Diy Loft Bed With Steps

You ll want to have on hand some common woodworking tools including a hammer a tape measure a level a framing.

Diy loft bed with steps.

Connect the planks with the nuts and lag. Vertical ladders are easy to make but not as safe for kids and more substantial staircases may be beyond your diy skills. Using a drill create pilot holes in the boards in which the nuts and screws will go. With the height of your loft space determined it s time to build your loft bed frame.

In order to save space you could build a simple loft bed and place a nice desk under the support slats. I built a loft bed queen size a bit over 6 feet up without building a ladder at the same time. How to build a loft bed step 3. Building a loft bed is a cheap solution for small rooms that don t provide enough space for fitting a large bed and a desk separately.

What really convinced me that i needed to build something more permanent was my cat she was climbing jumping vertically up the leg of the bed built from 2x4 s to. So i used a standard 6 step ladder for almost a year but it was troublesome and wobbly especially when hungover. If you have a bunk bed set that s missing its ladder or stairs you obviously need a way to get to the top bunk. Cut or construct a box using four of the 2 x 6 inch boards.

A video overview can be watched to see how the bed will be put together but there are also detailed step by step instructions with pictures for cutting the parts assembling the bed and making the stairs. This step by step diy article is about how to build a loft bed with stairs.