Request: daybed

[kerbear]

I'm having a difficult time coming up with a design for a full-size daybed that I will be building soon. Does anyone have any ideas, plans, or photos to share? Thank you in advance.

-- Kerri

[Tom]

Kerri wrote:>I'm having a difficult time coming up with a design for a full-size daybed

Do a google image search for "daybed", and get some sleep. Tom Someday, it'll all be over....

[kerbear]

I'm not a complete idiot. I thought since this was a popular woodworking group that maybe someone would have made a daybed in their day and would be willing to share their thoughts.

[Lowell Holmes]

I'm not sure that I know what a day bed is. If your interested, I have thoughts on pencil post beds.:-) Taunton has at least two books concerning beds.

[Tom]

Forgive me, I'm just a simple man.The "get some sleep" quip was just that. A joke. Of course you're not a complete idiot. But I sometimes find that too much information can be as bad or worse than not enough. You need to _know_ what _you_ want. And that may entail.... too much information. Tom Someday, it'll all be over....

[Charlie Self]

Still, try google. Hit it with daybed+plans. The first one gets you a plan, if you want one. The rest of the first page is mostly irrelevant, and I didn't check further, but you might well find some help in there if no one pipes up here. I must admit, when the youngest wanted a daybed for her room many years ago, I cheated and went out and bought one.

Charlie Self "Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger." Thucydides

[kerbear]

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Sure, we build things ourselves to save money. Just recently I bought a new TV. The store wanted $100 for a stand that matches it. I built my own for $150 in material and about 20 hours labor.

Seriously, money is not the motivator, quality is. I'm going to build a chase lounge that is going to be superior to one that I saw for $1100. Two years ago I built and outdoor bench. I could have bough a cheapo for $100, but instead, I spent $325 for material. I saw the same bench in a store for $1000.

If you need a place to sleep, buy one. If you want a family heirloom, build it. Ed [e-mail]

[kerbear]

Yeah, I figure a full-size solid oak daybed would probably run in the thousands. Or, I could just find a plan I like and use the wood I have. The problem is finding a plan I like! hahaha

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Make your own. ; Take a look on my web page and you will see one. I don't have any plans, just sort of winged it. The only dimension that is critical is the mattress size and you can even cut foam to what you want. Ed [e-mail]