Project: Bed

I know that this is old news but I figured that I should share this with all of you guys. I have had the same bed for, who knows, how long. So I had been planning to make myself a platform bed for myself during the Christmas season. I had been talking about it for months so when the Christmas season came I did... nothing.

I waited a few more months and I finally started. I went to the hardware store and spent a ton of money. I bought some plywood and ripped it. As I was working on it I hurt myself. It's actuality worse than it looks. No really.
bed01

As the project is nearing completion, my mom reminded my dad and I that we should make the bed so it comes apart so I can take it up the stairs.
bed02

I of course pretended like I had never thought of of that. My mom started to tell me about how I can take the bed apart. I let her go on and on for two minutes until i finally interrupted and told her that dad had taken the stairs into consideration. She really hates my antics sometimes. Still this brought up an excellent point. How was I going to bring the box springs down. It's not like I could throw the thing out the window.
bed03

Before anyone starts talking... My windows are NOT dirty. It was early in the morning and there was frost on the window. I should also point out some interesting things in that picture... It will be kind of like an "I Spy" game...
--- Albert Einstein Action Figure: with equation solving karate chop action.
--- Paddington Bear: Because he comes from Peru.
--- A Penguin: Because that is who I am.
--- Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Adams is a genius.
--- Mango Looza: Nothing like drinking mango juice on a bench by the beach and then watch the sun come up.
--- D&D Dice: I am a nerd, through and through.
--- Chess set: I made that.

Back to the bed...

So I had to take my box springs and cut it up... I had a pair of lineman's pliers and cut every single wire there. The only hard part was the one steal bar that went all the way around the box springs. By this time I already had blisters on my hand. I said forget it and I just used my dremel. Then, when the box springs was broken into pieces then I through it out the window because the stairs were still too tricky to manage.
bed04
Then we brought up the bed piece by piece. When we tried to put the thing together I realized that there were problems with my measurements. So we needed to shimmy the bed. Instead of using wood to shimmy the bed we used Maxim and FHM magazine covers. Everyone knows the hot chicks that are on those covers. One of them was Teri Hatcher form Desperate House Wives. I really like her. She is not the one who plays Gabrielle Solis, the one who slept with the gardener, but she is up there. [In totally unrelated news... I have horticulture experience...]
bed05
Here it is with all four sides on it. If you look at the top left hand corner you just might see a magazine cover folded over and over again to make a shim.
bed06
And one from the corner.
bed07
And one looking at it from the top.
bed08
And one looking at it from the side. For those of you wondering what that hole is there for you will see in just a minute.
bed09
He is the whole thing made with the covers on it. I want to get rid of the flannel and get something with a higher thread count.
bed10
Here you can see the side of the bed. I stained the thing myself and I thought it looked awesome.
bed11
Here is a picture with the drawer open... That is what the whole on the side was for.
bed12
And another one of the drawers...
bed13
And so concludes my project of making a bed... next time I am sleeping on the floor. It's easier.


Extra Reading