This is an oak captain’s bed that was completed on October 25, 2008. It features 6 drawers on one side and I just left the other side open. Most of the time these are placed in smaller kids rooms and usually the bed is placed against the wall making the other side useless. The footboard has a door has a door to access the space under the bed.
The finish that the customer selected was pickled oak from Minwax followed by two coats for pre-catalyzed lacquer.
More picture can be seen at www.wwbeds.com. Just click on Current Projects.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Chalkboard Murphy Wall Bed
This is a different version of my Chalkboard Murphy Wall bed that was completed on 9-30-2008. On this version the customer requested that we do pegboard on one side and the chalkboard on the other. All other wood surfaces were finished in a cherry finish.
Here are some other pictures
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http://wwbeds.com/Sept08Pictures/IM003798.JPG
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Chandler Table
This was a table that was complete on September 16th, 2008. It is a table base for a local designer. I was commissioned to build the base only and they supplied the glass top. It is built from walnut and Waterfall Bubinga. The walnut feet are 6×6x6 blocks mitered in the corner so that no end grain is showing. They were offset from the walnut base by 3” on each side. Then to make the transition from the feet to the base I used a mission style molding to match the top molding.The bubinga used on the top a some that my brother bought at auction from Dessault/Falcon Jet where he works. I applied it to an MDF substrate with contact cement.
On the finish, I planned on doing everything natural, but the walnut wasn’t dark or consistent enough so I stained it with a Dark Walnut stain from Minwax before applying the two coats of pre-catalyzed lacquer. The top was clear coated only. By the way I just installed and used my new air assisted airless spray gun that I bought at the IWF show last month. It is great. It applies the softest finish with very little overspray.
This was actually my second one to build. The first one I looked at my cut list wrong and built it too wide by 8 inches. The customer said they would take both and sell the other on consignment for me, so it worked out great. The pictures below are of the wider one
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Sample of Waterfall Bubinga
Before the table base was stained
View without glass top
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