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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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20 comments so far
drfixit
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posted 17 days ago
Very very nice!
-- I can fix ANYTHING!.... Wheres the duct tape?
mtnwild
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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.
jim1953
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posted 17 days ago
What a Great Lookin Bed
-- Jim, Kentucky
Keith Shipp
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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...
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
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?
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 †
a1Jim
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posted 17 days ago
Looks good well done
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
bruc101
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posted 16 days ago
Beautiful bed awesome craftsmanship.
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MsDebbieP
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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)
woodworm
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posted 16 days ago
Beautiful bed, reallly great work!
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
NBeener
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posted 16 days ago
Wow. Stunning.
May the two of you have many happy nights in it….
-- -- Neil
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
dbhost
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posted 16 days ago
Now that’s nice….
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gbvinc
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posted 16 days ago
Very nice! Did you also make the chest at the foot of the bed?
RexMcKinnon
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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!
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
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 10 days ago
Thats a beautiful bed.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker
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?
Lloyd Davies
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posted 4 days ago
Nice bed. Did the old wife get to keep the old bed?
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