How about a post that doesn’t require me to wrestle with my card reader problems, because the stuff it’s about isn’t in my house yet!? Yay!

I’ve been holding off on ordering the bunk bed for Milo and August’s room, but I checked Target’s website the other day and discovered that the set I was eyeing was on clearance.

It’s the “Wrangler Bunk Bed” in espresso. The material is listed as “wood composite,” so it’s not the nicest bed in the whole world or anything, but it looks good in the picture, and the one review on the site has positive things to say.

The two other bunk beds I considered were this black metal one, also from Target:

This is pretty much exactly like the loft bed Milo sleeps in now, only bunk beds. It’s on clearance for $107, so it’s main selling point was price. But I really wanted something that at least looked like wood for the forest room.

And then I thought about this one from Ikea:

The price ($159) is good, and it’s real pine….but I would have to paint or stain it, and I already have a pretty big line up of things waiting to be painted or stained.

So when the Wrangler, with its awesome cowboy name, went on clearance I was sold. It’s marked down to $169 from $199, so not a super dramatic price change, BUT! Target.com was also having a sale wherein you got 15% off if you spent over $125. And on top of that I could use my Target card for 5% off and free shipping. So my final price after tax was $146.87. Cheaper than the Ikea bed! And close enough to the cost of the metal bed to make me feel good about paying a little more for the one I wanted.

And on top of that, I can still Craigslist the loft beds. The metal one is almost brand new is for sale on Target’s website right now for $150, I think (it was on sale when we bought it, so we didn’t pay that much). I’m thinking I’ll try listing it for $90 or so and see what happens. And then maybe $75 or so for the one with the slide. It’s older, but it’s still in pretty good shape…and it has a slide! If I actually get close to that for them, I’ll be breaking even on trading them in for the bunk bed.