Get out your lava lamp and beads.
The inspiration for the bed frame came from Robert Spangler's Port Blakely bed
I have to make some changes because it's going to be a water bed and I want to use as much of my existing stock as possible because wood prices in Florida will break you.
The plan is to use 5/4 maple boards for the sides and cap them with 4/4 walnut. I bought the 5/4 maple back in February and even though I stickered it for over two months indoors, once I released the clamps, the wood moved. So I have that challenge to deal with.
First thing I had to do was joint the edges
Then try to figure out how I'm going to make the headboard. I have a good amount of walnut in stock but it's getting quickly used up. So I took what the walnut and inserted figured maple in between. The spaces between the maple would receive ties similar to Spangler's bed.
Spangler used an 110 angle for his headboard and that's good enough for me. I took some of the cutoffs from the 5/4 maple and fashioned up some headboard braces. They will attach to the back of the head piece on the waterbed frame.