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Shown here are two headboards constructed from Red Oak. I purchase it rough cut, plane it to .8” thick and straight line it before I stack it.
The larger/lighter colored one is a King Size with walnut acents. The stain is Min Wax, Golden Oak and the sealer is full gloss lacquer.
The smaller/darker one is a Queen size. The stain is Min Wax Dark Ebony and the sealer coat is full gloss lacquer. The panels are all floating raised panels and the construction is a full on exercise in rail and stile joinery. The eliptical panels at the top are floating raised panels as well. The headboards are flanked by fluted columns created from the same flat stock used for the rest of the project. Both headboards are attached to a platform bed that has 3 deep drawers on each side. The drawers naturally extend to the midpoint of the frame. The drawer guides also function as the supports for the box spring. The end panel is decorated with solid wood drawer fronts to resemble the look of the sides. All in all, a very satisfying outcome for my labor. The young (?) buck in the picture is my brother/apprentice who supplied quite a bit of the labor on these projects.
-- Come on in, the beer is cold and the wood is dry. www.crookedlittletree.com
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oscorner
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posted 493 days ago
Those are really nice!
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MsDebbieP
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posted 493 days ago
now THAT’s a headboard!!!! It’s huge!
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cajunpen
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posted 493 days ago
Beautiful beds – must have made those for some NBA players :-)).
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Don
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posted 493 days ago
Nice work.
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edp
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posted 493 days ago
No NBA players involved here. The King size went to a couple who stand 5’9’.
The Queen size went to a couple who are 5’8” and 5’6”.
The platform was designed to have the top of the mattress 32” off the floor. At that height you can still get in without a stool but still afford good storage depth below. The drawers below provide nearly the storage capacity of a standard 5 drawer chest on EACH side. Quite a bonus for apartment dwellers and homeowners alike.
Ed
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mot
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posted 492 days ago
That’s a headboard on steroids! Awesome!
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schroeder
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posted 491 days ago
Beautiful!, that’s the kind of work that never goes out of style!
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IowaWoodcrafter
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posted 477 days ago
Beautiful work Ed! My next two projects will be bed frames. I’m making a king and queen Mission style. The king is for the wife and I. The queen is wedding gift for my son and his fiance. Any suggestions/hints/tips for making beds?
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edp
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posted 476 days ago
With the mission style, your work should proceed very rapidly. I would assume qs wo? Let me know if anything stumps you and we can create a workaround. Good luck.
Ed
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Russel
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posted 456 days ago
That is absolutely fantastic. I mistakenly showed it to the wife and her response was, “Can I have one?”
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