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Building a Lapped Lattice

Building a Lapped Lattice

For my king bed, I wanted to do something more interesting than simple plywood panels.  Raised panels are nice, but they really didn’t fit into the look of the rest of the set.  Instead, I opted to fill my frames with a lattice of...
King Bed in Cherry and Walnut build, part two

King Bed in Cherry and Walnut build...

This bed is designed to look like the night stands and dresser:  cherry casing sitting on a walnut base.  The frames for the headboard and footboard stand in for the cases, but the “base” is actually four separate...
King Bed in Cherry and Walnut build, part one

King Bed in Cherry and Walnut build...

A king-sized bed frame is a jumbo project.  My lumber shopping list included 49 board-feet of 5/4 cherry, 10 board-feet of 12/4 cherry, 52 board-feet of 5/4 walnut, and 5 board-feet of 4/4 maple for the slats.  To make sure they’d...