Thread: new bed, progress shots

Looking good Steph, keep the photos coming.

The promises we make (Still haven't started on the one for spare room). Looking great and keep the photos coming Steph.

Steve

Looking good.

Hi Steph,

Good work to date on the bed. I like your design. Just out of interest, how will the mattress rest in it, i.e. on slats? If slats, will they be hardwood or softwood and will it have a centre leg?

cheers
Wendy

Originally Posted by RufflyRustic

Hi Steph,

Good work to date on the bed. I like your design. Just out of interest, how will the mattress rest in it, i.e. on slats? If slats, will they be hardwood or softwood and will it have a centre leg?

cheers
Wendy

HI Wendy,

There will be rails on each side first supporting 4 cms thick slats and to provide further support, there will be two long pieces running lengthwise supporting the slats. I have a bed at home that i purchased from naturally timber which is made like that so I decided to copy their way of providing support for the mattress. I hope it'll turn out ok. If you have alternative suggestion, please feel free to let me know, I haven't started to do this part yet.
Cheers
Steph

Great work Steph, looking forward to seeing more pics of your progress. Well done

Nice looking Steph. But does (by the pics) this mean that they have to sleep outside next to the house?

Nice work. Just make sure you give the parents plenty of blankets and they'll be fine out in the yard...

Originally Posted by Dr.Zook

Nice looking Steph. But does (by the pics) this mean that they have to sleep outside next to the house?

Hi again Dr,

in response to your question, considering that it will be the first time in 17 years that I'll be living in the same house with my parents for three months, they may well end up right outside the garage after three days...... When I go back in France I usually never spend more than a week at my parents' place so I am afraid three months will drive me nuts.... May be I could rent them to some family at some point and make a buck out of it....
What an ungrateful son I am.... lucky they can't speak English for crap...
CHeers
Steph

lucky they can't speak English for crap

http://translation2.paralink.com/

en réponse à votre question, en estimant que ce sera la première fois dans 17 ans que je vivrai dans la même maison avec mes parents depuis trois mois, ils peuvent bien se retrouver à l'extérieur du garage après trois jours ...... quand je retourne en France je ne passe d'habitude jamais plus d'une semaine à l'endroit de mes parents donc j'ai peur que trois mois me conduisent les noix.... Peut être je pourrais les louer à une famille à un point et en faire un mâle....
Quel fils ingrat je suis .... fortuné ils ne peuvent pas parler

Just trying to help out, and get in the will!

Et bien Steph, faut faire attention a ce que l'on ecrit ces jours-ci!!!

Achille.

For non French speakers, translation of the above:


Ah well Steph, one nees to be careful with what one writes these days!!!

Et bien Steph, faut faire attention a ce que l'on ecrit ces jours-ci!!!

Achille.

For non French speakers, translation of the above:


Ah well Steph, one needs to be careful with what one writes these days!!!

Originally Posted by achille

Et bien Steph, faut faire attention a ce que l'on ecrit ces jours-ci!!!

Achille.

For non French speakers, translation of the above:


Ah well Steph, one needs to be careful with what one writes these days!!!

Fortunately the translation must have been made by some kind of software and it is not perfect.... thanx for trying to betray me guys....

Hi Stef,

That sounds like a good way of supporting the centre of the bed. What timber are you going to use for the slats?

I can't offer any experience, but just happened to be reading something about beds where they said that queen/king beds without a centre support with softwood slats voided the mattress warranty, hence my questions. It was an American magazine, but I thought these two points made a lot of sense.

cheers
Wendy