? The big boy isn't that big...yet...but they're boys, what if there are two of them on the top bunk? They'd go over easily.
Of course the fact that we're getting military/jail surplus sort of tickles my funny bone, so I'm thinking maybe we should just go for all-out institutional decor...the mesh locker, the whole deal, lol....I know they would hold up, at least.
Military Supply House - Bunk Beds - U.S. Military Bunks - Beds - Triple Bunk beds
I have been looking frantically for bunk beds for them. But I pull up short when I see the weight restrictions, or the reviews on how nightmarish the set up was. I started looking at army surplus sites and I have found what I want! A lot cheaper, a lot simpler to assemble, and since they're meant for soldiers and/or prison inmates and reform schools, they have about twice the bearing capacity. I mean, one of the bunks I looked at in my price range that I really like had a 150 lb weight bearing capacity. I mean, seriously? The big boy isn't that big...yet...but they're boys, what if there are two of them on the top bunk? They'd go over easily.
Of course the fact that we're getting military/jail surplus sort of tickles my funny bone, so I'm thinking maybe we should just go for all-out institutional decor...the mesh locker, the whole deal, lol....I know they would hold up, at least.
Military Supply House - Bunk Beds - U.S. Military Bunks - Beds - Triple Bunk beds