Why I Built this Project

I wanted our guest room to feel like a fancy hotel room for our guests.  So I built this headboard that is comfortable, easy to clean and creates a fabric texture to look more expensive, all on a super tight budget.  I spent less than $100 on this huge headboard!

I also built the wood bed frame - the plans are free and here.

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Why I Built this Project

I needed a new guest room bed and wanted something that felt "hotel-lish" for our guest.  I also never wanted to clean under the bed again.  So I designed this bed with the enclosed base and hotel style look.  

It was easy to build in the different pieces, move up to the room by myself and assemble.  A king size bed is a big project.  The way this bed comes together, it is do-able by one person.

Here's How I Built this Bed (by Myself!)

I followed the cut list and cut all the boards.  I built a standard king size bed.  

I knew this was going to be an awesome project and wanted it to look professional, so I used hidden pocket hole joinery whenever I could.   Here's the pocket holes drilled in my 1x12 boards -

Then, I built the footboard - here's how 

I attach the shorter 1x12 pieces to the footboard 1x12 with pocket holes on the outside for increased strength

And then added the 2x6 on top.  In the plans, where to drill pocket holes is detailed.

Now on to the two side rails -

This is the frame for one of the side rails, made of 2x6s.  I did join this with just screws since the mattress will cover most of the top.

Then I added the 1x12s inside the 2x6 frame for the side rails.  I built two side rails.

Here's what the side rails will look like from the outside.  So beautiful!  And I love that it works as a toe kick too!

After staining (and building a headboard - more details coming soon), I brought everything into the room and started assembling the pieces.  It is so handy that the pieces stand upright and don't topple over, so you can do assembly by yourself.  

The pieces are individually light enough to haul in by yourself too.

So the two sideboards get attached to the footboard at the bottom on the inside.

Then you add in the inner cleats and center support to support a mattress slat system.

And then place the 1x3 cleats on top.  

What I did was place all the cleats and attach, so the bed frame is a solid individual piece.  Then I attach the headboard to the frame with screws.

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