Modern Bed

This very modern style bed was made for my daughter's boyfriend. He lives in a modern condo in the city and wanted a modern bed in matte black. The slabs that make up the head and foot boards are 3 1/2" thick. This was acomplished by making hollow slabs from 3/4 maple veneered plywood. The slabs are basically boxes closed on all sides. The edges were mitered together to make seamless looking edges. Two shelves are buit into the the removable headboard extensions on either side to function as night stands. There is a 1" recess on the backside of the entire headboard to keep the headboard away from the wall. The recess is outfitted with rope lighting. At night the headboard apears to almost "float" off of the wall behind it with a cool glow of light all the way around. The frame is a sturdy slat style foundation. The bed uses no box spring (Mattress only). It's quite solid. I think you could jump on it all day long without it breaking. The pieces knock-down quickly to fit in the elevator, and being hollow the weight is quite manageable.