Awesome Bunk Bed - Project of the Week

October 2, 2008 by loglad
Filed under: Beds, Project of the Week

This week’s project comes from Ken in CA. Let’s check out what he has to say:

“I recently completed this Bunk Bed for my Grandchildren. I apologize for the photographs. The shots were done in the boys’ bedroom and I couldn’t get back far enough to get complete photographs. The bed is made with solid maple for the stiles and solid cherry for the rails. The rails have birds eye maple veneer insets. The bolt hole covers are fastened to the bed with Velcro to facilitate removal. Ultimately it will separate into 2 twin beds. It is finished with a combination of Watco Cherry Oil and GF Arm-R-Seal Urethane Topcoats. I am a retired Architect. The bed was constructed at the Sawdust Shop a rent-a- shop in Sunnyvale California over a period of a year.

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Tags: bunk beds, Project of the Week

Comments

4 Comments on Awesome Bunk Bed - Project of the Week

Mike on Thu, 2nd Oct 2008 11:56 am

Very very nice. The maple/cherry contast is cool. Did you do the design yourself?

Tennessee Yankee on Thu, 2nd Oct 2008 8:12 pm

I am very impressed. I too will be making a bed for my two daughters, probably within the next year. It was good to hear that it took you a year to make. I guess I should start now.

I very much like the birds eye maple veneer. I love wood with a good helping of figure.

How did you design the bed? Did you do it in SketchUp or another CAD program, or did you go old school with paper, pencil and a big eraser?

woodiespassion on Fri, 3rd Oct 2008 6:02 pm