![]() 2 (Two) 1″ x 8″ x 6ft Knotty Pine boards: CUT two 56½” long boards (apron head and foot) NOTE: Cut this AFTER building the outer frame to ensure correct measurements.1 (One) 2″ x 4″ x 14ft SPF Dimension Lumber: CUT two 73″ pieces (frame center support beams) NOTE: Cut this AFTER building the outer frame to ensure correct measurements.2 (Two) 2″ x 4″ x 10ft SPF Dimension Lumber: CUT one 69″ (frame sides) and one 48″ (frame head and foot) from each 2″x4″x10ft piece of wood.1 (One) 4″ x 4″ x 8ft Knotty Cedar post: CUT four 15¾” long posts (We used this 4×4 Western Red Cedar).It is best to wait to cut the lumber for the apron (the 1×8″s) and the 2×4″s for the center support beams until AFTER your OUTER FRAME is built so you can measure to ensure you cut the exact sizes for the apron pieces and center support beams. However, please go over all of your measurements carefully for the size of the bed frame/mattress you are making. ![]() Please Note: if you do not have a circular saw (or a table saw or a jigsaw) you can have your wood cut at your home center, such as Home Depot. Lumber Cut List for Double/Full Size Bed Frame All surface primer and optionally BIN primer.Circular saw or jigsaw (optional but very helpful).Thanks for reading, friends.Download and Print the DIY Wood Bed Frame Building Plans here… How Do You Make a Simple Bed Frame? DIY Bed Frame Tools and Materials: So tell me, do you suffer from Mom Guilt as much as I do? My husband thinks a mattress on the floor is perfectly acceptable. I wasn’t about to spend a whole lot of time and money on something that would end up in the scrap pile in a month or so. Then I lugged the thing in, set the mattress slats in place, then dropped the mattress on it. It took me 54 minutes and 6 seconds to build this bed from start to finish – except I didn’t actually finish it – I just left the wood unfinished because this is only a temporary fix until I’m done building his real big boy bed. If you were to include the cost of the feet and brackets, I’d guesstimate your cost to be closer to $60.00.Īnd because I am a giant nerd, I timed myself. I just happened to have these laying around in my shop because I was too lazy to return them. You could just as easily use some scrap wood for the feet if you wanted to. I had those on-hand from a past project that never came to be, but I think I paid about five or six bucks for the feet and I can’t remember the cost of the brackets… probably a couple bucks or so. This bed cost about $30 to build, but that’s not including the furniture feet and brackets. ![]() Next, I flipped the whole thing over, screwed these metal corner brackets on, then screwed the feet on. ![]() Then I attached the 2×2 cleats and 1×3 frame around the box. I love these construction screws because you don’t have to bother with pre-drilling pilot holes. I didn’t even break out my Kreg Jig for this – I just drove some Spax screws in. This build was super easy, super quick, and super inexpensive – three of my favorite things!įirst step was to build a simple box with 2x4s. I followed Ana White’s plan for this twin platform bed. We recently transitioned our son from his toddler bed to his big-boy bed and I’m in the process of building him The Most Epic Bed Ever – but it’s not done yet, so until it is, this DIY twin platform bed will have to do for the time-being. Amazing what a little Mom Guilt will do to a girl, right? This build was actually never on the list – it was a last-minute-fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants project because I wanted to get my son’s new mattress off of the floor. Do you have an hour and about $30 bucks to burn? Because that’s all it took for my latest project.
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