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Sleigh Bed

Project by thewoodennewfie posted 462 days ago 366 views 0 times favorited 8 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Built a sleigh bed for my youngest daughter for when we changed her room from a babies room to a little girls room. It’s not perfect but she loves it. Thx for looking.


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thetimberkid

1944 posts in 597 days


posted 462 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Bigbuck

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posted 462 days ago

Looks great, what did you make it out of?

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thewoodennewfie

10 posts in 627 days


posted 462 days ago

It’s made from MDF and weighs a ton! Especially the headboard. I’m now in the process of building a castle bed for my older daughter and that too is from MDF but won’t be nearly as heafty as this was. The nice thing about MDF for this project (my first big project) was low cost. I could suffer a miscut or two without ruining perfectly good and expensive hardwood. Next sleigh bed project will be for me and my wife and that’s going to be made from “real wood”.

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brianinpa

1365 posts in 617 days


posted 462 days ago

I really lke the design of the bed.

I am not sure though how long the MDF is going to hold up to a little girl jumping up and down on her bed. Can’t really see how the sides are attached to both ends, but you may find yourself replacing the sides with real wood sooner than you wanted.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

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trifern

7894 posts in 661 days


posted 462 days ago

Looks like a sleigh ride fit for a princess. Great job. Thanks for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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griff

926 posts in 656 days


posted 462 days ago

Very nice sleigh bed. good build

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daveintexas

338 posts in 770 days


posted 462 days ago

Great looking bed and tho it may not be perfect in your assetment, in your daughters eyes she is the queen with her very own sleigh. She will remember it forever.

Thanks for posting

-- MISSION FURNITURE-My mission is to build furniture

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thewoodennewfie

10 posts in 627 days


posted 461 days ago

thx for the comments folks.

with respect to how the sides are attached to the headboard/footboard it’s just with screws – however, the part that the mattress is on is basically like a big box (think matesbed) with the headboard and footboard attached to the ends of the box. She should be able to jump on that thing all day long without and stress on the connection points to the headboard and footboard. That said, who knows – I might indeed be fixing/replacing one day. Cheers

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