DIY: Bed Frame

Now that we've got a nice new mattress in our guest bedroom, the next step is getting the bed frame.  The CB2 bed frame that I'm in love with retails for $600.  While I don't think that is horribly expensive, I was pretty sure I could recruit my dad to make me a replica at about a third of the cost.  Sure enough, he obliged and has done a ton of research to figure out the logistics of making the bed.  So, my parents came up for a weekend and brought an entire van full of tools (including a table saw, nail gun, heavy duty clamps) and lumber.  We worked on making the bed for over 20 hours that weekend.  The bed is being made of solid oak (it's a beast) and is still a work in progress.  Here's the progress:

I like to call this the "poop shot"

 We had quite the set-up going in our little basement:

Mike & my dad

Pieces of the headboard

The feet

The 3 work stations: gluing, cutting, sanding

Mikey chiseling a groove for the sideboard brackets

We got the base and foot board done and all of the headboard prepped (glued & sanded).  My dad will be coming up in a couple weeks to finish everything up and then I'll be staining & top coating it.  It should be done by early April.  I can't wait to reveal it to you!