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 The award-winning
3D animated short film, BlastOff!™, was inspired
by the real BlastOff! Bed™, the custom designed
space shuttle bed that was featured on HGTV’s
Look What I Did! I
designed and built the BlastOff! Bed for my son MJ when
he was three years
old and
ready to graduate from
his
crib
to
a “big
boy” bed. Rather than simply buying an ordinary children’s
bed, I wanted to create something unique that would foster
his budding imagination, so I designed the BlastOff!
Bed. Not only is this bed a real blast for MJ but it’s
also quite functional as well. The wings serve as integrated
night
stands while the
nose
cone
is composed of dual toy shelves and/or convenient play
tables.
 The
footboard sports a steering wheel and control panel to pilot
space adventures while the lighted engine nozzles behind the
headboard serve
as an integrated night light for when the ship’s pilot is finally
tuckered out and needs some shut-eye on those long range nightly
star treks.
Note: High res. versions of the images & videos
are available on the BlastOff! Special Edition DVD.
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We were thrilled to have the BlastOff! Space
Shuttle Bed featured on
HGTV’s Look What I Did!, Episode
#HLWID-106, with air times as follows.
- Sun, Dec 17, 06, 6:30 PM ET/PT
- Thu, Jan 11, 07, 6:00 PM ET/PT
- Thu, Jan 18, 07, 1:30 PM ET/PT
- Wed, Jan 24, 07, 1:30 PM ET/PT
- Wed, Feb 14, 07, 6:00 PM ET/PT
- Wed, Feb 21, 07, 1:30 PM ET/PT
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- Wed, Mar 21, 07, 6:00 PM ET/PT
- Thu, Jun 21, 07, 6:00 PM ET/PT
- Wed, Oct 31, 07, 5:00 PM ET/PT
- Mon, Jun 16, 08, 8:00 AM ET/PT
- Mon, Aug 25, 08, 8:00 AM ET/PT
- Fri,
Dec 26, 08, 8:00 AM ET/PT
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Check HGTV.com for
details.
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I designed the original BlastOff! Bed in auto·des·sys
form·Z on the Mac and printed a set of construction plans,
which are available on the BlastOff! Special Edition
DVD along with high resolution photos of the finished bed as
well as construction photos & video.
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Construction Plans |
Construction Photos & Video |
I built the
bed in my garage out of 3/4" plywood panels that I cut
with a saber saw. I rounded all the exposed plywood edges
with a router to make them kid friendly. I attached the plywood
panels
to a sturdy wood frame made of 2x4’s and 2x6’s
which also supported a standard metal twin mattress frame.
I then disassembled the components and reassembled the bed
again
in MJ’s
bedroom. Overall dimensions are approximately 7.5'
x 9' though it could be made smaller to fit a smaller
room.
To the right you can see a time-lapse video I shot during
the assembly phase. This video was used in a segment about
the bed on HGTV’s Look What I Did! and
served as the inspiration for the award-winning
3D animated short film, BlastOff! |
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Whether you are simply interested in seeing how I built the real
BlastOff! Bed or you would like to build your own space
shuttle
bed for your young space cadet, the actual BlastOff! Bed construction
plans that
I used to build the original BlastOff! Bed are
now available on the BlastOff! Special Edition DVD along with behind
the scenes video, additional construction photos, high resolution
versions of all the photos on this page and of course the award-winning
3D animated short film, BlastOff! with additional behind the scenes
content.
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