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New Bed for a NewlyWed

Project by woodworkEER posted 17 days ago 592 views 2 times favorited 20 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I built this bed as sort of a wedding present for my new wife. The wood is walnut and american chestnut. My grandfather and great uncle cut the walnut off of the family farm sometime in the 1980’s. I salvaged the chestnut from their father’s house (my great-grandfather) in clay county, WV earlier this year. The house was full of 4” T&G bead board which had been covered up with wall paper and drywall. The bed is solid as a rock. The bead board was tongued into the walnut stiles which are mortised into the legs. Turned out to be pretty simple once I got rolling.

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drfixit

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posted 17 days ago

Very very nice!

-- I can fix ANYTHING!.... Wheres the duct tape?

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mtnwild

2013 posts in 419 days


posted 17 days ago

There’s a wood workers bed!
Looks great and cool story where the wood came from…............

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

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jim1953

1598 posts in 734 days


posted 17 days ago

What a Great Lookin Bed

-- Jim, Kentucky

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Keith Shipp

41 posts in 224 days


posted 17 days ago

Relay nice looking bed and a real piece of family.

-- Keith, Bolingbrook, Illinois. How did you do that? I just started with a bunch of wood and cut away anything that's not part of the finished piece...

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griff

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posted 17 days ago

Very nice looking bed, Great job.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

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Jan_CQ

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posted 17 days ago

Great job, it’s really nice. Beautiful wood and nice design. Did you also make the chest in front of it?

-- Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

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Karson

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posted 17 days ago

Beautiful bed and a great salvage job.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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a1Jim

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posted 17 days ago

Looks good well done

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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bruc101

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posted 16 days ago

Beautiful bed awesome craftsmanship.

-- "Give The Gift of Life, Adopt A Child"

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MsDebbieP

14159 posts in 1052 days


posted 16 days ago

that’s beautiful.
At first I wondered “A newlywed?? not newlywedS??? and then I see it is for your lovely wife—:)

the story behind the bed is a treasure. I hope you write it down and attach it to the bed somehow so it will never get lost .

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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woodworm

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posted 16 days ago

Beautiful bed, reallly great work!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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NBeener

369 posts in 66 days


posted 16 days ago

Wow. Stunning.

May the two of you have many happy nights in it….

-- -- Neil

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Kindlingmaker

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posted 16 days ago

A beautiful bed and the history will live on for generations. A wonderful job!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

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dbhost

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posted 16 days ago

Now that’s nice….

-- Trying to follow the example of the master.

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gbvinc

537 posts in 838 days


posted 16 days ago

Very nice! Did you also make the chest at the foot of the bed?

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RexMcKinnon

652 posts in 87 days


posted 16 days ago

Beautiful bed. Hope she’s a paying client. Enjoy your new life together.

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

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ChesapeakeBob

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posted 15 days ago

Glad to hear it’s sturdy! Newlyweds should have a sturdy bed!

CB… newlyweded to my wonderful bride for 30 years!

-- Chesapeake Bob, Southern Maryland

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 10 days ago

Thats a beautiful bed.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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mtkate

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posted 6 days ago

Nice bed. The chest in front of it is spectacular. I guess you did a made to match thing?

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Lloyd Davies

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posted 4 days ago

Nice bed. Did the old wife get to keep the old bed?

-- Northern California http://www.lloydus.com

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