I made several sketches of a bed frame design and ended up mostly not going with any of them, instead just choosing to freehand it, as it were. I wanted something nice and sturdy that felt less bulky and more modern than what I previously had in the bedroom. To that end, I had a fair amount of sustainably forested, cabinet grade plywood on hand that was going to be used for a buffet until I nixed that idea in favor of some floating cabinetry (coming soon in another post). So, with no materials to purchase I set about building the frame and headboard and tweaking things along the way until I finished it up.

The stain was matched to the stain I used on the dresser (a piece that’s been in my family since my grandparents purchased it, well, a very long time ago) – unfortunately I’m not as good at staining furniture as I’d like to be so more practice needs to go into that.