My in-laws bought a 50-acre farm last summer just south of Huntsville that had a 2 bed/1 bath, 1500 sq/ft house on the place. My wife has two other brothers and sisters that have 2 kids each. We spend a lot of time at the farm, but at times we will all be there at the same time. As such, we needed some more sleeping space. On the place when they bought the farm was a 12x20 storage building that was filled from floor to ceiling, end to end, with junk. Tax records, typewriters, decorations, trash, newspapers, a tire, picture frames with no pictures, bricks. Well, I think you get the picture. It had a set of benches at one end of the storage builiding. In order to have a little separation from the madness that can take place in the main house, I talked them into letting me build out the storage building into a bunkhouse (and they paid for it 
). I am by no means a master carpenter, but I have turned the storage building into a functional bunkhouse where my wife and kids can stay when we go to the farm if things get too crowded at the main house. See the progression of the storage building to the bunkhouse in the pictures that follow. I still plan to paint and trim it out this year, but those are just details.
Here is what we started with
It was just 2x4 studs and tin to start with. Began to insulate all the walls. The ceilings would come later.
With the insulation up, next was to put up the sheetrock.
This was my main helper throughout the project.
I added a loft at the end that had the benches in the storage building.
Once the sheetrock was up on the walls, I built two sets of bunk beds. One was a twin/twin and one was a twin/full.
After I finished with the sheetrock under the loft (not for sleeping, just for storage), we ultimately decided to add plumbing inside and add water/toilet. I will add these pics in the next post.
Putting the insultation and sheetrock on the ceiling was by far the worst part of this project.
). I am by no means a master carpenter, but I have turned the storage building into a functional bunkhouse where my wife and kids can stay when we go to the farm if things get too crowded at the main house. See the progression of the storage building to the bunkhouse in the pictures that follow. I still plan to paint and trim it out this year, but those are just details.Here is what we started with
It was just 2x4 studs and tin to start with. Began to insulate all the walls. The ceilings would come later.
With the insulation up, next was to put up the sheetrock.
This was my main helper throughout the project.
I added a loft at the end that had the benches in the storage building.
Once the sheetrock was up on the walls, I built two sets of bunk beds. One was a twin/twin and one was a twin/full.
After I finished with the sheetrock under the loft (not for sleeping, just for storage), we ultimately decided to add plumbing inside and add water/toilet. I will add these pics in the next post.
Putting the insultation and sheetrock on the ceiling was by far the worst part of this project.
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