I have always wanted a platform bed at the house. So I took on the daunting task of building one myself. Mainly I was so gung ho this weekend about buiding the bed is because the new memory foam mattress came in. So I took in many many designs and thought about it quite a bit. So here is my supply list, bear with me I am doing this all from memory, cause I don’t tend to write stuff down. HA!
The dimensions of the bed are 80 in L x 60 in W x 10 in H, so I decided to make the frame 82 x 62, because normally my tape measure tends to measure a 1/4 inch to small or too large. HA! I am not the carpenter. Also I want to note that I did stain the frame and legs before I put anything together. Figured it would be less messy since I could stain outside and fling it around as I wished.
Bed Legs
1 – 1″x4″x8′
4 – 2″ L brackets
3/4″ wood screws
Wood Glue
Frame Assembly
2 – 1″x8″x6′
2 – 1″x8″x8′
8 – 2″ L Brackets
3/4″ screws
1 1/4″ screws
Wood Glue
So after letting the stain dry over night, I decided to start putting this beast together.
Whew, now that the frame was put together, time to run to Lowes and get the rest of the stuff I need. What you call this part? The innards? HA! So here is what I bought.
2 – 1″x3″x6′
10 – 1″x4″x8″
5 – press board shelving 12″ wide and 12′ long (yeah am going to have about a 2″ gap, so hopefully the matress will sit perfect in it since the mattress is suppose to be 60″ wide.
After looking at this design I was worried about how the weight would be distributed in the middle of the bed. So I took some scraps and and built little stools and put them in the middle of the bed after I had moved the bed into place.
So this was not too hard to assemble, I would say putting the frame together then staining were the major pains of the bed building. But all in all I think it turned out really well. Only thing is that I wished is that the frame came up higher on the bed. But its all good, it looks good and everything. Yeah I need to move the other bed, but I had yard work to do and I was worn slap out. Comment or drop me an email if you have any questions…maybe I can help.
