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Since this was my first attempt at building anything for INSIDE the house, thought I’d show it off 😉
It’s a very small bedroom (hence no photos show the whole thing), so it made sense to give her some space under the bed for a desk and storage etc.
Next step is a matching chair, which I feel quite out of my reckoning for. Might have to use hardwood (gasp!) and learn to use a router and fancy joins (gasp gasp!).
Really nice work. Like the desk part underneath. Saw something like that at Costco for $1,000.
Looks great, it has a nice clean look to it.
Ha that reminds me of all the earthquakes weve had here in earthquakeville aka california, I had a bunk bed growing up and was in the top bunk and for some reason earthquakes prefer to come out at night, anyways the added height of a bunk bed always amplifies the fierceness of a quake.
Looks great. I know there has to be a happy little girl somewhere
thanks guys, I’m pretty stoked how its turned out, and so is she! I picked up a 3×3 white cube storage unit at Masters (cheating i know) to give her some space to put all her craft/toys.
any suggestions about chair making?
Personally I would goto ikea for her chair. But if you really want to make it, this lady made a good one. http://ana-white.com/2010/11/plans/four-dollar-stackable-children%E2%80%99s-chairs
Nice work! Very clean and functional little piece. She’ll be proud to tell everyone her daddy made it for her.
Chairs can get complicated, but you can do it. Check out some plans and stuff first. You’ll do fine.
Awesome job Dwaine. Great job on the ladder and angles too! Good luck with the chair, I am going to make some Adirondacks for my future summer time garden project this winter but those are generally a New England outdoor chair and, I might add that’ll be my first shot at making a chair.
Looks great!
Good Luck, Chris.
I like the look of that children’s chair Harold! I think i’ll change it to a full coverage seat (rather than slats) and give it a go!
decided to try the classic chair instead (without a cushion). proving very difficult …
progress photo:
Looks great so far.
very nice
looks great keep us posted on how it turns out.
progress photo. most of the hard work’s done now. Taking SOOOO long …
New things tried so far:
– Mortise & Tenon
– Dowelling
– Pocket screws (Kreg)
– Japanese Pull Saw (So cool! Who knew I could pull of a straight cut with a hand saw!)
nice work. I dont know if you have ever seen this site. http://chair-kits.com
you can buy the hard to make pecies. Looks like your well on your way though
Wow looks really cool Dwain looks like an insane amount of work too, but its a cool memento to for your kids to have over the years.