This project comes to us from Jeff in Massachusetts. Let’s check it out:
Here are a few photos of a project I completed in April of 09. It is basically modified from Rockler’s Bunk Bed Plan, made from Maple with a few coats of water-based poly, for my youngest daughter. She has the smaller bedroom and uses the top bunk as a loft space for hanging out and reading (loves to read).
It is mostly to plan but I substituted hardwood dowels for the turned spindles (yankee thrift) and left out a few of the curves. I don’t own a bandsaw so curves are roughed out with a handheld jigsaw and then completed with a pattern bit and my router. The top loft got quickly loaded with her ‘stuff’ including stuffed animals. The photos show the ‘backside’ view too (which is kind of funny, at least I think so).
11 Responses to “Maple Bunk Bed – Viewer Project”
Very nice job. My twin 7 year old granddaughters would love it… AND the animals. Good pics too.
Any stuffed animal should be proud to live on that bed. Nice job.
Fine job. That maple looks great, Jeff.
Your daughter and her “friends” look very pleased with their new bed.
Nice curly maple on the uprights. They’d make great banjo necks! :->
DD
Very nice beds. I love the maple for a girls room, and the curly posts are exceptional.
dw
Hey Jeff,
Nice work! I really like the dowel trick.
“Use it up, Where it outm make do or do with out.” Yankee proverb. I got that from his Normness…..I quote it all the time.
Very nice modifications of the plan. Could you tell me how did you joint and lock the upper bed with the lower bed? did you used a stud?
I’m looking to do a mezzanine bed for my kid.
Thank you,
The curly/tiger maple posts really make the bed stand out. Congratulations on the bed(s).
Totally Awesome!
Looks like the kids and the creatures love it!
The curly maple on the posts looks great. My wife thought Maple was boring until I made a table for my office with a curly maple top. It now has become a viable wood!
Hey,
Great job. I am going to make one for my step daughter and my son. I would like to know (since I have limited tools) what is one things I should make sure I have in my shop when doing this project. What where some of you hurdles you came across that I should keep an eye on?
Thanks
David