New Bed

Julee
by Julee
5 Materials
$200
4 Days
Medium

I realized the other day that my 11 year old could not stretch out straight in her full sized bed anymore. Her feet would hang over the edge. So I looked online for beds and just gave up.

I didn’t want to spend the money on a new bed and I was at a standstill with projects so I decided to grab some lumber from Lowes and create my own!

So we created a plan and started cutting the wood. Within no time I had the headboard completed and upright!

I created an apron for the daybed next.

I added slats along the bottom for support. I placed a plywood board on top of the slates so that it would hold the mattress properly.

All that was left to do was to figure out a trundle design for storage! I originally created one big trundle and was going to buy aweomse dividers and accessories for her. That idea failed somehow. I ended up creating 3 separate drawers that she can fill to her heart’s content!

This was the first design as one big trundle.

The finished product! What do you think?

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  • Cze17582784 Cze17582784 on Jun 28, 2018

    Looks great!!! I have been looking at places for beds for my

    giant husband and can’t find any that would hold his frame I think I will take your inspiration and build an adult version. What did you do for the drawer support?

  • Janet B Janet B on Apr 30, 2019

    Love it!!! Brilliant!!!

  • Erica parker Erica parker on Mar 08, 2021

    I don't see how much of each thing i need for the bed. Or am I missing it?

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