The bed is a very special place in any house and for any person. Who doesn’t need to feel comforted in their own bedroom? But also, especially in small environments, you should always try to make the most of the available space. That might mean, for example, keeping boxes and shoes under the bed, hiding the clutter under it.
These platform storage beds can solve the issue of lack of storage space, since they practically have an extra closet under them. In addition, they are very pretty, and contrary to what it seems, they are not difficult to make, because in their structure several cheap cabinets were used to assemble, similar to those that you can surely get in a big store in your city.
- 4 cabinets 24x15x30 inches
- 1 cabinet 15x15x30 inches
- 1 cabinet 15x15x20 inches
- 1 cabinet 15x15x10 inches
- 12 planks 54 inches long
- 4 planks 72 inches long
- strong screws
- Drill
1. This bed is constructed from 7 different sized kitchen cabinets that were previously purchased from a home goods store. These are cabinets that come disassembled and ready to assemble at home. With them, a structure was assembled on which the mattress is held. You can buy cabinets that you like, build them, or use some that you already have.
When you choose the cabinets you are going to use, you must adapt the measurements and steps of this tutorial to the materials you have. Below you can see an indicative diagram with the dimensions that were used here.
2. Assemble each of the cabinets, according to the instructions.
3. Locate the cabinets in the room forming the structure of the bed as you want it to be finished. Screw them together to make the structure stronger.
4. As you can see in the images, place a wooden strip on the inside of the bed frame, and another on the wall, which will serve as beams to support the boards on which you will place the mattress. Also put some central beams. In the video at the end of the article you can understand the process more clearly.
5. Assemble the bed elastic with the wooden planks. Everything must be done carefully, because the bed will hold a lot of weight.
6. When the structure is ready, place the mattress on top, and decorate as you like, for example by placing rugs on the steps.
In the video you can see the procedure in detail (remember to set the subtitles in Spanish):