Making A Cabin Bed

It helps to cut a spacer block so the battens are evenly spaced.

Making a cabin bed.

This step by step diy project is about twin size cabin bed frame plans. Get your inspiration from our album of diy cabin beds below and head over to the step by step tutorial to build one. 1 sheet 8 long 3 4 plywood. Not bad considering rh baby child sells a similar cabin bed for over 2 000.

2 pcs 8 long 1 2 timber. Finally i added the board and batten detail with brad nails and wood glue. 17 pcs 8 long 2 4 timber. If you are going to buy a cabin bed from a retailer they run about 2 000 so we were definitely able to save tons of money by buying this cabin bed ourselves.

Modern log beds hold a box spring as well as a mattress and so have no need for crossrails. 1 pc 4 long 1 3 timber. This job can be completed for less than 70 if you used a ladder. 6 pcs 8 long 2 2 timber.

A log bed is a bed frame built entirely from logs that are cut and shaped to fit together without nails or screws. This diy cabin bed costs about 350 to build. Early log beds were made with crossrails and topped with a mattress. If you re interested building this bed definitely be sure to hop over to the build something website because i m giving you the whole tutorial and all the plans there for free.

Just make sure you know the basic woodworking techniques and follow my plans step by step. You can build this cabin bed with basic tools and materials and save a ton of money.