platform bed

Beautiful, Nate. I’ve been kicking around the idea of building a bed myself. This might just get me off of my … Love how you incorporated the lights. Much better than a metal arm hanging off of the side. Welcome to LJ. Looking forward to what else you have to offer.

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Quite beautiful, especially the finish.

Somehow, though, I envision banging my achilles tendons on the platform every time I get out of bed. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Nice work! Really like the carving in the headboard… did you do that freehand with a router?

Tung oil is such a smooth finish… just begs to be touched… which is not a bad thing in a bed!?

-- When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt! Henry J. Kaiser

Another great project Nate, one for the must blatantly ripoff at a later date file :)

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Thanks guys,

Damien, the “must blatantly ripoff at a later date file”. I like that. I need to start one of those. I would definitely have your whisky table in there.

-- Nate, denver CO

Nice, good design, very practical and excellent finish, Very nicely done.

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

This is a good looking piece of furniture…

What is the material for the light shades?

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Nice. I want to make one of these.

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Very, very nice. The craftsmanship really shines.

-- Maplewood, MN

I really like the design. Nice work.
God bless

-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia

excellent – and “made for your needs”. Excellent

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

another great design Nate! I love the scribed lines in the headboard and the way the center panel appears to be floating. Both give the otherwise hefty form a great lightness.

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The light panels are a fiberglass weave, sandwiched between plexi. I found it at a plastic store that does a lot of custom fishtanks and display boxes. I have no idea what it’s regularly used for, but I thought it looked cool.

-- Nate, denver CO

And that it does…

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

I like this a lot. You have a great design sense and I like you you work with aluminum. The carvings are a really nice touch and the light idea is genius. Nice job. Hopefully you’ve invited someone over to share it with ;)

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Nate
this is on of nicest beds I’ve seen
the more platform beds I see the more I like them
We have a high four poster and I mean high it came equiped with oxygen bottles

-- Ed Collinge- Edmonds, WA.

Very nice modern feel..

-- Chris

Nice bed! Like Chris said, modern feel. Thanks, Chris…I’ll open my mouth and you put what I’m thinking into words!

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This is going in my “must blatantly ripoff at a later date file” too. Very nice!

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beautiful :) I like the incorporation of the lights into the headboard, and the overall simplicity in design – it opens up the space, and keeps it elegant!

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