Today’s featured DIY project is amazing. It is such a brilliant idea and a brilliant design. You can create a DIY Bench that folds out into a sturdy bed.
The design of this project is very creative and very practical. It is definitely a more involved DIY project, not for the beginning or the faint of heart. But with some great DIY skills and a bit of work, the results are well worth-it and rewarding.
What we like about this project is that you can have a piece of furniture that is a double-function. Whenever you can get that kind of usage out of furniture, it is going to save money and space.
This project is featured by the Owner Builder Network and laid out step-by-step on Imgur. You can see the full project and steps if this is something you wish to create yourself!
We love finding projects like this as they really highlight the creativity of man, but provide for a very practical purpose too!
The nice thing about this project is that you can have a piece of furniture for those occasional times (a bed) for the overnight guests and more. Then everyday it can serve for a very functional sitting area. So this furniture is perfect in an extra room that you like to use for projects, etc. but need it to be an actual guestroom sometimes. Often, it seems like such a waste to dedicate an entire room with a bed for those occasional times, but this solves that problem. And it can also be placed in a livingroom or family room where it can be used for a sitting area and then for a bed in those common areas as needed too.
The only thing it will not do is store is the mattress as well. But you can get foldable foam or futon-like mattresses online and then they fold or roll-up for easy storage.
Amazon offers many different futon mattress options:
Here’s what it looks like as a finished bed:
To make this project:
What do you think of this project?
Serena
This is exactly what I need for when my oldest son comes home…except cannot see the instructions, keeps taking me to just photos. Can you please you link for the step by step instructions.
Manuel Bernardo
Can I have the free instructions on how to make this bed? Thank you and God bless.
Aubree
They aren’t free…. but after some internet searching I found them for sale on 3Dwoodworkingplans.com. They have several sizes and variations.
Christopher Tornello
I found them here…
https://3dwoodworkingplans.com/queen/
Looks like they want $11 or $15 depending on the file format.
Ted Killmeyer
Well I really like this design and it will make an excellent place to sit in the spare bedroom (when it is being used for things other than a bed room) Might I suggest an Inflatable mattress for the top? they are excellent and with a piece of cardboard or something similar between the slats and the bed it will be Very comfy and long lasting…
Roberto Carlos
Can I get these free plans?
Bruce
It looks like what I am looking for. I need dimentions not just pictures
jennifer
This is exactly what i am looking for, when i have company…. Please provide instructions.
Thanks,
Grandma!
Aubree
I also really like this idea, but the actual building plans are nowhere on this page or in the links. Can you share where to find/buy them?
charbel
can you please provide me with the measurment and clear plans?
thank you
pierre valiquette
hi i love the bed box project where can i get the full plan i realy like to do this for my dauther thanks very nice
wade
great idea but no instructions? Just pictures
Steven Paolucci
Where do we get the actual instructions/measurements, etc.?
Marsto adams
Hi , I don’t have the skill , time or space to build one of these so where can I purchase it ?
Kevin Sullivan
I sure could use this piece. Where can I get the plans?
David M Taylor
How do we get the plans to build the bed frame?
David M Taylor
How do we order the plans to build the bed
Anna
I love the idea of that bed am from Kenya and i would like to make that bed for myself please guide me
tom
Where can I get the prints for this bed