[Project 48] Black Walnut California King Bed w/ Floating Nightstands

[Brian Livingstone]

Hi Matt,

Beautiful work !  Thank you for taking the time to document the build and sharing.  I just finished a king size bed (also in walnut).  I used one DF700 connector as well as two 14MM dominos at the four corners.  The DF700 connectors are amazing. 

Best regards. 

Brian,
Nova Scotia, Canada.

 

[mattbyington]

[member=2242]tallgrass[/member] hahahah thanks man. you are way too nice. I am going to use General Finishes Arm-R-Seal in Satin for the finish. Glad you like the drill guide! I thought it was pretty well made. I know it isn't cheap but components felt good to me and it has come in handy already. Glad my recommendation didn't go poorly.

[member=72399]CeeJay[/member] thanks!!

[member=76192]woodwise[/member] thanks so much appreciate it, of course !

[member=1119]Brian Livingstone[/member] thank you very much! That's awesome! DF700 and connectors sound awesome. I honestly contemplated picking one up but already having the DF500 I felt like I could make it work with the 10mm dominos. We'll see. I used 3 or 4 at all structural joints so hopefully that's enough.

Really appreciate everyone's responses!

This past 3 day weekend I finished all the hard parts - and let me tell you that was a lot of work. Just a lot of surface area, waiting, sanding, flipping, etc. Pretty exhausted but happy it's behind me.

Also I attached the mattress support bars that the mattress slats will lay on as well.

Sort of in the home stretch here...

Matt

 

[mattbyington]

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[nclemmons]

Looking great, Matt! 

Question - given your proximity to neighbors, do you have to be mindful about noise or hours when you can do work?

 

[tallgrass]

No he does not, he has a work shop hidden in some other location, where saw dust is made and projects are not finished in a timely fashion. these are pictures of his glamour shop. Until I see some saw dust, a pic of an unfinished project stuffed into a corner or a pile of scrap wood that looks like a Jenga pile. Who would complain? Yea, I am going to go over and talk to the man who is getting stuff done with style, while I struggle with any portion of the honey do list.

 

[mattbyington]

[member=167]neilc[/member] thanks! I do need to be very careful, I keep the garage door closed at all times and run the air filter constantly. I also installed a "window" AC unit to keep me cold and drilled a 4" hole in the wall, all of this just to keep the door closed to keep the neighbors happy.

[member=2242]tallgrass[/member] hahahahah I was laughing at your response for at least 2 minutes. thanks man. you are too nice to me.

well ... without further delay, it is IN!!!

Now, I haven't done the nightstand drawers yet nor the 3 drawers for the footboard.

I'll keep this thread updated with the drawers and the final shots, but check it out!!!

Matt

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[Michael Kellough]

It’s beautiful Matt!

 

[tallgrass]

Well done. It takes guts to do something that is creative and of your own mind. Keep up the great work.

 

[peter halle]

[member=67555]mattbyington[/member] That rocks!  Thanks for sticking with us here and posting images of your builds!  I remember some of the early ones and the comments then and now WOW you have taken off.

Peter

 

[afish]

Dang, Walnut mattress slates?  Seems a little wasteful, save some walnut for the rest of us. Awesome work though and very unique design. 

 

[rvieceli]

Very nicely done Matt. Beautiful piece.

Ron

 

[CeeJay]

That’s beautiful Matt!

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[kmickey]

Do you follow the strobist website?  Hiding the light behind the headboard makes a huge difference in your pictures.

 

[notenoughcash]

That is the nicest bed i have ever seen.  that is one amazing bit of woodworking, 10/10 and a gold star for you matt [thumbs up] [not worthy]

 

[mattbyington]

[member=2098]Michael[/member] Thank you so much!!

[member=2242]tallgrass[/member] thanks so much man!

[member=1674]Peter Halle[/member] thank you! Yeah, the early ones were rough thanks so much for the kind words!

[member=73094]afish[/member] yes totally. I thought the same thing. I tried to use the rougher boards with a lot of knots and such. It's what I had a LOT of off-cuts from in the shop already... so I figured why not. I do realize it wasn't really necessary.

[member=3192]rvieceli[/member] thanks!!

[member=72399]CeeJay[/member] thank you!

[member=66316]kmickey[/member] I don't, no! Positive difference or negative difference do you think? (Sorry if it's a stupid question). Actually that's part of my home automation that I setup for my wife and I. when I plug my phone in to my nightstand at night (ok nightstand doesn't exist yet but it will) it automatically dims those lights from 100% to 0% over 10 minutes, 10% per minute as like a "sunset".

[member=72337]notenoughcash[/member] thank you so much I really appreciate it!!!

I started on the nightstand drawers this past weekend, pictures coming in a few days!

Thanks so much for everyone's kind words. It means a lot.

Matt

 

[kmickey]

It’s good. Backlighting is usually a good thing in a photo, adds definition to the shape.

 

[kmickey]

It’s good. Backlighting is usually a good thing in a photo, adds definition to the shape.

 

[mattbyington]

[member=66316]kmickey[/member] got it, thanks.

Okay team ... nightstand drawer boxes and drawers are up next here. A bit unique on the design - my wife wanted no hardware for the drawers but also didn't want a hole to open them. I think "inset" drawers look better than "overlay" so that provided a bit of a challenge. What I'm trying to do here is make them "inset" for everything except "overlay" on the bottom. The idea is that I'll route a curve or groove or chamfer on the bottom of the drawer face and you can grab that but it still "looks" like inset on the sides and top... if that makes sense.

Worked a ton on it this past weekend - drawer fronts are still coming...

Matt

PS [member=2242]tallgrass[/member] including a couple "In progress" photos just for you good sir, to prove my shop gets messy!

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