Queen Size Platform Bed Frame With Storage Drawers

Build this Queen sized platform bed frame with storage drawers. Pair it with your favorite headboard for an attractive AND functional storage piece. Material is 3/4″ plywood with a 2×4 base.

Queen Platform Bed Frame with Storage Drawers

Materials:

Use 3/4″ plywood or MDF
Wood glue
1 3/4″wood screws
3″ construction screws
2×4 lumber for base

Step 1: Build Drawer Boxes

Build 6 identical storage boxes.

Attach bottom to sides
The bottom is attached 3/4″ from the bottom of the sidepieces.

Attach a back to the box

Attach top

If you put all the compartments together this is what you should have. If your measurements are slightly different, adjust the next steps to fit YOUR compartments.

Step 2: Build the Platform Base

Use 2×4’s and 3″ constructions screws to assemble as shown below.

Step 3: Secure Storage Compartments to Base

Attach a 2×4 cleat to bottom of each storage compartment

Each cleat should fit INSIDE the base.

Set the storage compartment inside the base and secure the compartments together by driving 1 1/4″ screws into the sides.

Step 4: Head and Foot pieces

Add “head” and “foot” to the bed frame. These should be 64″ x 13 1/2″ if everything is perfect. However, things are almost never perfect. So adjust the dimensions of your head and foot pieces to fit your actual bed frame. The width should be exactly the same. The height of your head and foot pieces should be 1 3/4″ taller than your bed frame.

Use 3/4″ MDF or Plywood for your head and foot pieces
Attach using 1 1/4″ screws driving through from inside the cabinet compartments. (You might have to climb inside to get enough screws in there.
Each board extends above the platform by 1 3/4″

Step 5: Build and attach Faceframes

Use 1×2 and 1×3 poplar.
Build and attach with 1 1/4″ pocket hole screws.
refer to post on building and attaching face frames for basic instructions
Faceframes match height of head and foot
side face frames go on first
Footer faceframe extends to the edge of the side face frames

Step 6: Add filler strips

Add a 1×2 to the inside of the two sides and then the foot
Glue and nail (from the inside) the 1×2 flush with the TOP of the face frame and “foot”

Step 7: Add Top Face

Add another 1×2 to the top of the U-shaped bed platform

Phase 4: Drawers and Drawer Fronts

Build and install drawers and drawer fronts using relevant instructional posts

Finish with paint or poly and enjoy!

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30 Comments

Could you possibly give me the dimensions for a king bed? Wanting to make this for the wife for extra storage for her shoes, etc.

Nice! Thanks for sharing it was a success!

Built a version of this but adjusted a few sizes so as to rely upon available oak planks (max 1×8 for drawer fronts). Total material cost ran about $500 including 4 sheets 3/4 birch plywood (boxes), 2 sheets 1/2” birch plywood (drawer boxes), 6 2×4’s (base), oak for face frames: 3-1×6, 6-1×3, 1-1×2 and 3-1×8 for drawer fronts. I added push to open drawer glides to eliminate handles or pulls and give a clean look. Final product is sturdy and heavy. Lined the bottom of the base with 1/4” thick felt strips so the bed can be shifted without scratching the floor. This bed is a tank but can be broken down into pieces to relocate. Great project.

I built this over the weekend for our basement bedroom. Came together very nicely, although I found the bed a bit higher than I was expecting. Material cost was pretty reasonable. I will likely build another one of these for our cabin!