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Bed Design Help

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I'm working on designing a loft bed for my daughter that would have a desk underneath. I was considering doing frame and panel around the outside of the bed, but am caught up on how to attach the panels to the posts (2 1/4" square hardwood). Would it be considered bad design if the rails had both a mortise to attach the stiles, and a tenon to attach to the posts? Are there other problems that could possibly come up this way?


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Welcome to the forum :)

Why not say hello in the welcome section. The moderated thing is to stop spammers and will go away after 3 posts.

It's hard to describe design problems in words and not always that easy to understand as well!

if I'm understanding you correctly I'm not getting why you want a vertical element to the frame. Could you not just make a groove in your corner post for the panel running between the mortice slots and forget the upright frame component?

Is the size a problem as bed frames would normal be bolted in some way so they could come apart so you may need a bigger design change...
 
I'm trying to visualise what you are suggesting.
I'm guessing that the panels are purely decorative to hide what I hope would be a more substantial frame work to take the weight of an active teenager. No sniggering at the back but there could be two children at times?

The panels could mainly be attached from the rear with screws subsequently covered by the bedding. You could consider dovetails at exposed corners between sides and ends of the bed.
I've just done something similar in my barrister bookcase prototype topic - not sure how visible this in the photos as it was done form mechanical strength/glue ares reasons rather than decoration.

If I've got the wrong end of the stick then maybe you could post a picture/drawing to clarify?

Welcome to the forum!

HTH

Bob
 
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