Sons Bed

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Comment by Antonio Morales on January 24, 2012 at 3:54pm

Thanks a lot, the links will help a lot and also the idea of getting the mattresses and build the trundle first makes totally sense.

Comment by Collin Hargreaves on January 24, 2012 at 3:25pm

Sorry and to your main question of height,  I built the trundle first, added the height of the mattress then added 1 inch for clearance.  It's a tight fit I would allow for at least 2 inches of clearance if I had it to do over again.    

Comment by Collin Hargreaves on January 24, 2012 at 3:22pm

Antonio, 

Below are a few link that I used as a foundation for my plan however I modified it a ton due to cost or availability of materials and so the bed could be taken apart easily.   For the corner posts I used doubled up 2 x 4's to save $ as my only non treated 4x4 option in Indy was cedar (5 times more expensive).  Where these plans call for 1x8  I ripped down a sheet of 3/4 MDF to 7 1/2 inches,  was able to make the rails, and trundle out of one sheet and had enough left over to add the raised panel type highlights and additional top bed rail supports (thicker at ends so I could run longer screws through the brackets and into the rails,  plus added depth to the side view.

Hope the pics, links and my description help you with your plans

 

Bed -   http://ana-white.com/2010/01/plans-how-to-modify-farmhouse-bed-to.html 

Trundle - http://ana-white.com/2010/01/plans-trundle-bed-or-storage-pottery.html

Bed Rail Brackets -  http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=11&filter=bed%20rail

 

Comment by Antonio Morales on January 24, 2012 at 2:08pm

Nice Job!.

I'm on the process on building the same bed for my daughter but in white, Do you mind share the plans|measures?

Where I have some questions how high has to be the rail to allow the  trundle bed?

Will be cool if you post the plans.

Thanks