King Size Single Bed

beautiful job. Lots of nice details. very well done posting. Love the pink blanket.

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

Great bed Grumpy. Looks like a nice storage solution as well. Thanks for sharing.

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

Wow, Grumpy, you did a great job on this! Great pictures too.

-- Martin, Kansas

Great bed and storage solution. Good for you about the ”One happy grandaughter & big a kiss and cuddle for Grumpy.”

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Great looking bed! What size is a king size single bed? You did a beautiful job on this piece. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

wow !! very nice grumpy . great craftsmanship , i envy your sketchup skills . very nice post ! thx

Nice work Grumpy. Not just the same old same old. I really need to sit down one of these days and learn sketchup. It seems to be of great benefit.

-- Michael R. Harvey - Brewster, NY - RusticElementArt.com - SpaceAware.org - AnConn.com

A very nice design for a bed and you have finished it so well. Your sketches show how much efforts you have taken to make the bed perfect. Thanks for several pictures.
Sharad

-- patanjali

Wow, Grumpy, you spent as much time designing it as you did building it and it shows! She must be thrilled. Great project. It’s so nice we can use our talents to share with those we love.

-- Bob A in NJ

I had never heard of a king size single bed before.

A very unique design, & well crafted, with many features.

Thanks for showing the additional pictures.

Your Granddaughter will cherish this gift of love, for many years.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Grumpy:

A great design, and wonderful execution. Nice job.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

What can I say that hasn’t been said? Great job, Grumpy.

Oh, by the way, are you sure there are enough slats to support the mattress and box spring? (As my grandfather used to say, anything worth building is worth overbuilding.) :-)

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

Hi Grumpy;

Fantastic job.

You certainly have learned your way around in sketchup.

The workmanship on both the bed and the finish is terrific.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Hey Grumpy, you did a king size build on this bed. It looks great

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

Wow !
That came out great Grumpy!
I bet your granddaughter will love that bed twenty years from now too as well as its made..

I need to set my sights on learning Sketch Up more.
It looks like it was quite a help.

Thanks for giving us a look.

-- Eric

Excellent take on the bed. Isn’t it funny that when you get to build a piece for someone you love it always turns out to be over the top? As always, bbqKing.

-- bbqKing, Lawrenceville

Good job my friend well done.Perhaps looks a little narrow for a king size but as was suggested here it’s a king size single! I never heard of that either anyway it looks fantastic I hope the child will be happy and snuggled up every night.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Great Job Grump!!! I really like your sketchup drawings. Looks like you could be working for some woodworking magizines. Very nice craftsmanship!

-- Dennis Zongker

Grumpy the bed looks great. Nice to have extra storage around I am sure. The payment terms sound like they were very good as well :).

CtL

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

Great job…I’m going to need to refer to this when it comes time to build a new bed for my daughter! Thanks for the detailed post and photos.

-- Patrick, Chicago, IL http://www.TenonAndSpline.com/blog

A very humbling response jocks. Thank you for all the kind words & support. It was a great project that perhaps took longer than necessary but worth it in the end.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Tom, a King size single bed mattress is 1070mm x 2030mm (42” X 80” Approx). I allowed 5mm (3/16”) all round clearance which worked out well.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Charlie, The spacings are fine, the grandaughter is nin years old but time will tell. My son is handy with tools so there won’t be an issue. There is a centre support to take the load as well.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Patrick, or anybody else. If you need more details let me know.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Trim, Rustic, Shared, Bob, Lee, Woodwrecker, Dennis. Thanks for your comments on sketchup. It is a great package. You can plan in detail & have the advantage of seeing how things will fit together. It is time consuming as Bob A suggests & you can get a bit carried away with the finest details which sometimes are not necessary but that’s what makes a Lumberjock.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

It looks great!

-- Michael A. Brailsford

Congratulations – you deserive a prize for this project.

-- Joe

Nice bed thanks for sharing.

-- franklinalbert@sbcglobal.net

Awesome job Grumpy! I’m sure she will enjoy it a bunch!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

great job grumpy. your granddaughter’s gonna love you forever for this. great job on the sketchup and posting too. beautiful all around.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Thanks Michael, Joe, King, Les & Mike. Much appreciated.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Wow Grumpy! Great job on this. The drawers under that bed will give her a ton of room. She’ll really enjoy that for years to come.

You did a terrific job!

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

Thanks Steve. It was built to last the distance.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Grumpy:
This is a great looking bed. I like the drawers under the mattress. That may be a modification I make to mine once the grand daughters get too old to visit grandpa! Never enough storage.

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!

Thanks for the comment Gary.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Wow! very nice. I like it!:)

Thanks xingyun13.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python