This is my first post here on this forum, so hello :-). We moved to Japan a little over a year ago and I decided to take up woodworking while I am here. We got rid of most of our furniture before making the move and I am slowy trying to replace it with handmade furniture.
I'm in the process of building a live edge canopy bed and am hitting a snag when deciding the side rail and footboard height. This is what I am using as inspiration:
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Instead of walnut, I am using kusunoki (Japanese camphor)
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(Headboard) (Total height 36")
I have a slightly smaller piece (without the massive check) that I am going to use as the footboard. I get one chance to get the height of the footboard correct and I am hesitant as to what height I should leave.
The footboard has vertical sides of 22" and a total height of 33".
In addition, I have enough material to make anything up to 15" rails but I'm thinking 7.5" would be adequate when paired with a 5" boxspring.
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Below is a picture of the log this material came from. It fell in a storm 14 years ago in Kitakyushu. The owner of the land cut it into 8 foot sections, carved a chaise lounge out of one section, took a 4" slice out of it for a live edge countertop and sold me the remainder of the tree.
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