In coming up with the design for the boys beds, I was heavily influenced by our
I was really happy with the design of the beds and feel like they work really well in the boys room. You can see their room tour
Materials:
- 5/4” x 6” x 8’ pine board
- 3/4” wood dowels
- wood glue
- drill bits
- drill
- table saw
- mitre saw
- power planer
- belt sander
- sander/sandpaper
- screws
- hack saw
- clamps
Directions:
*The steps and photos for the bed frame can be found on
Using the table saw, cut two 1-3/4” wide strips from the 5/4” pine board. Use the power planer to clean up the saw marks on the edges.
Cut them to length using the mitre saw, we made our headboard 24” tall and the width of the bed.
Cut cross pieces the width of the bed, minus the thickness of the two upright pieces.
Lay out and mark the spacing for the dowels on the cross pieces. Using a 3/4” forstner bit, drill the holes 5/8” deep.
Lay out and mark for two dowel pins at each connection to join the cross pieces to the uprights, we kept the dowel pins joining the top cross piece to the upright low of center because we planned on rounding over the corner. (We sanded and stained the sides of the cross pieces with the dowel holes in them so that we didn’t have to try to stain around the dowels once they were in place).
Cut the dowels to size using the mitre saw; we cut ours to 23” so that when they were in place it would measure 24” from the top cross piece to the bottom of the bottom cross piece.
Place glue in each dowel hole and insert the dowels making sure the are seated in the bottom of the hole. Place glue in all the dowel holes in the other cross piece and with it on a flat surface, have a helper hold the cross piece with the dowels in it above it as you work each dowel into its hole, tap the dowel into place using a hammer and a block of wood until you get the 24” measurement top to bottom.
Place glue into the dowel pin holes on both ends of one of the uprights, insert the dowel pins.
Stand the frame with the dowels up on its end and put glue in the holes; press the upright into place. Repeat with the other upright.
Use clamps to clamp the frame together, checking to make sure it is square.
After it is dry, remove the clamps and sand. We used a belt sander to round over the top corners of the headboard.
Stain and finish if desired.
Cut the steel bar in half using a hack saw, drill and countersink holes so that there will be two holes into the bed frame and two holes into the headboard.
Pre-drill and counter sink holes into the lower cross piece of the headboard through which it can be fastened to the bed frame.
Screw the headboard to the bed frame.
Attach the steel bars so that they attach to the uprights of the headboard and to the bed frame.
You can see more photos of the whole room
-Manda
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