Build Your Own King Size Bed Frame

Be sure to cut the two legs that go under the center support to your new leg length as well.

Build your own king size bed frame.

Use 1 1 4 nails and a good wood glue to lock the components together in a professional manner. It s much easier to show than tell. First build the panel out of 2 6 and 1 6 boards. For the side rails the holes can be 1 5 from the end since the side rails will rest on the end rail overhang.

Buying a wooden king bed can be super pricey but this inexpensive 150 diy slat king bed frame is not. Easy to make too no serious woodworking skills are required to make this diy project. Build your own king slat bed for 150. Put the bed together.

What this will do is let the 4 4 legs sit flat on the 2 4 supports without any overhang. We constructed a king size bed adjust the lumber sizes to match the size of your bed. Need a new king bed frame in your bedroom. I did with with my queen bed build and you would just mimic that but with your king size cut size.

Start by building four i beams with 3 4 maple plywood at 6 3 4 x 80 1 2. You will build it to fit the space between the dressers under the bed. Diy bed frame ideas 1. First thing to build for the bed is the cross section.

So the size of the under the bed drawer will depend upon the size bed you are building. For the end rails drill 2 holes roughly 3 from each end so that there will be just over 1 5 of board hanging over. Cut the boards to the right length for the size of your bed. For us the drawer ended up being 20 inches wide by 50 inches long.