Chronicles of our DIY Bed Frame

We recently upgrade our Queen size mattress to a King size mattress, hence we had get a new bed frame.  Instead of going to a furniture shop, Hubby said that he will make one. Of course my initial reaction was "Hmm ... how long will we have to wait for that now?".  Not doubting his craftsmanship anymore since he built our main door (you can read about it here).

So, we already had the bed legs from our recycled playground Chenggal wood stash.  All Hubby had to purchased was the wood for the head, leg and side frame.  It took him about two months to complete the bed frame from sanding down to chiseling to varnishing and assembling.  He used tenon joint to assemble the wood.

The bed frame is a mixture of Chenggal and Balau wood. The side frame was formerly a window frame.  I think the bed frame easily weights 200 kgs ...  

So below we leave you with some pictures of the making of our bed frame.

The recycled Chenggal wood from a play ground.

The side frame before it was sanded down and varnished.

Another view of the side frame with the
window hinge still intact.

Another view of the side frame.

The two side frame.

After chiseling, checking the tenon joint.

The chiseling work for the tenon joint.

This is how the pieces will be joint together.

Making sure that all the pieces fit.

More pictures of the pieces being joint together.

Two of the four bed legs being treated and varnished.

Upper portion has been treated and varnished
while lower portion has not yet.

Before and after treatment and varnish.

Treatment and varnishing in progress.

The pile of wood for the bed frame.

All the wood pieces before assembly.

A close up of the Chenggal wood grain.

The head board being assembled.

The wood pieces is being secured by a screw and bolt.

Side by side, the head board and leg board.

Side by side, the head board and leg board.

All assembled and fixed, just left for the lower bed frame.

DIY Patio

We love the idea of a cosy patio, where we can have breakfast, tea and entertain families and friends.  A patio surrounded by comfortable furniture, lush green plants and beautiful and colorful flowers.  So when Hubby said that the patio will be up before Christmas, I was excited.  Hats off to Hubby who built the patio from scratch.

The wood that we used for our patio is Chengal wood and it is recycled wood.    We acquired some of the wood from a public playground, where the multiplicity council decided to replace wood with high quality plastic, and some wood were purchased from our regular lumber yard, which were also recycled from old kampung houses.

For the roofing, we will be using roof tiles.  Initially, we were contemplating to use glass sheet or poly carbonate glass.  However, we felt that this would not give us that cosy feeling.  We wanted a resort like feeling, and to match the house so we decide to go for roof tiles.  I will save the story of our roof tiles for another blog post.

So here are the chronicles of our DIY Patio ...

Recycled Chengal wood from a public playground.

Our home before the patio

Wood purchase from our regular lumber yard.
We sanded down and varnished the wood.

Hubby cut the edge of the wood for some design.

The wood cut to shape.

The wood is varnished and will be used as beams.

Here Hubby sets the beam.

Beams all set.

One of the pillars is secured to the wall.

The pillars are up.

Another view of the pillars.

Now the beams go up.

The patio is almost done ...
The roof is covered with roof aluminium sheet.
This will act as a cooling function for the patio.