Boat Bed #1: The Plan

I am about to start on a boat bed. This is one that I’ve built several times. This one is a little different. The customer doesn’t have room for the foot (Bow) of the bed so I am making it as a stand alone toybox that can be pushed up to the foot of the bed when they have room. Also the customer wanted to add portholes down the side. I’ll have 3 on each side. Instead of the trundle there will be three drawers. I will also build a 5 drawer chest and a 2 drawer nightstand to match.

One other thing that will set this a part is instead of it being painted this one will be a stained oak. I’ve built a couple stained maple but never in oak.

I am very excited about starting this project. As I am writing this I’ve already made my cut list, banded most of the parts, and built the chest frame, nightstand frame, and drawer pedestal frame.

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Here is what I got so far:

Here is examples of some built in the past:

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