The wood is maple with bird'seye maple caps on the ends, and the upperbunk railing is made out of highly figured tiger maple.

Every piece on the bed is jointed to the other pieces with at least two mortise and tenon joints or biscuits. Other than the knockdown hardware there only two other metal screws in the bed. They are hidden in the end of the mortise located where the main support in the front makes its bend. The screws were used to hold the two vertical pieces together while the glue dried.

There are 110 spindles that are all mortise and tenoned. The stringers for the ladder were joined using sliding dovetails made on a Leigh™ Dovetail jig. This was the first time I had attempted sliding dovetails and they came out perfect on the first try.

There are no plans for this bed because I made it up from stuff in my head. It is a sort of copy of other double/single bunk-beds that I have seen before. It was also what my Princess wanted and described. I found out what size mattresses we wanted to use, and then I made the bed to fit those mattresses.

Nearly every part was finished before glue-up and assembly. Getting between all those tiny spindles for finishing just did not seem like a wise idea. I think I have about 25-30 hours in making of the basic bed. I know for 100% certain (because I kept track using a time clock) that sanding finishing took just a little over 17 hours over the course of 1 month.

Here is another photo that does not have the color distortion:

http://www.geocities.com/drvermin/woodworking/Annabed1.jpg