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Comment by carol on February 19, 2015 at 8:32am

thanks for the compliment :-)

no, no other photos at the moment, i was so happy to get it to a finished state, i set it up at the house without taking photos of putting it together lol

the drawers are inset, i used steel ball bearing slides (which i HATE with a passion!). i had no plan (bad idea!) other than knowing the mattress was 60" x 80", and that's what the slat frame needed to be. the biggest problem i had with existing plans was that they were also 60 x 80 on the floor; that means every time you walk up to the bed you hit your toes on the bottom (it'd be like building base cabinets flush with the countertops and without a toe kick). no plan i could find had the bed sitting on a frame that was smaller than the mattress, so i had to wing it. working from the top down; the frame is 60 x 80 (built in 4 pieces), around the perimeter the drawer boxes are 56 x 78, and the 2x4 frame bottom is 50 x 75 (also built in 4 pieces). that leaves 5" clear on the floor on the sides and foot. the boxes at the head are dead space; if they had drawers, we couldn't use the knotty pine nightstands i'm building now :-)

good luck with your build, can't wait to see what you come up with!

Comment by MITCHELL H on February 19, 2015 at 4:04am

Very nicely done Carol. Any particular plan used? Or a combo of your own & ...? Are those flush fit drawers? I like your picture framed styled and pocket holed top. Any other photos? I'm getting ready to do a couple of queen beds w drawers as well. I'm looking at all the ones that I can find and have come up with hybrids I hope to share as well. Keep up the builds. Looks like you enjoy "making dust," as well.

Comment by michael evans on February 16, 2015 at 5:12am

Hi Carol you cannot beat building things in kit form to place in a specific place that's not easy to access .