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Designing a bed
I'm designing a bed that is to have drawers under it. It never occurred to
me until I put pencil to paper (well mouse to CAD), but would the bed still have a box spring, or just the mattress? Any other useful information will be much appreciated. -- San Diego Joe |
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the frame holding the drawers together IS the box spring.
look at water beds, for instance. "San Diego Joe" wrote in message news:1109983110.ac6987af9de5995eedcfa302d58dd5c8@t eranews... I'm designing a bed that is to have drawers under it. It never occurred to me until I put pencil to paper (well mouse to CAD), but would the bed still have a box spring, or just the mattress? Any other useful information will be much appreciated. -- San Diego Joe |
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In article 1109983110.ac6987af9de5995eedcfa302d58dd5c8@teran ews, San Diego Joe wrote:
I'm designing a bed that is to have drawers under it. It never occurred to me until I put pencil to paper (well mouse to CAD), but would the bed still have a box spring, or just the mattress? Depends on how high above the floor you wish the top of the mattress to be. If you want a fairly low profile, then omit the box spring - but you will need to have a solid platform to lay the mattress on. If a higher profile is acceptable, then use a box spring - and you need only a frame and slats to support it. May depend on the type of mattress, too. I believe some are intended for use only with a box spring, and others not. -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt. And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time? |
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It was somewhere outside Barstow when San Diego Joe
wrote: I'm designing a bed Read this month's Fine Woodworking |
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In article 1109983110.ac6987af9de5995eedcfa302d58dd5c8@teran ews,
San Diego Joe wrote: I'm designing a bed that is to have drawers under it. It never occurred to me until I put pencil to paper (well mouse to CAD), but would the bed still have a box spring, or just the mattress? Authoritative answer: "Yes". depends on the design. box spring + mattress means drawers end up relatively shallow and low to the floor. "Captains bed" type eliminates the box-spring for storage. and a very firm sleep support. |
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Not in current issue. It was in the previous issue.
"Andy Dingley" wrote in message ... It was somewhere outside Barstow when San Diego Joe wrote: I'm designing a bed Read this month's Fine Woodworking |
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On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 16:38:19 -0800, San Diego Joe
wrote: I'm designing a bed that is to have drawers under it. It never occurred to me until I put pencil to paper (well mouse to CAD), but would the bed still have a box spring, or just the mattress? Any other useful information will be much appreciated. The only thing I would suggest is check the warranty on your mattress as some require a box spring. Other than that it's just a matter of height. I have a friend who had a similar bed frame for a water bed. He later went to a mattress but with a box spring his wife (she's 4' 10") had a difficult time getting into the bed. They ended up eliminating the box spring altogether. Mike |
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San Diego Joe wrote:
I'm designing a bed that is to have drawers under it. It never occurred to me until I put pencil to paper (well mouse to CAD), but would the bed still have a box spring, or just the mattress? Any other useful information will be much appreciated. In our case it's got a waterbed mattress. The bottom is 3/4 plywood (was MDF -- bad idea. Leaks damage plywood and destroy MDF. DAMHIKT) It's supported by the frame and the sides and backs of the drawer components. (Not the drawers themselves. The parts that would be the chest if it was free-standing.) --RC |
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On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 16:38:19 -0800, San Diego Joe
wrote: I'm designing a bed that is to have drawers under it. It never occurred to me until I put pencil to paper (well mouse to CAD), but would the bed still have a box spring, or just the mattress? Any other useful information will be much appreciated. BED SIZES Twin = 39 x 75. Twin XL = 39 x 80. 3/4 Size = 47 1/2 x 75. Full = 53 x 75. Full XL = 53 x 80. Queen = 60 x 80. Super Queen = 66 x 80. California King = 72 x 84. King = 76 x 80. Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email) http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage) |
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Come on Jack, that was said tongue in cheek.
"J T" wrote in message ... Sat, Mar 5, 2005, 3:24pm (EST+5) (stoutman) burbled: Doesn't sound like you will be coming up with it if you are "looking at different designs, borrowing something from different ones." That's called "inspiration". Anyway, let's see you come up with something that hasn't been done before. JOAT Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong. - David Fasold |
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"Mike" wrote in message
The biggest thing I learned is that once you build the bed, you get to build an armoire and two dressers to match.g I'll assume that obligation is for the married or living with someone people. |
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