Building A Bed Frame For A King Size Bed

Diy king size bed free plans.

Building a bed frame for a king size bed.

The 1x4s 2 4 and 2 6 on the headboard the bed slats and the 2 6 on the headboard. Painted in cool white this diy bed has a touch of shaker styling but the finish could be adapted to almost any style. You will build it to fit the space between the dressers under the bed. Ana white is one of our favorite bloggers because she puts out these amazing woodworking plans for free including diy bed frames.

There are full instructions and plans on how to build a bed frame with drawers like this one together with guidance on how to adapt this king size model into a queen homemade bed frame with storage. Cut the boards to the right length for the size of your bed. If you don t really care about the material thickness you could apply whatever your preferred finish is to the queen size bed. King size platform bed frame.

And bower power used one of those plans to build this bed and it s king size. It s much easier to show than tell. Stain it rather than paint it for example. Take your caps and place them over the center of each end of the vertical piece.

To build a twin size bed frame reduce 21 inches on the length of all the horizontal components. Start by building four i beams with 3 4 maple plywood at 6 3 4 x 80 1 2. The summer break is just around the corner which means you will have a lot of free time on your hands. Put the bed together.

So the size of the under the bed drawer will depend upon the size bed you are building. To build a king size bed frame just add 16 inches to the length of all the horizontal components. First thing to build for the bed is the cross section. The 1x4s 2 4 and 2 6 on the headboard the.

As always i will walk you through this entire build here with 42 photos you have been warned and you can also download and print the free plans at the bottom of this post. You could adjust the the king size to fit your queen mattress or adjust the queen build to work with 2 6 s. For us the drawer ended up being 20 inches wide by 50 inches long. Mrs fancy pantz did an amazing job on this diy bed frame and headboard.

I imagine writing this tutorial is going to take longer than actually building the bed so let s get a move on. They built this bed for around 150 not bad. Why not make this amazing mid century but modern looking diy king size platform bed frame. Realize this design can be altered to make a full or queen sized bed.

Thanks so much for the kind words good luck. We all have that one room that needs a wood platform bed.