Comments on: From the Flickr Pool: Bedroom Combo Project http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/01/from-the-flickr-pool-bedroom-combo-project/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:37:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Teacher http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/01/from-the-flickr-pool-bedroom-combo-project/#comment-299364 Teacher Sat, 03 May 2008 03:33:47 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/01/from-the-flickr-pool-bedroom-combo-project/#comment-299364 When I was in college, our dorm bunks consisted of a mattress 3" thick on top of a spring that looked like chain link fence. They had a lot of sag so I put a sheet of half inch plywood under my mattress. Made it much nicer to sleep on. One summer, I spent a month at Christopher Newport University in Newport News and the dorm rooms had beds like the one in the pic but without the storage. Just a 4" mattress on top of a wood box. Was suprisingly comfortable to sleep on. When I was in college, our dorm bunks consisted of a mattress 3″ thick on top of a spring that looked like chain link fence. They had a lot of sag so I put a sheet of half inch plywood under my mattress. Made it much nicer to sleep on.

One summer, I spent a month at Christopher Newport University in Newport News and the dorm rooms had beds like the one in the pic but without the storage. Just a 4″ mattress on top of a wood box. Was suprisingly comfortable to sleep on.

]]> By: Fong http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/01/from-the-flickr-pool-bedroom-combo-project/#comment-298971 Fong Fri, 02 May 2008 21:12:45 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/01/from-the-flickr-pool-bedroom-combo-project/#comment-298971 Nice work Rich. I'm in the process of building a Murphy bed myself. May I ask how you stained/finished it? Nice work Rich. I’m in the process of building a Murphy bed myself. May I ask how you stained/finished it?

]]> By: Rich http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/01/from-the-flickr-pool-bedroom-combo-project/#comment-298773 Rich Fri, 02 May 2008 18:20:18 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/01/from-the-flickr-pool-bedroom-combo-project/#comment-298773 Thanks Chris. I was just going to mention that my girlfriend prefers the firm mattress. The bed surface is a sheet of 3/4 plywood that sits into the platform frame. Thanks Chris. I was just going to mention that my girlfriend prefers the firm mattress. The bed surface is a sheet of 3/4 plywood that sits into the platform frame.

]]> By: Chris http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/01/from-the-flickr-pool-bedroom-combo-project/#comment-297865 Chris Fri, 02 May 2008 04:58:10 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/01/from-the-flickr-pool-bedroom-combo-project/#comment-297865 Depends on how you like your mattress. I personally prefer a very firm mattress, and my bed hasn't had a proper box spring for years, ever since I broke it practising the Fosbury Flop in middle school. I built a new "box spring" out of 3/4" plywood and I sleep much better now than I did before. It was like getting a whole new mattress for $20 in materials. That's not the sort of thing I'd do without having tried the mattress on the floor for at least a couple of weeks first to make sure I (or the person I was building it for) would be satisfied with the different feel, however. cl Depends on how you like your mattress. I personally prefer a very firm mattress, and my bed hasn’t had a proper box spring for years, ever since I broke it practising the Fosbury Flop in middle school. I built a new “box spring” out of 3/4″ plywood and I sleep much better now than I did before. It was like getting a whole new mattress for $20 in materials.

That’s not the sort of thing I’d do without having tried the mattress on the floor for at least a couple of weeks first to make sure I (or the person I was building it for) would be satisfied with the different feel, however.

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]]> By: Tony Clifton http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/01/from-the-flickr-pool-bedroom-combo-project/#comment-297552 Tony Clifton Fri, 02 May 2008 00:34:18 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/01/from-the-flickr-pool-bedroom-combo-project/#comment-297552 I see one downside- where's the boxspring? That bed is probably pretty uncomfortable to sleep on. I see one downside- where’s the boxspring? That bed is probably pretty uncomfortable to sleep on.

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