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Ladies and gentlemen,
This project was born somewhere at the local IKEA. I realized there that I wanted a simple and practical bed with the feel of beautiful real wood, chopped, carved, and finished myself.
Here it is:- Honduras mahogany – I didn’t want to spend time working on a cheap wood. Mahogany is also good for carving.
- hard maple slats
- long 1” cocobolo pins to reinforce the tenons, and cocobolo plugs to hide 4” socket bolts
- the first finishing layer is a shellac sealer, and then I used a few layers of the mix: 1/3 High Gloss Waterlox, 1/3 pure tung oil, 1/3 turpentine, which adds a nice amber hue.
I carved the headboard in the Japanese style using the braided pattern Higaki.
Other ideas, plugs and rounded edges, sparked my mind when I visited The Gamble House in Pasadena.
I’m in a hurry to make these photos while the bed is still brand new. Its mahogany will darken as time goes by, nicks and scratches will appear, waiting for another coat of the magical mix.
15 comments so far
kolwdwrkr
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posted 69 days ago
You did a great job on this one. Welcome to LJs
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woodworm
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posted 69 days ago
Very nicely done!
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Dennis_MGWW
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posted 69 days ago
That is sweet! I love the style and the carving is first rate!!
Great job!
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a1Jim
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Wonderful bed Welcome To LJs
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SCOTSMAN
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posted 69 days ago
nice clean lines.Alistair
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stefang
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Beautiful bed and extremely nice carving (the pattern and the work). Welcome to LJ.
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abrakadabra
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posted 69 days ago
Thank you all very much for the compliments.
I found that even a simple carving adds richness to any furniture.
Dennis Zongker
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posted 69 days ago
Very nice looking bed! Welcome to lumberjocks.
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tinnman65
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posted 69 days ago
Great looking bed. It looks very well designed and executed,I look forward to seeing more of your work. Welcome to LumberJocks.
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Innovator
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posted 69 days ago
Fantastic work, I love the carving!
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rrdesigns
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posted 69 days ago
Beautiful design and exquisite carving. Very nicely done.
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ND2ELK
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posted 69 days ago
Great looking bed! You did a beautiful job on it. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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BigBard
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posted 57 days ago
Very nice, did you use a designing program? if so which one.
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 57 days ago
Thats a beautiful bed.
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abrakadabra
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posted 57 days ago
I used SketchUp from Google.
It helps me to create templates for the routed edges.