Twin Bed Frame #1

My son and I are going to build a new twin bead frame for him. The diagram shows the style and main dimensions


We are planning on painting this, so the lumber going to be very inexpensive: All the pieces shown in brown will be made from either kiln-dried 2x4 fir or 1x6 pine. The blue panel will be from paint-grade plywood.

The bed rails will be connected to the head and foot boards using bed rail fasteners from Rockler. I have used these in the past, and they work very well.


Here are the estimated costs

6 2x4's for posts and rails - $10

8 1x6 pine boards for headboard / footboard; rails - $50

1/2 sheet of 3/4" ACX fir plywood for headboard - $12

1 sheet of 1/2" CDX fir plywood for mattress platform - $10

4 rail fasteners (one package) - $11

Total - about $95