This is a project we've been working on off and off for for months... which is sad, because it only took about 2 hours of actual work to do!
I had been coveting this bed: http://www.vivaterra.com/vintage-couglas-fir-gustavian-bed.html -- but not so much the price tag. So, we decided to mimic the design.
We used 5 12 inch-wide planks of pine wood. We cut the two on the ends to 10 inches each to fit the bed better (using a table saw) and secured them together using wood glue. When the wood glue dried, we attached of the pine pieces that we'd cut off near the bottom of the bed frame and a metal strip closer to the top.
The following weekend, we picked it up again and taped painting papers on the bedframe. We figured out the proportions of the curves (as in, this bend is halfway between this corner and this corner...), marked them and hand-drew the outline of the frame.
We sanded the front pretty thoroughly, since the wood glue had leaked through, and the wood had some cardboard glued to it...
And then stained it with two coats of a dark walnut stain.
We let it dry downstairs for the following week, and just moved it upstairs this morning!
I love it - even the not-so even bits - it looks like a proper bed now!
I had been coveting this bed: http://www.vivaterra.com/vintage-couglas-fir-gustavian-bed.html -- but not so much the price tag. So, we decided to mimic the design.
We used 5 12 inch-wide planks of pine wood. We cut the two on the ends to 10 inches each to fit the bed better (using a table saw) and secured them together using wood glue. When the wood glue dried, we attached of the pine pieces that we'd cut off near the bottom of the bed frame and a metal strip closer to the top.
The following weekend, we picked it up again and taped painting papers on the bedframe. We figured out the proportions of the curves (as in, this bend is halfway between this corner and this corner...), marked them and hand-drew the outline of the frame.
We sanded the front pretty thoroughly, since the wood glue had leaked through, and the wood had some cardboard glued to it...
And then stained it with two coats of a dark walnut stain.
We let it dry downstairs for the following week, and just moved it upstairs this morning!
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