Building A Bed Frame For A King Size Bed

Why not make this amazing mid century but modern looking diy king size platform bed frame.

Building a bed frame for a king size bed.

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. 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. Ana white is one of our favorite bloggers because she puts out these amazing woodworking plans for free including diy bed frames. King size platform bed frame.

Start by building four i beams with 3 4 maple plywood at 6 3 4 x 80 1 2. You will build it to fit the space between the dressers under the bed. Painted in cool white this diy bed has a touch of shaker styling but the finish could be adapted to almost any style. So the size of the under the bed drawer will depend upon the size bed you are building.

It s much easier to show than tell. For the end rails drill 2 holes roughly 3 from each end so that there will be just over 1 5 of board hanging over for the side rails the holes can be 1 5 from the end since the side rails will rest on the end rail overhang. Diy king size bed free plans. Take your caps and place them over the center of each end of the vertical piece.

The 1x4s 2 4 and 2 6 on the headboard the. Stain it rather than paint it for example. We all have that one room that needs a wood platform bed. Thanks so much for the kind words good luck.

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. To build a twin size bed frame reduce 21 inches on the length of all the horizontal components. Cut the boards to the right length for the size of your bed.

And bower power used one of those plans to build this bed and it s king size. You could adjust the the king size to fit your queen mattress or adjust the queen build to work with 2 6 s. First thing to build for the bed is the cross section. For us the drawer ended up being 20 inches wide by 50 inches long.

Get those mattresses off the floor. Put the bed together. Realize this design can be altered to make a full or queen sized bed. To build a king size bed frame just add 16 inches to the length of all the horizontal components.

They built this bed for around 150 not bad. If you don t really care about the material thickness you could apply whatever your preferred finish is to the queen size bed.