Yeah, ours splits into 2 singles too, Tallon has had his for nearly 2 years, and Kayla's was still in the box in the garage.. but we decided to make them bunks when we got it out for Kayla, just to save space really. But geez it's hard work making that top bed! LOL. Even the bottom bed is harder now, coz i can't really move the beds off the wall.
i used to have bunks when i was younger (and have a set in spare room now) with foam top mattress - i stand on bottom bunk, bend the mattress in half an hook the two back edges, then let it flop back down and do the front corners. if you do a top sheet and bunk isn't too heavy, drag one corner out by a foot or two and sneak in behind it to do the sheets.... most bunks aren't too heavy and will slide pretty easily out from against a wall. the ones we have at the moment are single on top double on the bottom and still slide ok for making the bed if need be
innerspring mattress. I haven't tried dragging them away from the wall, coz they'll be quite heavy, they're solid wood, with the 2 mattress on. Plus DH doesn't like me moving the bed just from one end coz it puts the legs off square.
innerspring is a little harder - wood bunks shouldn't be too heavy to move (but if your DH doesn't want it moved from one end it might make life difficult
maybe hook the backside on from underneat, so you ahve those two corners done first (lots of up and down - then the front corners...
I make one half of the bed (top and bottom that are closest to me, and then I climb up the ladder and make the second half, or DH comes in with a stool and climbs up and makes the other half.... I wash Matilda's sheets fortnightly, so thats what I do. Its a pain in the behind, thats for sure! And Matilda will only sleep on her special sheets so I have to wait until the sheets are clean and put them back on.
only allow your kids to have bunks when they are old enough to make it themselves
DSS has to make his (he is 11) and i sometimes give him a hand, man its tricky, no wonder he takes so long...
I do the same as you, crawl over the bed...
I think the trouble is that we have a 'good' mattress for him, the bunks we had when we were kids were like foam and so would pull up and move easier
My DD has a cabin bed, when I was heavily pg I would send her up there to tuck the sheets over the 2 furthest-away corners, then I would pull it towards myself and do the final two corners.
Definitely agree if you are having a bunk bed then have a foam or thinner latex mattress on top for ease of wrangling!
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so I have to wait until the sheets are clean and put them back on.
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