An Imgur user, Henry Hooker recently posted about a bed he made for his little daughter. This bed combines a bookshelves, dresser, and a pink LED-lit tunnel. In the creation process, he mainly used tools such as table mounted router, table saw, brad nailer, and a jointer for sub frame.
Initially a lot of efforts and time was given by him to make a blueprint for the design. Then creation process started with crafting arc jigs for its headboard and footboard. Final tunnel structure was deeply clamped with the top piece to keep the whole structure straight and stable. One side of the bed was notched out to attach the additional staircase. Further, the rounded over staircase was lined up with the bed.
An MDF piece was routed to create the character ‘B’ symbolizing the first letter of the name of his daughter. Some material from its back was removed as spacer and then glued on its backside to show some depth. It was rounded over in a different way by using a handrail styled bit. He added four screws to attach it to the final structure. Finally, a lot of primer and berry pink color was used to present the character I an attractive way.
He included a shelf in the sub frame to keep the LEDs away from the sight of kids. At last, all pieces were deeply sanded and primed for a finished look. Mostly, he used Behr white paint for the design. Although the staircase was painted in attractive pink and purple. The Pink and glossy grape color used for shelves and dresser further enhanced its appearance. This design was assembled by Henry at his own house and his little daughter seems much pleased with her new bed. It surely inspires other dads around the world to make something unique and worthy for their kids.
The design starts by drawing a blueprint
Crafted jig for headboard and footboard
Headboard and foot board initial design
Clamped the tunnel to top piece as to maintain stability
Staircase initial design
Notched out one side of bed to get it fit with the staircase
Assembling and decorating the staircase
Attaching jig in the staircase
Decorating the staircase with rounded and routered jig
Staircase after rounding and routing process
Test assembling
The B character symbolizing little girl’s name
Attaching screws to the B character
Fixed some holes and primed it
Sub frame for the bed
Finally priming and sanding the whole structure
Painting treads for the staircase and the character B
Staircase after paint
The compact and colorful bookshelves
Assembling all pieces of the design at home
Night view of the final design
The cute girl enjoying in the tunnel
The bed complete with pink LED-lit tunnel
