Murphy Bed finally finished!!!!

[lguay]

Hello all, I am a newbie and also a woman woodworker. I have a BT3100 and found your forum looking for some help on the internet. I love the forum and visit almost daily. I have finally finished my Murphy bed project and wanted to share it with all of you. I purchased the Create-a-bed kit from Rockler.

Thanks for all the information you all post here.

[JR]

Beautiful!

[scmhogg]

Iguay,

Welcome aboard. Your Murphy Bed looks terrific. Did you get the Rockler kit with the hydrolic arms? And, how did you get the grain effect on the front?

More details please.

Steve

[DonHo]

Very nice. I'd like more details also.

Oh, and welcome

DonHo

[Popeye]

Whoa, boy howdy, thats a real nice project. Great job. Pat

[ejs1097]

Very, very nice.

[docrowan]

Thanks for the post. On my list of projects is a murphy bed for our living room. I also would like more details. Are the doors on the front functional? If so what kind of shelf depth do you have in them?

Beautiful work, I'll be showing this one to my wife.

[bigstick509]

Very Nice

[cabinetman]

A beautiful job. Nice layout and finish. Is it a full size (double)? Did you add the face pieces to a full sheet for the effect?

[lguay]

Thank you all for the praise it means quite a bit to hear from fellow woodworkers. Here is a bit more detail. I purchased the kit "Create-a-bed" from Rockler. The kit comes with all of the hardware you need plus complete plans and cutting list. Best of all there is a DVD that you can watch over and over to help you build it. All you need is plywood and some clear pine to build the whole thing.

The wood is simply cabinet grade red oak plywood. I spent a bit of time trying to find some nice panels. Once I found the plywood I went back to rockler to find the stain. I used General Finishes Cherry Dainish oil. I used General finish satin for the clear coat. One coat of Cherry three coats of clear, boy that took awhile. The grain effect is just the grain of the plywood with the cherry stain on it.

The "doors" are really just 1/4 red oak molding that I put on the plywood to give the apperance of doors, same with the "drawers" they are 1/4 oak. They are not functional, although my husband asked the same question. The mattress is behind there. I was really trying to give the apperance that there were cabinets and drawers, and I guess it worked. The side bookcases do have actual cabinets though.

The bed is a queen size mattress. I already had a queen size bed in this room, I just put the mattress in and it was ready.

[Stan]

Suweeeet! Great looking project!

[timb]

wow - very nice work

[big tim]

Very nice. For fake doors and drawers, they sure look real in the picture'
Great job!!

[SARGE..g-47]

Excellent job with the plywood, lguay.... Regarding your comment about applying the finish, I for one Hate Finishing period! ha.. ha...

Regards...

[Jaden]

Very inspirational job Iguay.

Steve