Mum buys and builds 11-year-old a new bed but makes the biggest, basic DIY error – can you spot it?
Mum buys and builds 11-year-old a new bed but makes the biggest, basic DIY error – can you spot it?
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SHE splashed out on a £195 new bed for her 11-year-old son. And while Kimmay thought she'd done a great job as she put the furniture together, she soon realised she'd made an epic mistake. She took to TikTok to share a video documenting the hilarious error, as she showed just how close the ceiling light and lampshade was to the mattress of the high sleeper bed, which she'd purchased from Argos.
![[Woman in a car announcing that part 2 is coming today.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9750c905-5d1d-4506-94c2-c2335c1ef5b8.jpg?strip=all&w=576)
"So I should have maybe measured the bed before I even bought it, let alone put it up," she began. "But I can tell you this I am NOT taking this down!. "It took me all day to build it.". But she wasn't going to make her son sleep with the bed like that, so had been thinking about different ways she could make it work.
![[An eleven-year-old's new loft bed with a built-in desk.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mum-buys-builds-11-year-967342301.jpg?strip=all&w=540)
One solution she'd come up with was to cut the bottom part of the "stilts" the bed was sitting on. "Would that solve the problem?" she sighed. "Because I really don't want to take it down!". Kimmay added that she didn't think she could even get the bed down if she wanted to, as she guessed she probably "put it up wrong".
![[A high loft bed in a child's bedroom.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/8c0e3653-4a9c-44ac-ace1-6cb53d53e34f.jpg?strip=all&w=576)
She concluded the video by saying she was "gonna just chop things off" until she made it work. People in the comments section were quick to offer their suggestions, with many saying she should just pay an electrician to come and move the light. "Pay electrician to move the light, will cost about £100," one wrote.
![[A person points out a poorly installed bunk bed with a desk underneath.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mum-buys-builds-11-year-967342300.jpg?strip=all&w=540)
