Do You Want to Build a Captain Bed Easily?

The classic captain bed design was used in the ship captain’s quarters where space was limited, and a degree of luxury seemed appropriate. Building one of these beds can be a challenge that’s made easier with a set of captain bed plans to take you though the process.

The typical captain bed design has a mattress platform with banks of drawers below the platform, and a headboard configuration. The design of your captain bed can be in keeping with the traditional beds, or it can be something unique that suits your particular purposes, or it could be a design that simply looks great.

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Selecting The Right Wood

The captain bed plans will help with selecting materials, making and attaching the different components, and selecting the right finish for the particular material you’ve chosen.

The finish materials you select will certainly have an affect on the appearance of the captain bed. Hardwoods such as maple and ash will finish lighter than mahogany and walnut, just as pine will finish lighter than birch.

All are excellent wood for this type of bed, and the captain bed plans include illustrations and descriptions that apply to any of these materials. The platform and supports for the bed can be a common grade of materials, since this system is not seen in the finished product.

Drawer Sides

Other pieces, such as drawer sides and end pieces can be made using thinner, hardwood stock or a lighter veneer. The captain bed plans will show you how to employ hardwood veneer plywood for the larger pieces, as well as offer a few valuable tips on getting the most out of a piece of material.

This will go along way toward saving on materials that can be used in your next project. The plans will show how to fabricate drawers, and a clever way to fabricate drawer faces. You'll also find time-saver tips, such as installing the drawer guides before closing the drawer cavity.

These are common sense solutions, that are provided in order to improve your shop skills.  Further design options might be the height of the mattress platform, or the configuration of an elaborate headboard with shelves and reading lights.

Captain Bed For Kid's Room

For the young person’s room, blending a brightly colored laminate with hardwood would produce an energetic piece of furniture. The captain bed plans will give you enough information to make any design possible, simply by employing the essential information in the right places.

One of the greatest rewards of building furniture is applying your thought processes in advance, then seeing how smoothly things come together. This is the concept that you’ll find in a set of captain bed plans.