Thread: Bedroom Suite

More beautiful work John!!

Lovely colour in all the pieces.

I find Surian Cedar harder to work with than Aus. Red Cedar. It tends to be much more open grained and becomes hairy. I steer clear of it for that reason.

You are absolutely correct, artme. I find that some boards are fine, and some are woolly. However, they generally sand up fine, and after the sanding sealer is on the timber finishes well.

I like the timber, and I like the price I can get it for (reasonably inexpensive and pretty ... a good mix). It also helps that glue joints dry very quickly. So, I am prepared to live with some surfaces being woolly until the sanding sealer is on.

I recently built an entertainment unit out of NG Rosewood. The internal components (shelves, base, frames, drawer runners etc) are all cedar (base and shelves have a rosewood leading edge), selected to be a close colour match to the rosewood. This kept the weight as well as the cost down.

My supplier has sold me a new Italian poly finish that he reckons is as easy to use as lacquer and which can be hand polished to a mirror finish. I like the idea of a tough poly finish over the soft cedar, as a protective measure.

Hi John,

Really like what you have done here, simple but elegant. Great job.

We were aiming at simple, clean and elegant, with an Art Deco feel, so your comments are much appreciated.

Very nice, particularly like the colour and the device/ornamental on the bedhead

Forgot to compliment the Art Deco influence!! My favourite style.

Rosewood an ARC complment each other beautifully. I thnk many people don't realize though just how heavy Rosewood is in comparison to ARC, so your point about keeping weight down is a good one.

Thanks artme and wun4us.

Usually not keen on overly heavy furniture, so any opportunity to keep weight down is taken. In the rosewood unit, the difference between the rosewood and the cedar is all but invisible when you open the doors.

I was pleased with the ornamental device on the bed. It appears also on a cedar chaise that sits at the foot of our bed. It took a little time to make, but was not really difficult.

The chaise looks a different colour here, but in reality is a good match for the remainder of the suite. This chaise is a favourite. Love the curved sides.

Cedar Chaise.jpg

Nice set of bedroom furniture there sir.

Of course I know where the small imperfections are, but am telling nobody.

John a nice combination of grain matching and Art Deco design features. Congratulations on a beautifully executed bedroom suite, a heritage combination to be very proud of.

I pick up timber today and next week I start on the final piece, a large unit to hold linen for the master bedroom as well as general storage (read junk) for Her Indoors.

The doors for the top section of these units will have stained glass inserts made by Her Indoors. The first glass panel is already made. It is beautiful.

That was an important part of the design brief.