I am looking to start this project in the next couple of weeks and thought I would throw it out there to get everyone's advice. Here is the bed plan I am looking to "copy" (I have a queen bed)
http://www.workbenchmagazine.com/main/wb309-bed01.html
I'm new to all this and have only made coffee...
I love everything about wooden beds except for the creaking which typically comes from where the rails join the head and foot boards. In an attempt to eliminate, or at least minimize, this annoyance I joined the rails along the outer edge of the head and footboards using a single 16 degree...
I decided that the nightstands should also be made from maple and cherry to match the bed but I had this idea of seeing a strip of cherry running vertically though each leg and the top with a second pair of running perpendicular though the top.
To achieve the look of cherry flowing vertically though the piece I realized I first had to assemble the four sections where the grain runs parallel to each other than carefully crosscut the assembled panel to incorporate the 2 sections of cherry which run perpendicular to the grain. To ensure...
There are numerous reasons I enjoy building with wood one of them being the imperfections one finds. Many people I've spoken with refuse to incorporate any defects or flaws in the lumber into their project. Perhaps I am missing something but the variations in color, texture and grain direction...
The cherry board I picked up for the foot board is a good example of wood having character, in fact if ever there was a board that had an attitude I would say this would be it. Through the span of this single 7 inch tall board there are three distinct changes in direction of the grain, a...