In previous posts, I showed the design of our new guest room bed and the completed base. Yesterday I installed the headboard and called the project done! I’m really happy with how the headboard turned out. I just used plain old 2x4s, 1x6s and 1x4s, but I milled them a bit first and they came out looking nice. Cutting the rounded edges off the 2x4s made them much less recognizable and jointing the edges of the 1x6s made them fit very cleanly together. I loaded up the drawers and we still have room left to spare. As long as nobody crashes to the floor while sleeping on this, I’ll call it a success!
Steve Ramsey gets credit for the design, but you can also download my slightly modified queen bed version. Thank you for the inspiration Steve!
UPDATE: In my original post, I forgot to mention how much this all cost. The wood for the headboard was $38 and the wood for the base was $190. Toss in a little paint and some other consumables and this was about $250 in parts. The drawers were a major cost in this build. Dropping those would probably save $80-100.
Earthquake Hysteria
The other night I got curious as to why the impending earthquake is all of a sudden big news. Why is everybody freaking out about this all of a sudden? There are articles every year about this, so was there some new revelation or scientific discovery?
Nope. It can be traced back to a click-bait article in the New Yorker. This got picked up and went viral. News flash: There’s a fault line under Seattle. News flash: There are fault lines everywhere. Yes, any fault line could be the source of an earthquake, and yes, you should be prepared for the possibility, but seriously, settle down. You should also be prepared for a house fire, a car accident, a volcano eruption, measles outbreaks and missile attacks from North Korea.
Three local earthquake experts got together to do a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) and it’s a much better source of actual science related to the possibility of a Seattle earthquake. If you’re really concerned about this, note that three LOCAL experts wrote this. They study this stuff as a profession and yet they still happily live and work here.
So yes, it’s possible that we could have an earthquake tomorrow and yes, it might be devastating, but this possibility has existed for a very long time, and lots of data says that it’s not likely to happen for another couple hundred years. There are also threats of disasters. Do some basic preparations and get on with your life.
P.S. Luke 12:22-31
P.P.S. If you want to watch a good interview about this, check out episode 12 of The New Screensavers. That link will take you right to the start of the interview.