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Back on christmas Jen got me a Kreg pocket Jig and a few other accessories. Since then though I’ve only had time to use it once to “patch” a kitchen chair that broke so we were keeping our eyes out for projects to use it on to build stuff for the kids/house. No literally she has a like a whole Pinterest page of stuff for me to build.

Well with the long weekend coming up I figured I could finally find time to get some experience in with it and make something for the girls. Jen showed me the baby doll bunk bed design from Ana White and I thought it was perfect. I didn’t end up using a whole lot of tools but what I did use was:
- Table saw (for ripping a 1×2 down for the 3/4″ parts)
- Chop saw
- Kreg kit
- Pneumatic nail gun with 1 3/16″ nails (just what I had lying around)
- Normal stuff, screw driver, tape measure

My point is you don’t need a lot. Now there is a HUGE ERROR in the shopping list. You need at least four 1″x2″x8″ boards not three. I ran out of wood before I could finish and had to go back to buy more. Other than that all you have to do is follow the directions and use the right size Kreg screws and it’s really easy. I did most of it in poplar wood but i recommend using Pine if you choose to do it. I also could have probably wood glued more of it if I had patience and didn’t have three helpers around me. I ended up dropping a few nails into the ends of the rails to prevent any possible spinning. Since I built two of them I took pictures of the second one next to the finished one just for comparison.

Also one other thing is that I had scrap 1/4″ plywood already so I used that for the bottom of the bunks. I don’t have a powerful enough stapler or the right size nails so I used 1/2″ screws. I figure out the door it was pretty much under $30 each with the spray paint included.