Made My Bed

GREAT job——you used wonderful ingenuity in the course you chose for the project.

-- Bill - - Ad-Marketing Guy, Ramsey NJ

well done and sweet design.. the light and dark contrasting grain on the headboard looks cool, ... so does the use of dovetails …

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

You said something about your limited tools and skills? There is nothing limited about this bed. Good design and finish product.

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FINE JOB! It matches the decor of the room you have it in very well.

-- --Chuck

as always great looking job thaun ! well thought out as well

wow great job and great design. those are nice dovetails, i’m not sure if you mentioned it or not but are they hand cut or did you use a jig. great job!

Thuan, Great looking project. I like how the Dovetails provide a decoritive look to the bed as well.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

This is excellent, Thuan. I love your style. But limited skills? Give me a break! I always look forward to your posts. Its a beautiful bed.

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You did this with hand tools right? You get extra points for that! Great job.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

b-e-a-u-tiful

-- Jimmy, Oklahoma "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing milkbone underwear!"

Great bed,design and job! (100 Points) Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

That is one fine bed! Wow! I love the dovetail details.

-- Young Padiwan Woodworker

Thanks for the kinds words guys,

To answer some questions, here’s a picture of me hand cutting the dovetails for the bed slat rails on the floor of the living room in my pajamas, November 2007. The bed is on the background standing up to conserve space. Good times.

-- Thuan

Another great project Thuan. Nice job on those dovetails.

-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota

Great job, did you ever give any thought to building a fold up bench so you don’t have to work on the floor? :)

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

Nice job Thuan, very nice joinery. mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

What beautiful day bed. Oh, watch out for those points you earn. Mine always result in little lunch bags running around the house.

-- ??? My mistakes heat the house. It's very warm in here. ???

Thuan,

I want to commend you for your devotion to hand tools. It is a time-honored skill that, for a lot of us, is lacking. You did a wonderful job with the bed. It is something I would be intimidated by with all the power tools that I have at my disposal.

Thank you for the inspiration and I am sure that your wife is pleased with it.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Impressive

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

As others have mentioned – I would debate your comment about ‘limited skill’.
You have disproven your own statement and demonstrated your skill by being able to use the tools at hand to create a solid lovely piece.
Too many times using the latest and greatest digital readout laser guided whatchamacallit—becomes a substitute for the time and patience it would take to develop and use the skills you have mastered.
Or maybe thats just me.

-- Those who insist it can't be done - should politely refrain from interrupting those who are doing it.

Great Job cool day bed

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon