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Recently, I closed off a loft space to create one of my oldest daughter’s her own room. She has shared a room with my oldest girl for 10 years, and I thought it would be a fun treat for both of them. I have come finished several projects in the new room, so I decided to turn my attention Avery’s room for a bit! Now, she is almost 12 and has become well aware that I build furniture. Over the last couple of years, she has started making special requests. I often find her with a Pottery Barn Teen magazine in her hand and know that I am in trouble That leads me to today’s build! Check out this DIY Platform Dresser Bed!
How fun is that?? Today I am focusing on the bed part. It really is a 2-part build, and I thought this was the best way to share!
Be sure to download and print the FREE PLANS for this dresser bed HERE or by clicking the button below!
Let’s get started! Much of this build is long pieces of hardwood plywood.
To keep the cost of the wood down, I decided immediately to use a favorite product for the plywood. Many of you have heard us talk about PureBond Plywood. It’s an amazing hardwood plywood that we use on so many of our furniture pieces. What’s so cool about it? Well, it’s made in the good ol’ USA. It’s formaldehyde-free making it safe for me and my family. It’s affordable! You get the look of a beautiful hardwood at the cost of plywood, and it’s made from reusable resources. But, our very favorite thing about it is what it looks like. It’s BEAUTIFUL!
Since learning about it a few years ago, we made it our go-to brand for plywood. It was an easy choice!
You can get PureBond at the Home Depot. I decided to go with birch for both the bed and dresser. It comes in a huge 4′ x 8′ sheet which is next to impossible to get in the car with 5 kiddos in tow. That’s why I let Home Depot do most of the work for me!
I had the nice man in the lumber department rip the sheet down.
I have found the easiest way to rip down plywood is to use my Kreg Rip-Cut
with my Ryobi circular saw. This is a great team right here…
The Rip-Cut can be a bit intimidating at first, but once you use it you won’t rip wood a different way again. It attaches to you circular saw. All you do is set the red arrow guide to the same location of your blade. Then, you adjust the arrow on the ruler to the width you want to cut.
You will assemble the headboard and footboard first. All I did was rip these pieces down and add trim. I used my Ryobi Airstrike Nail gun to attach all my trim. I used a line of Gorilla Wood glue under each piece of trim. Don’t forget to glue!
I did decide to build the headboard, footboard, side rails and frame in the shop and assemble everything in Avery’s room. I was worried about getting it up the stairs since I had nobody home to help me.
I used my Kreg Jig for the next parts. I am currently using the K5 model and love it to pieces. Is it weird to get giddy about a tool?? Probably so, but I’m owning it.
Your side rails are next. One will be a plain piece of hardwood plywood since it attaches to the dresser. The other will be trimmed out. I chose to use an inexpensive door casing for mine. Make sure to add 3/4″ pocket holes on each end of your bed rails. These will be used to attach the rails to the headboard and footboard.
Thanks so much to Jay of Jay’s Custom Creation’s for putting all of our original ideas and designs into printable plans for our readers! Check his site out! LOTS of fun ideas!
Original article and pictures take www.shanty-2-chic.com site
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