Spindle Bed: Also called a Windsor Bed, Sunburst Bed or Fan Bed, this spindle bed is pictured queen size, in cherry with ash spindles. I have made these beds, and also individual headboards, in a variety of woods, but the spindles have always been ash. The design is the result of a customer showing me another fan design and describing what she didn’t like about it. I “repaired” the design and this is the bed she got. It has become one of my best selling designs.
Traditional Windsor chairs have steamed bow backs with spindles. The result is a light, flexible and strong chair. The bow of this bed is laminated from 10 pieces of 1/10″ thick veneer rather than being steamed. The bow and spindle construction, however, still supplies flexible strength and beauty. A center leg beneath the bed helps the slats to support the box spring and mattress. I have also built the bed as a “platform” bed to support a mattress without a box spring. Click here to see a unique chest/armoire and gazelle-leg nightstands/endtables designed to complement one of these beds.
