Diy Box Spring Platform Bed

Say you have an old mattress and box springs set but your tastes lean a bit modern minimal and you have your heart set on a low platform style bed.

Diy box spring platform bed. Drop the boards into the frame leaving 1 3 spaces. Go to a lumber supply yard and pick up the planks of wood you need. A platform bed sounds even better with storage options for blankets books and other accessories. I give you exhibit a in.

In this example the bed is a standard full bed and a 7 inch tall metal bed frame. I probably could have used 1x6 s for the outer box especially if i had used whole pieces for the rails instead of scrap. This trend toward platform beds is problematic for box spring devotees like myself because we re forced to either throw out the spring stay married to the bed skirt buy a new low profile boxspring or sleep like princess the pea 10 feet in the air obviously hyperbole my ceilings are only 8 ft. The easiest way to do this which you should consider when you shop for the fabric.

This diy tall platform bed is a fairly complicated project so note that it will take some time and a circular saw. Remove the case backs from the base cabinets. Set up the metal bed frame and place your box spring on top of it. Unlike some platform beds this platform has legs underneath the bed to make it a regular height.

Check out this diy platform bed with storage cubbyholes. This thing was solid enough that the only thing missing was 4 decorative feet. Measure the length and width of the bed frame. Measure the height from the floor to the top of the box spring.

Using 2x6 s would have been fine if i were making an actual bed and not a box spring. Sure you could go buy brand new everything or you. Platform bed with built in storage. Step by step find your bed size in the chart above then measure your own frame.

Instead it consists of a wooden platform and a mattress sometimes with side rails a headboard or drawers. It looks like a country farm bed but you made it yourself and it s a platform which saves you the purchase of a box spring. Cut the headboard panel f stiles g and rail h to size project diagram. Sep 15 2013 this might be the best before and after upcycle diy furniture make the best with what you ve got project ever.

Cut the 3 4 inch plywood into smaller sections to create the side case bottoms tops a. Instructions build the base. If you aren t into platform beds add legs to your new bed. Measure and cut your fabric.

It s easiest to do a whole side at a time so prop the mattress up on one. Plus the woodworking is impressive. Headboard and mattress support. Platform beds have existed throughout history while box springs have only been available for about the last 150 years.