yermawsmaw
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So having just moved house and got a big enough bedroom, gf and I decided to upgrade to a king-size, and to save money and give it a personal touch I decided to build the bed. This gained a fair amount of mocking from family and friends as I’ve never ever built anything before, and a bed isn’t easy apparently. Well anyway. Enjoyed the process and happy with the result! So here’s what we did:
Plans - to scale...ish
More plans and ideas.
This is for the slat supports.
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The gf has got wood
Gonna need dis
Bit of sanding
Marking for cutting - it’s construction grade timber. Gonna make this thing solid af
Didn’t bother getting an electric saw (they’re expensive - got a sander instead) so it’s all sawn by hand
Is it gonna work
Yeah boi!
And level!
Slat supports in
Not screwed in - I have to take it all apart to give the wood a finish and put it in the right room
Slate going in
It works! (Wrong mattress obvs)
Trying shades of paint
Drying
More drying with beer
Again wrong mattress. But all screwed together now
And the right mattress arrives!
So for the headboard I liked the idea of this - sort of patchwork effect.
Plans
Gf posted on a local page explaining what we were looking for and someone in the next village let us have a look at her wood - so it’s all reclaimed.
Hard at work
And having sanded, trimmed and painted a few of them here’s the result. On 1 and a half sheets of MDF cut to size and screwed into the supports made of the same stuff as the bed frame.
Glueing!
Let’s let this set overnight
Glueing on the border
More glue drying
Attaching to the bed - followed by a very scary moment of truth (headboard weighs a LOT)
There it is!
All in all not including tools cost about £150 for the wood and paint, and it’s more solid than anything we could afford to buy. Hope you like. TL;DR built a bed
ItsTooFreakinColdOutside
Y’all look like fun, and good job!
ShawKren
A lot of scary end grain joinery. Otherwise a powerhouse of ingenuity.
BergmannsRule
Looks great, especially for a first project. Kudos man, well done.
niinetaiils
Upvote for buttcrack
ProudParent2Pitties
Wow, you had a great learning experience & proved to all that U were up to it PLUS you have a beautiful, unique & 1 of a kind bed! Bravo!
localitydev
Very cool. Screwing the legs to the outside if the frame, won't that out a lot of stress on the screws and overtime give out?
yermawsmaw
Possibly, I have no Idea having never done anything like it before. But it’s coming up for a year soon and not a creak in sight.
GoatMasterUK
I see you went to lidl
yermawsmaw
Well spotted.
RandomQuack
Be sure to post the pics when that structurally fails. That said, diy is always about learning. Next thing you'll have a garage...
RandomQuack
...filled with wood working tools....
yermawsmaw
Ye of little faith. But yes if it does I shall ;)
RandomQuack
I up voted this because I respect the gumption required to do anything yourself. I also like good content and shit failing gives chuckles.
andydicktracymorganfairchild
The center slat support may not be sufficient but other than that it's overbuilt if anything.
yermawsmaw
I worried about this too - with the smaller mattress there was a bit of flexibility but the bigger one is a lot firmer so it doesn’t dip /1
yermawsmaw
/2 at all really - if it was an issue I was going to replace it with one of the big beams like the frame - so we’ll see!
andydicktracymorganfairchild
You could also put a leg in the center. Easier.
yermawsmaw
Aye, saves taking it all apart I guess. Will see how it goes and sort if necessary.