Due to some unforeseen circumstances, I was left with a bed short for one of my bedrooms, sooooooooooooo, I started thinking and looking at online catalogs. Hey, a platform bed - should be easy to build, huh? So I told my skeptical husband my plan and being as easy going as he is and willing to do almost anything that I ask of him....Here we go. We had leftover hardie board siding from our hail damage re-do and I do hate to see anything go to waste.
I figured it was sturdy and hardy ( "hardie" board, hehe). Why not?
Carl kept saying that we needed this or needed that, but I had already decided, that this project was going to cost me "zilch".
Okay, he finally talked me into buying 3 - 2x3's for $6.00. (He changed the interior support design after I bought them and then found scraps to finish it out) Anyway, it turned out almost perfect. IF, I had decided to actually spend money, I would have gone and bought some black and white print material to cover the actual platform that the mattress rests on, but I didn't. (I felt that since we were using scrap lumber and I didn't want to take FOREVER sanding and making the wood absolutely smooth without any splinters, that I would just cover the board, also because the mattress that we were going to use is actually an air mattress that has a memory foam covering around it, so didn't want to take any chances of puncturing it) So, I used what I had. Even the paint, nails and glue!
Since this was our first attempt, we didn't know how much room to leave for the actual bedding, so we did get the platform just a little too big, but if I change to one of those big thick and fluffy comforters, then it might be just right, Anyway for the first time, I think we did pretty good. So now, I have to decide if I am going to have him make me a headboard for it.
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AWESOME!!!! I think it looks great with the little tiny bit of overhang. Most platforms beds I've seen do have an overhang. LOVE thrifty stuff, right? Great job!
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