headboard
Our new independent twin beds need a headboard. They also need special "feet" to keep the beds themselves from migrating, because unlike our ancient water-bed, the twin beds are relatively light, and when we jump into them they can move a little.
Dec 10 2023 The original design was inspired from this two-panel design, but its panels felt too separating. It made us feel as if we were each sequestered in our own panel, so we gave up on that design.
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The next design that caught our attention was the one shown left. The three-panel design alleviated the feeling of separation, but it was overall too low and too wide for our beds. Closer inspection also revealed that the materials being used were inferior.
So we opted for a custom adaptation. The current iteration of that design is shown at the top of this page, but the first draft of the design is shown right. Its design features include dimensions that can be more easily hand-made, with 1/4" being the finest degree of granularity in the design. We selected Red Oak for the 1x3 frame members, and 3/4" two-sided Birch plywood for the panels.
We decided to finish the Red Oak with an oil-based Varathane stain called "Honey", but we also wanted to retain some of the rough surface finish of the Red Oak, so we needed to experiment with an application of the stain to the wood. So we cut some 4" lengths to use as test-pieces.
The first application of Honey turned out rather well. Here's a side-by-side of a stained test-piece and an unstained one. The light was rather bright when I took this picture. The stained piece looks darker in person.
