Meanwhile, I built the bed I sleep in. Literally. My bed is made from solid Douglas fir and southern yellow pine, hand made into a proper bed frame that will last multiple lifetimes if taken care of. Want the bed heated/cooled? Fill a rubber bladder with hot water or ice. There. No fucking app required.
I have been building stuff outside with treated lumber this spring, but working on some furniture would mean smaller projects with more attention to quality and detail.
It really is quite zen. While sanding is time consuming, it’s also a very tactile, embodied experience. It’s done as much by touch and feel as anything else.
We sleep on a mattress laid on a base with no frame, and it’s perfectly fine. We took the habit while in Japan, where we used a futon. Now I can’t imagine climbing in a bed. The only problem is the giant centipedes
Even if you use plain construction pine with a simple design, it’ll probably last longer than you do. That’s what we did.
We had a bed frame from a “nice” furniture store, and when I saw it going in, I knew immediately it wasn’t going to last. Lots of parts with screws that were really shallow and would back out easily. They had to be shallow because the wood was so thin. Hard to tell when it’s at the store, but watching the delivery people put it together, it was obvious.
Did a few things to keep it together, but once it broke beyond reasonable repair, I made a simple platform bed frame and called it good. Has lots more underbed storage space and you could probably build a tank on top of it.
Yup. The bed was my first big woodworking project, and I just made it out of some construction lumber as well, though with a lot of working. I built it off one of the Ana White designs.
Meanwhile, I built the bed I sleep in. Literally. My bed is made from solid Douglas fir and southern yellow pine, hand made into a proper bed frame that will last multiple lifetimes if taken care of. Want the bed heated/cooled? Fill a rubber bladder with hot water or ice. There. No fucking app required.
Hey Ron.
Username definitely checks out.
I might have to do this.
I have been building stuff outside with treated lumber this spring, but working on some furniture would mean smaller projects with more attention to quality and detail.
Sounds zen as fuck!
It really is quite zen. While sanding is time consuming, it’s also a very tactile, embodied experience. It’s done as much by touch and feel as anything else.
You make a sweet headboard on that bad boy?
Of course!
Fuck that’s a nice bed.
You should see the guest bed I built after it!
We sleep on a mattress laid on a base with no frame, and it’s perfectly fine. We took the habit while in Japan, where we used a futon. Now I can’t imagine climbing in a bed. The only problem is the giant centipedes
Even if you use plain construction pine with a simple design, it’ll probably last longer than you do. That’s what we did.
We had a bed frame from a “nice” furniture store, and when I saw it going in, I knew immediately it wasn’t going to last. Lots of parts with screws that were really shallow and would back out easily. They had to be shallow because the wood was so thin. Hard to tell when it’s at the store, but watching the delivery people put it together, it was obvious.
Did a few things to keep it together, but once it broke beyond reasonable repair, I made a simple platform bed frame and called it good. Has lots more underbed storage space and you could probably build a tank on top of it.
Yup. The bed was my first big woodworking project, and I just made it out of some construction lumber as well, though with a lot of working. I built it off one of the Ana White designs.