The wife and I decided to get rid of our cheap furniture in our spare bedrooms, one being an ikea set and the other a decent laminate wood set I got off CL while in college. Nothing is really wrong with them so we’re giving them to a friend, who could use it, for cheap.
We like rustic style stuff and my wife thinks I’m Bob Vila’s long lost son or something. I’m NOT a finish work guy but I decided to take a shot at building the pretty straight forward bed.
I basically wanted to build a solid wood copy of this bed. The sample bed’s headboard alone goes for $180 and is made of MDF and photo transfer coated. I set out to do the whole bed out of softwood for less than that.
Tuesday I bought my materials: 4x4 posts, 1x6 panels, 2x6 rails, 1x4 trim caps, 1x4 furing base, 2x4 panel top/bottom and base support.
Wednesday I did all of my cuts and pocket holes, mocked up the footboard
Thursday I did the sanding w 120 grit and basic assembly
Friday I was exhausted from the work week and didn’t touch the project.
Saturday I did the painting, 2:1 killz latex primer/water
Sunday I stained the trim caps and polyurethanes everything. The white all got 3 coats of satin and the stain got 3 coats of gloss, sanded with 320 between coats. (Pic before poly)
Finally tonight I attached the stained trim pieces and bed rail hardware, and brought it upstairs.
Project complete!
Now the wife is waiting for me to build the next one, different style.
We like rustic style stuff and my wife thinks I’m Bob Vila’s long lost son or something. I’m NOT a finish work guy but I decided to take a shot at building the pretty straight forward bed.
I basically wanted to build a solid wood copy of this bed. The sample bed’s headboard alone goes for $180 and is made of MDF and photo transfer coated. I set out to do the whole bed out of softwood for less than that.
Tuesday I bought my materials: 4x4 posts, 1x6 panels, 2x6 rails, 1x4 trim caps, 1x4 furing base, 2x4 panel top/bottom and base support.
Wednesday I did all of my cuts and pocket holes, mocked up the footboard
Thursday I did the sanding w 120 grit and basic assembly
Friday I was exhausted from the work week and didn’t touch the project.
Saturday I did the painting, 2:1 killz latex primer/water
Sunday I stained the trim caps and polyurethanes everything. The white all got 3 coats of satin and the stain got 3 coats of gloss, sanded with 320 between coats. (Pic before poly)
Finally tonight I attached the stained trim pieces and bed rail hardware, and brought it upstairs.
Project complete!
Now the wife is waiting for me to build the next one, different style.