since covid hit my wife has been homebased and thus not needing the benefits of a warm garage. That extra space has caused this project to go on forever. if it was on top of my workbench, i'd have finished it long ago. but with cooler weather approaching, i'm motivated to get it done.
This is the bed i finished back in march. you'll notice it has 3 rails and an odd open spot. that spot will be filled with a dresser than faces away from the mattress. it will be the height of the headboard and go the full length of the bed.
i bought a few hundred board feet of air dried walnut in one of the luckiest finds. the purples and golds and light color are amazing to my eye. i have several sequential boards and i've used those doing book matches and slip matches for the bed and case.
in the pic below, the side closest to the viewer, the 4 chambers are solid wood shelves and vertical dividers. there will be 2 doors covering the 4 chambers closest to the viewer.
the chambers farthest from the viewer are for drawers and are web frames. the cross grain pieces of the frame are M&T but not glued in the back.
i bought some 12/4 poplar so i've resawn to make QS drawer sides and backs.
i have a couple special boards i'm going to resaw to veneer for the drawer fronts and doors. the doors will be veneered ply. the veneer will continue across the piece from drawer to drawer and into the doors.
the doors are a combo of inset on the side closest and overlay of the middle. same with the drawers, they will all have some odd overlay.
you don't be able to see the dividers at all. you can see the hand recesses.
This is the bed i finished back in march. you'll notice it has 3 rails and an odd open spot. that spot will be filled with a dresser than faces away from the mattress. it will be the height of the headboard and go the full length of the bed.
i bought a few hundred board feet of air dried walnut in one of the luckiest finds. the purples and golds and light color are amazing to my eye. i have several sequential boards and i've used those doing book matches and slip matches for the bed and case.
in the pic below, the side closest to the viewer, the 4 chambers are solid wood shelves and vertical dividers. there will be 2 doors covering the 4 chambers closest to the viewer.
the chambers farthest from the viewer are for drawers and are web frames. the cross grain pieces of the frame are M&T but not glued in the back.
i bought some 12/4 poplar so i've resawn to make QS drawer sides and backs.
i have a couple special boards i'm going to resaw to veneer for the drawer fronts and doors. the doors will be veneered ply. the veneer will continue across the piece from drawer to drawer and into the doors.
the doors are a combo of inset on the side closest and overlay of the middle. same with the drawers, they will all have some odd overlay.
you don't be able to see the dividers at all. you can see the hand recesses.
