I did a lot of housework this weekend, which has left me fairly tired. Appropriately, tonight’s design is a for a bed:
When putting this design together, I wanted an interesting pattern without the heavy feeling of highly ornament sleigh bed. The main frame would be of a medium-toned wood, maybe cherry or a mahogany. The lighter inside pieces are a web of boards with plenty of open/negative space, lightening the hefty feeling of the bed. They would be a lighter species of wood.
The thickness of the web of boards would also be slightly thinner than the main frame. I think the offset will add a nice shadow to the headboard and footboard. I don’t know if it would be better to center those boards on the outer frame or to have them flush with one side. I also may think about moving the vertical parts of the web slightly closer to the center; I would have to play with that more to see how that might work out.
If only blogging about it meant it was built – I’d go crash right now!
You might like to play with the side view – perhaps somehow connecting those support boards like the head and foot boards.
A heavier board (like you have) from the footboard towards the center and the center, lighter board connecting to the other board.
Am I making any sense? I can draw something up if it’ll help.
Are you talking about another horizontal board, running somwhere from the head to the foot of the bed beneath the rails? Something that would make capital A’s our of the diagonal supports?
I really like this design. The lines on the head board and foot board work really well together. I also think you ideas for the wood are perfect.
I hope you build this one day, as I would love to see it.
Thanks. I may have the opportunity some time next year, with my oldest getting to the right age for a bed.