Memory foam beds are becoming very popular. In order for a memory foam mattress to function properly it needs a solid platform frame. This will also extend the life of your expensive visco elastic foam mattress. Many of the less expensive platform frames are lightweight, flimsy and made of cheap material. If you need a good solid strong platform frame for your bed it is very simple to make this yourself.
Would you believe you can make a complete platform frame for about 0? And all you will need is 8 - two by fours and 2 - sheets of Birchwood plywood. This is all you need for the complete frame - stand, baseboard and headboard. You may be thinking, two by fours? Yes, two by fours. These are inexpensive but very strong, and when you are finished the two by fours will not even show. The 0 cost includes the hardware, stain and finish. If you think you cannot stain and finish yourself then you may not be familiar with water based stains and finish. These days they are very easy to use, dry fast, cleanup with just tap water and do not produce the strong odors like oil base products.
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To give you an idea how simple it is, the baseboard requires two pieces of the Birchwood plywood at 41 x 62 inches. The baseboard frame support requires 16 pieces of the two by fours of the following lengths: 2 at 78 ½ inches long, 4 at 47 inches long, 4 at 21 5/16 inches long, 4 at 12 inches long and finally 2 at 13 inches long. These are not fancy cuts, just straight cuts with a handsaw or electric circular saw.
The headboard requires 7 pieces of the Birchwood plywood: 2 at 40 x 31 inches, 2 at 62 x 7 inches, 2 at 26 x 8 inches and 1 at 26 x 3 inches. The back of this headboard requires the following two by fours of the following lengths: 4 at 50 inches long and 1 at 31 inches long.
If you have a simple electric circular saw, all of these cuts can be made in about 30 minutes or less.
The frame I propose is a very simple design for the purpose of making it very simple to build. The materials detailed above are enough to make a queen size frame and the plans can easily be scaled down for a fullsize or twinsize bed. When you are finished I assure you this will be a very sturdy strong frame that will last you a long time. I hate is flimsy furniture.
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