Last weekend Rick finished and delivered a king-size bed for some clients in the valley. He did a lot of cabinet work for them last year when they expanded and remodeled their second home on a ridge just north of and above Winthrop. Since then they have had various furniture projects for him, which makes a nice break from cabinet work.
They had a chair that they purchased at the Pendleton Woolen Mill Store, or one of the outlets. This is the detail that they wanted Rick to capture in the headboard and footboard of the bed – sort of a “branch” motif.
detail of bedroom chair from Pendleton showroom
He roughed out the shape then finished it with carving chisels. The frame was dyed and stained maple, to match the chair as closely as possible. The panels are blued pine from the valley (the blue is a naturally occurring color that happens sometimes in standing dead pine trees – he says it is a mildew that comes along when the wood is starting to rot).
There will be two bedside tables coming up soon, using the same wood combination.
Twisp of Fate 
Nice work.