Rustic Bed Hack With Storage
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1 Day
Medium
Divan beds are super cheap to buy but they are also super ugly and they don’t have any storage, all that storage potential but you can’t reach it!
The space under a bed is a perfect hiding space for anything you don't need on a daily basis but my divan bed frame used up all this space with its fabric covered frame. As my current home is a bit smaller and I need every storage space I can get so it was time for this ugly duckling bed to transform in a rustic storage bed.
The space under a bed is a perfect hiding space for anything you don't need on a daily basis but my divan bed frame used up all this space with its fabric covered frame. As my current home is a bit smaller and I need every storage space I can get so it was time for this ugly duckling bed to transform in a rustic storage bed.
By cutting away the fabric on the sides of the bed, covering the bed in timber, creating some storage shelves in the base and and by making a headboard the original bed is unrecognisable.
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The headboard really finishes of the rustic look of the bed frame, I made mine 1 meter high as a to big a head board would have swamped the small room. I used all the left over pieces of timber from building the storage shelves, I don't like letting any of the timber go to waste. Think I had just two 15cm pieces left after I finished!
The storage in the bed is ideal to hide out of season items. Great for extra blankets, cushions and my summer hats.
Did you know all this rustic potential was hiding underneath that ugly fabric covered bed base? For more details on the build go to my blog and if you have any question let me know.
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Hi Roxanne, as talked about in previous commends the timber I used is perfectly safe to use indoors. It's a rougher cut timber, not the planned smooth kind you would normally use indoors, but there are no chemicals in the wood. But yes please do check with your timber yard/DIY store to be safe. Thanks
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Well done! And it looks really cute!
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