Live Edge Bed

  Here is a little project that I put together from an Aspen tree that I had cut into planks at the local sawmill. The bedposts were cut with a bandsaw from the cores of the upper portions of the felled Aspen. The headboard, footboard, and side rails are live edge pieces of Aspen wood. The bed posts show just a hint of natural edge.
  The Aspen is really nice since it doesn't yellow quite the same way that pine can and it has a nice soft wide grain with those darker contrasting knots. In the right light you can even see some ripples in the wood. The color of the footboard in the pictures above and below is the true color of the wood.
  The bed is a queen size mattress is topped with a nice memory foam mattress with a wool pile mattress cover and a nice down comforter. I still haven't slept on it yet but I hear it is really comfortable!

Headboard detail

Even closer detail

Full view of the headboard

A Guest Bed with Hint of Gustaivan



The photos above the bed are by Sharon Montrose

   With guests coming in from Sweden we are overdue for a proper bed and frame. For a number of years now we have been punishing our guests with an inflatable bed. We are far to nice for that! Really though it is time to grow up (a bit) and get a real guest bed put together. Keeping with Swedish design gives the piece direction without too many frills and at the same time simple without being straight boring lines. Oh Gustav, where would we be without you today?

More details and photos after the jump.....

Welcome to FilliQvist

So, welcome! This being the first post I'll keep it brief as I am still figuring out this whole blog thing. After all you have to start somewhere and this is it: The Start!

     As of late I've been into designing/building furniture and interior design. It fell into my lap about a year ago and I decided to run with it. Attached to this first post is a few of my projects from this first year. Enjoy!!

Reclaimed Cedar table

Recycled armoir (the top is the old drawer front)

See below...

And of course the standard run-the-mill

mission style coffee table made from cumaru