Build Your Own King Size Bed Frame

Take your caps and place them over the center of each end of the vertical piece.

Build your own king size bed frame.

What this will do is let the 4 4 legs sit flat on the 2 4 supports without any overhang. Start by building four i beams with 3 4 maple plywood at 6 3 4 x 80 1 2. For the end rails drill 2 holes roughly 3 from each end so that there will be just over 1 5 of board hanging over. I did with with my queen bed build and you would just mimic that but with your king size cut size.

Diy bed frame ideas 1. We constructed a king size bed adjust the lumber sizes to match the size of your bed. Need a new king bed frame in your bedroom. For us the drawer ended up being 20 inches wide by 50 inches long.

Easy to make too no serious woodworking skills are required to make this diy project. First build the panel out of 2 6 and 1 6 boards. Put the bed together. Buying a wooden king bed can be super pricey but this inexpensive 150 diy slat king bed frame is not.

Realize this design can be altered to make a full or queen sized bed. You will build it to fit the space between the dressers under the bed. You need to lay 14 slats on the ground making sure there are no gaps between them cut about 1 2 from the last slats to fit into place. Cut the boards to the right length for the size of your bed.

It s much easier to show than tell. Use 1 1 4 nails and a good wood glue to lock the components together in a professional manner. Be sure to cut the two legs that go under the center support to your new leg length as well. So the size of the under the bed drawer will depend upon the size bed you are building.