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I Had been pondering this idea over in my head for better than a decade now so it was time to move on it.  I was sick of beds that always moved when you moved.  Cheap beds joints always seemed to loosen up.  My brother bought a $2000 dollar Ashley bed and he said it started acting up after less than a year.  Basically, it started racking at the stretcher to leg connections as beds nearly always do (as well as workbenches). 

I have always been a metalworker first and when structural problems arise, I generally use steel to solve them first.  I figured a steel bed would never move.  However, steel is not the most aesthetically pleasing material.  Especially for indoor furniture.  I figured some wood accents would have to be used to overcome this deficiency of steel.  In my head I pictured black painted steel with walnut insets between the framework.  Well, down here, walnut is expensive so I was delighted when Hurricane Irma brought a cherry tree down in a friend’s yard.









After the wood dried to my liking it happened to be around Christmas and I was itching for a new bed.  I had told LOML that the cherry would be used for kitchen cabinets in the next few years when we redo the kitchen.  I told her about my plans for the cherry and she agreed to use it for the bed.  I even convinced her that this steel bed I was going to make would be a fine piece of furniture and she skeptically trusted me on that.
 
So I welded up a steel queen size bed frame.



Here you see the cross braces I made to accept drawer slides.





I painted it a hammered copper color of RustOleum spray paint sold at the BORG.  Started fitting drawers that I had built out of ¾ ply.  The best ply I could find at the BORG so it was mediocre.  I ended up using a false front drawer design. 





Finishing the drawer faces and inset panels.



Here with the panels and drawer faces installed and starting on the headboard.



Building the headboard.

Some detail shots.  That zinc hardware has since been changed to black.







Here installed in its place.  Still needs drawer pulls.

Nice job,very well done.


Mel

Very attractive and I'll bet you don't have to worry about joint failures.

When I say the comments about using a metal frame, my thought was yah right.  I was wrong, it looks great and I'm assuming very solid.
Well done.

I am a big fan of metal and wood furniture.  You did a fine job.

Wow, not at all what I was expecting.  Very nice.

Love it !

Way cool 

Very nice!
The tree you scored yielded some nice wood.