Absolutely I knew the aesthetics wouldn’t be good, Those “nicer” boards were just someone’s offcuts I got, so you’re not far off with that assessment. I’ve never used a stain before, so don’t have anything on hand. For finishing, I just have walrus oil (free sample from the hardware shop) and shellac available, but If I had some money I would have gone uniform timber all over.

My partner had bought some flat packed stuff for her before, like a toy kitchen and a little shop front. And it just seemed so bad and most of it I had to recut to fit together or drill new holes that had never lined up.

Thought we could all be happier with some handmade stuff instead.

Maybe. I designed it this way so my partner could easily come up with something to go over the top/on the posts. She’s into the crafting and cricut stuff, so she might get an idea to make this look nicer.

Seconding a princess canopy!

She does love it for now. But I made it easy to disassemble so we can change bits, replace with nicer timber, or fix up anything that cracks from my amateur work.

And she just stayed in her bed for the entire night without crying out for us, the first time in about a year. I think she must be really happy about it.