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Mark Etinger
When we moved into our new TriBeCa apartment we had everything we needed. It's a beautiful apartment right on the corner of North Moore and Greenwich, with views of the river from almost every room. Things were going well: my wife had just been promoted and I was busy at the office, but not too busy so that I wasn't able to come home and see her happy. When we found out she was pregnant we were thrilled. We were making enough money to support a child, and we were stable enough in life and in our careers to raise a family. We began planning the baby's room. But when we went to the doctor's office for the first sonogram, we found out the baby was two babies. She was going to have twins. This was unexpected, but it made it all the better. We began looking at custom cradles and buying clothes and choosing names for the boys. By the time they were two, we had realized that twins are indeed a handful. They had moved out of their cradles and were getting ready to make the switch from diapers. They needed their room to be redone so that they could sleep like big boys. We looked into modern bunk beds. They were already so close we knew they would enjoy that sleeping arrangement. But most of the bunk beds for children didn't leave them much individual space. It was okay when they were two and three, but as they aged, they'd need their own desks and dressers, and an area each to put all of their toys and books. We started looking into custom beds for kids. We found Roberto Gil, a designer of custom kids rooms. His custom beds for kids were exactly what we were looking for; they utilized space and added a contemporary hip design that looked good and was fun for the kids. He turned the modern bunk beds into an area of the room with bookshelves and drawers underneath steps, which replaced the traditional bunk bed ladder. The result was a captain's bed-style bunk, with a modern spin. He also added a flip down desk, which would be perfect for when the boys started school. When it was all finished the kids loved it. It was safe, space-efficient and it looked great. The hardest part was figuring out who got the top bunk!
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