Headboard finished (pic)

[Jim Bills]

Some of you had asked for a finished photo of our headboard, so here it is. Took my wife and I exactly 2 months from raw wood, to the finished product.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Jim.......beautiful headboard! What kind of wood and finish did you use? With work like that I'll bet it's hard to be humble in Humble!:eek: :rolleyes: :D

[Jim Becker]

Very nice, Jim. Once of the nice things about this kind of project is that you see it daily and can enjoy the satisfaction that you created it yourselves.

[Jim Bills]

I used qtr sawn red oak for everything but the inserts, and the lower stretcher. The inserts are qtr sawn white oak veneer over 1/2" baltic birch, and the lower stretcher is flat sawn red oak.

I used General Finishes "Spiced Oak" oil stain over a grain filler, and top coated with 3 coats lacquer sprayed with a HVLP sprayer.

Thanks for asking.

Jim

[Bob Winkler]

Beautiful results Jim. No "sleepless nights" over that project. Looks great!

Bob

[David Duke]

Nice work Jim, I know you and your wife are proud of it!!

[Mike Zozakiewicz]

Beautifully piece! are you planning a matching footboard?

[Jim Bills]

No plans for a matching footboard for now. The sleep set is on a metal frame, and the headboard is actually for appearance only. That said, it is built with heavy enough to convert to a conventional bed at a later date if desired.

[Jim Bills]

Thanks to all of you for the positive responses, the photos really don't do justice, but that's another story.

Jim

[Jim Dunn]

Very nice Jim. Looks like it will serve it's purpose for years to come.

[Ken Salisbury]

VERY NICE !

[Corey Hallagan]

Excellent Jim, nice work. It looks great!

Corey

[Jerry Olexa]

Great job and I like your finish...Enjoy it

[John Gornall]

Could you tell a bit about the design and the reasons behind it?

It's interesting having a rail and style frame around a triple rail and style panel.

Probably just the photo but the inner 3 panel section seems to have a miter joint on the upper right corner and a 90 degree rail and style joint on the top left.

Keep up the good work and thanks for the picture.

[Walt Drummond]

Great job, Jim. I'm sure there is a lot of good sleeping to come for that headboard.

[Jim Bills]

Thanks for the interest in this project, the design is totally original, so I can't blame anyone other than myself if it doesn't work. We wanted a simple, but not totally plain headboard. I designed the headboard to reflect these desires. I also wanted to explore using curved parts, as most of my past projects have consisted of only straight parts. The center section is simply a large rail & stile door (rotated 90 degrees) and divided into 3 sections. This center panel fits in a groove on all the structural pieces (top rail, legs, and lower rail). The structural elements are face glued to create 1.5" X 3.5" sections. Due to the length of the rails, I elected to try "Beadlock" joinery, and it actually worked well. The length of the loose tenons worked out to be 2-7/8" and they were the 1/2" beadlock stock. I used the 3/8" stock to join the lower stretcher. Some of the construction details are shown in the photos.