Jungle Room

The Overhang:

1. Cut two dowels to the desired length. These posts will support the overhang. Stain the dowels, let them dry, and use a marker to make squiggles at regular intervals around each dowel to mimic bamboo segments.
   
2. The overhang itself is made of pieces of half-round molding cut in random lengths and attached to a piece of plywood cut to the width of the bed. Stain the molding, let the pieces dry, and nail them to the board, one nail at each end of a piece. Tip: Add a light under the panel for reading in bed.
   
3. Attach the overhang to the wall with two hinges at the back so that it will hang at the correct angle.

The Window Effect:

1. At the head of the bed, hang a poster of your child's choosing — a wild animal or a jungle scene.
2. To avoid the expense of framing, frame the poster with molding applied directly to the wall.
   
3. To complete the window effect, attach two shutters to the wall, one on either side of the poster.

The Walls:

1. Children can help paint jungle foliage on the walls.
   
2. To add dimension, nail small blocks of S4S lumber at random places on the walls. Add lengths of half-round molding to these for "stems," to make it look as if bamboo were growing right up the walls.