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Thread: Cherry kids beds. Future lofted beds

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    Cherry kids beds. Future lofted beds

    My kids have been asking for bunk beds for a while so after a while of drawing up some designs and finding pictures of what they wanted I can up with a design for head board and foot board that could be stacked down the road to make a lofted bed. (They want a “fort” down below versus a bed).

    We went to the lumber mill and they choose cherry for the material so I got to work a while back on it. This also forced me to get a few machines up and running that I had been putting off. (12” porter Jointer and 12” parks planer) Slow progress due to my day job (I travel a lot of work) and other honey to do lists.

    Legs are (3) 3/4” laminated boards to get to 3.25 thick by 3” wide. I have 1/4 in veneer that readers that will get glued to cover glue lines and have a wrapped look. For the middle I cut dado’s that once glued acted as the mortises for cross beams. Cross bears are 1-1/4 thick. 1” x 3.5” boards will cover the top.

    Here are a few pictures.



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    Foot boards coming together

    Got some free time today. Vertical rails made from 1/2 cherry. 3/4 tenons x 1/4 wide

    Still have to glue the 1/4 veneer to cover up the glue lines. Everything will get a nice round over to smooth the edges out. Bed rails will have a 1/2 mortise and bed bolts. Rails will be 1” thick by 6 or 7 inchs wide. 1.5” shelf popular cross supports for the mattress.

    One foot board down. One to go and two head boards.

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    Very nice ... and good idea to pre-plan for alternative ways to use the beds. I leveraged the "loft bed" idea for most of my time in college and it was a winner, especially in very small room situations. And for kids, the "fort" idea is really easy to implement that way.
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