From The Flickr Pool: DIY Bed Frame
By Sean O'Hara
There are very few furniture projects that can pay off as big as building your own bed. For us it’s a symbol of your effort supporting your relaxation. Reader Blitzcat has just completed his bed frame for the homestead, and it looks sweet.
Blitzcat went for the complete functionality approach of ply instead of expensive hardwoods, which is both a practical and cheaper solution. Also, it looks great thus far. Add a mattress and slide a few draws for storage underneath, and Blitz will have a great bed and tons of space to store what my other half affectionately refers to as “crap” — nicely done.
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January 12th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Like it. A lot. Been thinking about doing something like this myself. I don’t suppose anyone’s got a link to some plans…
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January 12th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
I’d love to do something like this on my own, but my wifey wouldn’t settle for ply, and I don’t have the talent or patience to build something mission-style that would pass her (and my) muster.
January 12th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
@ Chris
http://www.knottyplans.com/index.php?page=100331
January 12th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Hi, I can weight in on the plans. I bought them for a couple dollars from knottyplans, and they saved me a lot of planning time. The plans are very clear, and the cutting guides helped me motor through the seven sheets of ply for the bed and the drawers.
However, this project was one of my biggest ever planning failures. I was kind of horrified when I got the plans and realized all the necessary tools I lacked: table saw, router, etc. I got bailed out by my new father in law, who had a lot of experience, time, tools.
January 14th, 2010 at 8:45 am
I like this. I have been trying to stop one of our dogs from getting under the bed-
Plans—isn’t this a box with cubbyholes. Buy a couple tracks for drawers and …
of course plans can’t hurt.
January 14th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
I’m headed to the basement now to finish the drawers…