Have a bed fame project I'm about to jump into, except for one thing. This is for a king bed frame with storage drawers. May sound familiar as I had another post about the drawer rail hardware options.
I have a huge selection of red pine, true 2x6 that came from my folks farm about 15 years ago. Excellent boards, prime grade if I had to put a rating to it. Anyway, the majority of the bed frame will be made from this.
The point I hadn't quite realized is what to do about the corner posts. The plans I'm basing this design off of say to pick up regular old 4x4's, but that generally means fir posts, most of them core cuts, from the box stores. Prob not the best combo for trying to keep a nice stained finish of pine throughout. Most likely the reason all the pictures I've seen of the initial design are painted over....
A milling shop down the road from me said they could take some premium grade pine and laminate it to make a 4x4, but the rough quote they gave was a couple hundred for a 12' length.
I know there are a few actual saw mills in the general area but I haven't had the chance to call and see what options they might have.
Not terribly keen on that price point for the milling shop just for a 4x4 post.
Would anyone have some suggestions on what to do for end posts given this scenario? Maybe an option with the lumber I already have?