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I built this queen sized platform bed over ten years ago. I was cleaning and decided to take a couple of pictures.
I really like the “Contemporary Scandinavian style” so I decided to get a platform bed. I looked at a lot of platform beds in the stores and I thought I can do that… So I studied the construction techniques and drew a plan. I was taking a shop course at the time and had access to great machines. I had very little in the way of woodworking tools at home at that time.
I thought about the plan for quite a while before building this one. It is basically pretty simple, with two boxes made of poplar planks one box on top of the other. The boxes are not “concentric,” the “headboard” of the top box sits above the “headboard” of the bottom box. The box on the bottom is smaller than the box on the top and the other three side “cantilever” over the floor. This forms a nice “kick space” under the bed and a great place to collect dust bunnies. A great place to stash woodworking magazines, I might add…
The bed is built of poplar with fir for the slats. The nice thing about this bed is that each person has a separate set of slats; the slats do not go all the way across. I made the bed such that it can be broken down and moved quickly; there are no fancy joints, just butt joints held together with screws. There is a cleat along the inner side of each side plank and a beam down the middle that supports the other cleat(s).
Enjoy!
-- John
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MsDebbieP
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posted 923 days ago
ooooooooooh easy to move… brilliant.
It looks very..hmm… simplistic and a nice way to end the day.
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posted 923 days ago
Nice job on this frame woodspar.
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mot
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posted 923 days ago
Simple and functional. Looks great!
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oscorner
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posted 923 days ago
Nice looking wood. Welll done.
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jockmike2
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posted 923 days ago
Sure, woodworking magazines!!!!! Good looking bed though. mike
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posted 923 days ago
so the base also doubles as a box spring. After 10 years, how does it sleep?
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woodspar
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posted 923 days ago
Debbie, PJ, Mot, thanks for your comments.
Os, I do think that one shot really shows how nice the grain is in the poplar. Thanks.
Mike – I swear they are woodworking magazines!
Scott, I actually had a futon on it for many years. When I looked at the commercial platform beds I noticed that most of them were not that “robust.” I built this bed to last and it is very comfortable. My kids jump on it (when it has the mattress) and it and it does not even move. The separate runs of slats makes it quite comfortable – it is not like you push down on one side and up goes the other because they are separate.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to view and comment.
-- John
tribble
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posted 122 days ago
John, This appears to be a nice platform bed with great details. How is the upper box supported on the lower box? It appears you have a center spar and two outer spars on the upper box but it is not clear how the lower box supports them.