Build Shed: Pottery Barn Knockoff Storage Bed Finished with the Finish Max Sprayer

Pottery Barn Knockoff Storage Bed Finished with the Finish Max Sprayer

Im so excited to FINALLY show you the bed we made for the upstairs bedroom at the mountain cottage. Ive said before that one of our main goals at our small mountain house is to increase storage in every room. Storage is paramount when choosing furniture, as well.

The bed we would choose for the bedrooms was no different.

It HAD to have storage.

The Pottery Barn Stratton bed was perfect! It had storage and baskets and was the right size.

Its a great bed, if you have $1,499 to spend on a bed...but we didnt.

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So, we searched around on Pinterest for a similar storage bed and we found one with a cut sheet and instructions, which you can find HERE.

Mr. DIY went to the hardware store to get some plywood and started working.

He used his Kreg Tools Rip Cut and his circular saw to make the first cuts.

One box down...

Three boxes down....

Still looks like a bookcase at this point.

Looks a little more finished now.

At this point, Mr. DIY handed the bed off to me so I could fill all the holes, sand, prime, sand again and paint it.

After I had primed the bed, HomeRight sent me a Finish Max Fine Finish Sprayer to review. I couldnt wait to get started.

I had already put a couple of coats of primer on the wood when they sent me the sprayer, otherwise I would have used the Finish Max to apply it.

We set up to paint the 3 pieces at home and I was able to get one piece finished. The Finish Max sprayer was pretty easy to use and had easy directions. The most difficult part was thinning the paint (which really wasnt difficult at all). The rest was a breeze. Adjust the nozzle to spray vertically or horizontally and pull the trigger. We were pleasantly surprised that the Finish Max paint sprayer didnt vibrate or make a horrible noise like our other paint sprayer.

My only problem in using the paint sprayer was that it kept raining of an on every weekend we were home and I only finished one of the 3 pieces.

So, we took all the pieces up to the mountain cottage and I finished a second piece of the bed. Then, it rained; every weekend we were there. for a month.

I didnt have any space inside to paint as the whole house was a construction zone and we dont have a garage at the mountain cottage.

Because the paint is thin, thinner coats of paint is applied and each coat dries quickly. Thinner coats of paint requires multiple coats. If you have a whole day with no rain, you could get a lot of painting finished in no time. We had less than half a day at a time and then wed get our afternoon Summer showers. Cant complain about the smooth finish, though.

The weather finally cooperated and the bed was painted. I love that the paint is really smooth and no roller marks. Cleaning the paint sprayer when I was finished wasnt difficult, especially with the tools they give you.

You can go to the HomeRight website HERE and learn more about it.HomeRight makes it so easy to understand how to use their products because they have so many videos and have links to reviews by bloggers.

We were so happy to get the bed upstairs and into the bedroom.

Mr. DIY covered the center part with a few strips of wood and I applied a couple of coats of water based poly on each of the horizontal surfaces of the boxes, so things wouldnt stick to the latex paint.

Look at all that storage!

I hope you will come back tomorrow to see how I dressed the bed!
I would love it if you left me a quick comment :)

UPDATE: you can see the storage bed all dressed up by clicking HERE

Pam

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Disclosure:
HomeRight sent me the Finish Max Sprayer at no charge, but did not compensate me to review their product.
Kreg Tools gave me the Rip Cut tool, but did not compensate me to mention their product.
I was not compensated for any tool or by any company mentioned or that was used to make our bed.

Pottery Barn Knockoff Storage Bed Finished with the Finish Max Sprayer