Bed Tutorial

Parts Needed:

Card Stock

Paper Punch

Beads

Wood (Square or Circular Dowl, Stair Rail, or Coffee Stirrer)

1/4" square Wood Dowl (for bed frame)

Wood Glue

White Glue

Step One:

Use paper punch to punch (6) shapes in cardstock.

Step Two:

   

As you cut your punch out of the cardstock, include sufficient plain cardstock for the headboard, footboard, and bedposts.

(This will be a twin size bed so I have added 1 inch to the bottom of my headboard and 1/4 inch to the bottom of my footboard.  To add additional width, I added 1/4 inch to the sides of each piece.)

Make two stacks (3) shapes on each stack. Use wood glue on each layer of the stacks. Allow time to


dry thoroughly.

Step Three:

Glue one dowl/stair rail to each side.

(To increase the width of this bed I added small beads between the punch stack and stair rail.  This is optional. Additional width can also be achieved, as mentioned above, by cutting a wider piece of  perimeter  cardstock.)     

Step Four:

Cut the 1/4" dowl so that you have (2) long side pieces and (4) inner pieces. Arrange into a  rectangular  shape and glue together. 

(For my twin bed, my side pieces are 6 inches and my inner pieces are 2.5 inches.)

Step Five:

Glue  footboard to bed frame. Allow time to dry. Glue headboard to bedframe.

(I used two pieces of foam core under the bed frame to keep both the footboard and headboard level .)

Last Step: Give bed a fine sanding , a final coat of paint, and if desired a matt varnish. In a later post, I'll share the steps for making a mini mattress and a pic of the dressed bed. Happy mini-ing.