Loft Construction

Our beds are built to very strict guidelines which guarantee a safe sleeping environment for you or your children. As parents ourselves, we understand the importance of safety! Because we use a modified Mortise and Tennon style approach to our assembly, our beds are more solid than a traditional store bought loft. The Mortise and Tennon joint has been around as long as wooden furniture, and is one of the strongest joints in furniture making. We have modified this joint so that it works with our bed kits. This modification allows even the most novice woodworker to assemble the bed with quickness and ease, without losing the structural integrity that the joint offers. All of our kits are pre-assembled before they are delivered or picked up to insure that all of the parts fit correctly.

Though the materials we start out with are a "construction grade" (the materials we use are kiln dried 2x4 and 2x6 Douglas Fir), by the time they arrive at your home in either the kit form, or when we perform the installation of the bed for you, they are in considerably nicer shape. This is due to our pre-assembly routine. All of the parts for your bed are first hand selected to ensure that each piece is top quality. The next step begins once the materials arrive at our shop. Here they are all passed through our surface Planer. The Planer removes 1/8" of material from each side of the piece. This step removes any blemishes on the woods surface, and ensures that all parts are a uniform thickness. The final step is our sanding phase. This is actually a 3 step process which involves sanding each piece with 3 grades of sandpaper. We start with a 120-grit paper, and progress to a 150-grit paper, and finish with a 220-grit sand paper. This gives the wood a very smooth finish that is ready to accept the stain or paint of your choice. Our mattress slats are surfaced on the two faces, and sanded with 150 grit sandpaper to ensure a smooth surface for your mattress.

The Loft kits are easily assembled using only a hammer, a drill with a phillips head screw driver, and a ratchet with a 5/8" socket .

Platform Storage Bed Construction

Like our Loft Beds, our Platform Beds are built with your safety in mind. The beds are constructed of solid Pine boards which have been laminated (joined with glue & biscuits) together to form one solid 18" wide board. The platform itself is made from 3/4" thick particle board, and is trimmed in solid 1"x3" Pine. These kits utilize an interlocking joint to ensure that they can withstand years of use. Like our Loft kits, the Pine in these kits are finish sanded, and are ready to accept the finish of your choice, be it stain, paint or tung oil.

The Platform Storage Bed kits are easily assembled using only a hammer, and a drill with a phillips head screw drivier bit.

Picnic Table Construction

All of our Picnic Tables are built using "construction grade" lumber (the materials we use are kiln dried 2x4 and 2x6 Douglas Fir). Like our other kits, we prep these materials to ensure that your new table is functional, safe, and beautiful to look at. All of the parts for your table are hand selected to ensure that each piece is top quality. The boards are all surfaced on one side with our planer to ensure a smooth, splinter free surface. While the underside of the table pieces are not planed, they are surfaced with a sander to ensure that they are splinter free. These kits are ready to accept the finish of your choice, be it stain or paint.

The Picnic Table Kits are easily assembled using only a tape measure, a drill with a phillips head screw drivier bit, and in some cases a ratchet and a 3/8" socket, and a hammer.

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