Thread: help please silky oak bed

ok fixed it

here is everything i have


this is the Bed Head all apart it was glued up with some #### glue and was very easy to pull out the joins also u can see one of the slats is missing


this is the bed foot end i think im going to have to take this end apart but im not sure how also the tape measure is to give scale its 1 meter long


here is the hardware to fix the sides on i don't know if its original or if ill find mating parts


here is a join on the foot end the bed has putty filler in it some not so well done i believe this is the bottom of the bed and the original sides were held in with dowels


lastly here is my stash of silky oak but i think the board is normal oak


dimentions the bed is 1385mm wide, the foot end is 755mm high, the head is 1055mm high, the legs are 55mm square and from the floor to the top of the fixing plate is 380mm can anyone help me find the length needed for a standard bed? are there standard size beds?

now mum doesn't care if the new sides are pine as they wont be seen i don't have many tools like just the basic hand tools

can any one give me advice as how i should go about doing this as im kinda lost as how to start?

That's a beautiful bed! I don't think it needs a bed as such - just bed brackets to support a steel rail and slats - you can often buy the slats at op shops too.

Cleaned up, sanded, reglued and finished that will look tremendous. A great find.

Do as Richard says an look for the steel rials to fit the brackets.

hmm this doesn't seem so hard now ill do my best to give everything a good clean but what length should the bed end up?

Just buy a bed frame from an op shop either steel or wood. This would be cheaper than the wood or steel to make one.