Best place to buy bedroom furniture plans??

[kooshball]

I am in the planning stages of my bedroom furniture project and am looking for a good source on plans. I have looked at Taunton's bed compilation book and was disappointed with the plans in there; they seemed too "wood-shop class looking" if that makes sense.

Where is a good source for fine furniture plans that has classy, professional grade plans? I am interested in loose interpretations of the crafsman style, casual style to slightly modern style. I know that is vague but it should rule out highly formal styles of furniture. I want to keep it simple, clean and classy.

thanks

 

[botebum]

What are the chances of Googling "mission bed", taking ideas you like from what you find, and working up your own plans? Use any bed plan for your general measurements and typical bed connections and throw your own sense of style at it. It might be a bit more difficult and you may have to make some 'on the fly' decisions, but in the end you'll have exactly what you want and have that much more pride in it.
Just my .02

Doug

 

[Mt. Gomer]

Not sure these would be professional enough but I really like some of the bedroom plans at PlansNow....

http://plansnow.com/bedroom.html

I like their suite too:

http://plansnow.com/wsbedroom.html

 

[Shayne]

Not sure if this tickles your fancy but I used plans from Wood magazine to build this bed and matching end tables. There is also a dresser which I bought the plans for but haven't made. I thought the plans were good and easy to use.

http://www.woodstore.net/arcrbemist.html

 

[kooshball]

I should have posted this earlier but when I ask my wife what style of furniture she likes things like this come to her mind:

http://www.potterybarn.com/products...set-save-150/popup/more-views.html#hero-image

Thanks for all the posts!

 

[golfdad]

----this one was in woodsmith yrs ago...I think you can still get it at woodcraft

 

[cpowell]

I should have posted this earlier but when I ask my wife what style of furniture she likes things like this come to her mind:

http://www.potterybarn.com/products...set-save-150/popup/more-views.html#hero-image

Thanks for all the posts!

You can buy a plan then modify the headboard/footboard/side rails to suit your style. The plan would just provide dimensions (so the mattress and foundation will fit) and would also provide details on joinery. Something like this plan http://www.plansnow.com/bed.html would work. It doesn't look exactly like your photo but minor changes will get you there.

If you buy a plan for a dresser you will be able to scale it and make a chest of drawers and a night stand. You just need the construction details.

If you are familiar with bed construction and joinery then you could get by with a photo dropped into Sketchup and a few dimensions to scale it. You can design the joinery and critical dimensions with pencil and paper.



Chuck

 

[oldgrowthfurniture]

David - I can't remember where I got the idea from (it's not an original design), but here is a mission style bed I created. I can't remember if I have a set of plans on my website or not, but I'm confident I can create a set if you're interested. Jeff

http://oldgrowthfurniture.com/mission_bed.htm