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I made two of these beds, one for my oldest daughter and her husband (as a wedding gift) and one for my wife and me. The inspiration for this project was “In Craftsman Style, A Craftsman’s Bed” by Rich Preiss and the Mission Bed plan by American Furniture Design.
I used the Mission Bed plan for the overall design of the bed, with additional inspiration from the book In Craftsman Style. The plan had half the number of spindles, with wider spacing between them. I wanted the look from the book, so I doubled the number of spindles from the plan. Additionally I added a long corbel to each leg.
The bed was constructed of quartersawn white oak using traditional mortise and tenon construction, with the tenons pinned and covered with raised ebony plugs (with their edges gently radiused back to the surrounding wood). There are 39 spindles on both the head board and the foot board. The only hardware on the bed is the steel bed rail fasteners, which were mortised into the legs and bed rail and fastened with screws.
Each leg features quartersawn figuring on all four sides, accomplished by assembling the four boards with a locking profile.
The finish color was achieved by dying the wood (first amber yellow and then reddish brown), applying a stain and then three coats of Waterlox satin finish.
10 comments so far
Bill
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posted 970 days ago
Very nice job FMO. I am sure Dusty would approve of your mission style finish.
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 970 days ago
That’s a beautiful piece of furniture, Awesome!!
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Muzhik
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posted 970 days ago
Nice one, FMO! Here I’m posting little “drawrings” of the bed I plan to build, and you come along and post pictures of this awesome bed… If that’s not enough, you made TWO of ‘em! Bravo!
Max
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posted 970 days ago
This bed is very much like the one that I made for my wife and I. I like your stain choice it turned out very nice…
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 970 days ago
What’s wrong with you? 3 pictures, THREE PICTURES! You’re holding out on us.
Love the work!
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dennis mitchell
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posted 970 days ago
Good job!
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Chip
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posted 970 days ago
Terrific work FMO. Beautiful craftsmanship. Thanks for letting us see it.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 969 days ago
Fantastic!
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fred
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posted 968 days ago
I picked up the WOW factor immediately. Beautiful piece of furniture. Great work.
-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
Karson
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posted 968 days ago
Great Bed. Does it sleep as well as it looks.
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