zipper bedding dreams
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Since we are expecting another baby this fall we have plans to move Tom into Sam’s room in early summer. I want him to have a few months to adjust to his new shared room and not feel like one day he was in his crib and the next day the baby came home and took over.
Since Sam’s room just got upgraded to big boy room last year, we are just going to add in the matching bed (remember that cool wagon wheel bed I painted red–there is second one!).
So outside of painting the bed and rearranging a bit, the only thing needed is bedding, and I want to match or coordinate!
While on Pinterest looking up inspiration pictures of shared kids rooms, I started noticing many people using zipper bedding. It may sound kind of ugly and sleeping-bag like, but these easy to make beds stay so neat. I knew I wanted some!
I love a made bed, but it was only in the last 5 years that I did it daily. I have zero expectations about my 2 and 4 year old’s room having a made bed and I’m not going to do it. But MAYBE if we add in the easy zip up method, they’ll think it’s cool and want to! I can dream, right?
On top of that, since Tom will be brand new in a big boy bed, this will prevent the covers falling off him to the ground.
So since I’ve been obsessing over them, the internet powers that be caught on and show me the ads constantly!
I checked out a few websites. And I realized the price point is crazy. Not to call out any brand in particular but the main one I found starts at $250 for a twin size…..
I researched DIY for a while and found only ONE person out there who has documented making their own. She makes it look….easy if I could sew well, doable if I’m honest and sew like a beginner. So, this spring I am dusting off my sewing machine and attempting to make two zipper bedding sets for the new shared room!
If I blog about here then I have to follow through, so sorry this is just a drea for now. But has anyone else heard of these or tried them?
Not only are they supposed to turn bed making into a breeze, and even fun, but I think it will help Tom as he learns to sleep in a big boy bed since his covers won’t fall to the ground. I am making mine very light weight, just a fitted sheet on bottom and a flat sheet on top with a very light blanket sewed in as lining.
You can zip yourself as much as as little as you want. So if you kids run hot they don’t have to be all bundled up like a sleeping bag. You can zip all the way down and vent the sides.
So far I think I am using these affordable and cute sheets
I also found this
For maybe $60 a bed, I can dream of a room where my boys want to make their beds, right? It’s worth a shot!
