Thread: Making a double bed - critiques welcome.

Hej!

I am in the process of designing a double bed that uses two single IKEA slat bases (800x2000mm) set side-by-side in a collapsible wooden frame - if I make it I want to be able to take it when moving houses! It will be held together by cross-dowels/bed bolts with the rails slotting into the "chunky" legs - this will help support the rails at either end. So it will be approximately 2.1 x 1.6 m with a height off the floor of 500mm-ish. I was also thinking of putting some drawers in as well but that sounds difficult and I am already going to struggle with the construction anyway!!

The IKEA slat bases are fairly cheap, robust, and allow air flow to the mattress; a double bed mattress will sit atop. I am planning to glue and dowel an outer face (145x22mm pine) to the bed rail (120x42mm) to hold the IKEA slat bases. A centre rail will have two of the rails glued and dowelled to both sides of a "facing" board. This central rail will be supported at both ends by a cross rail joining the legs at the head and foot end of the bed.

My idea is to make it so that the whole thing can be "flat-packed".

I am using Google Sketchup to draw up the design.

This is my first attempt at a major furniture item. It will all be done in Pine as this is really the only timber available here in Sweden!!

I have a drill and a hand saw. I assume that a router and a circular saw would make things a whole lot easier!

Critiqes and advice welcome!

cheers

The Black One

ps Not sure how to put a Google Sketchup plan on the forum but if anyone wants to see it then let me know.