How to Build a Floating Drawer Bed Frame

Cut two pieces of 2-by-4 67 inches long using the circular saw. Cut two pieces of 2-by-4 to 35 inches wide. Cut two pieces of 2-by-4 to 16 1/2 inches long. Cut one piece of 2-by-4 to 71 inches long. Cut four pieces of 2-by-4 to 17 inches long. Cut three sheets of 3/4 inch thick plywood 39 inches long by 25 inches wide.

Fasten the screwdriver drill bit to the hammer drill. Screw a 67-inch piece of 2-by-4 to one of the 24-inch pieces of 2-by-4 so the 67 inch piece using an L-bracket. The 67-inch piece must be fastened at one end of the 17-inch piece with the L-bracket fastened to a 2-inch-wide sides of each piece.

Screw another 17-inch piece to the other end of the 67-inch piece, using an L-bracket fastened to the 2-inch-wide sides. Repeat this process with the other 67- and 17-inch pieces to form two capital “I” shapes. Screw the two 35-inch-wide pieces between the 17-inch pieces on the ends of the “I” shapes using L-brackets to form a bed frame.

Screw the 71-inch piece of 2-by-4 down the middle of the bed frame between the 35-inch 2-by-4 pieces, using an L-bracket on either side of each joint. Screw one of the 16 1/2 inch 2-by-4 pieces between the side of the bed frame and the 71-inch piece using two L-brackets per joint. Screw the three 39-by-25 inch plywood sheets to the top of the bed frame to form the mattress base.

Cut four sheets of 1/2-inch-thick plywood 16 inches long by 8 inches wide using the circular saw. Cut two sheets of 1/2-inch-thick plywood 25 inches long by 16 inches wide. Cut two sheets of 1/2-inch-thick plywood 25 inches long by 18 inches wide.

Screw one 16-by-8-inch sheet to either 16-inch-long side of the 25-by-16-inch sheets to form two “U” shapes. Screw a 25-by-18 inch piece to the end of each “U” shape so it is flush with the 16-by-8 and 25-by-16 inch pieces with a 2-inch lip above the “U”.

Screw each “U” shape to the underside of the bed using L-brackets so the “U” is flush with the outer edge of one of the 75-inch-long 2-by-4 pieces and the 2-inch lip above the “U” connects with the underside of one of the mattress base sheets. These are the floating drawer frames.

Cut four sheets of 1/2-inch-thick plywood 14 1/2 inches long by 7 inches wide. Cut four sheets of 1/2-inch-thick plywood 24 inches long by 7 inches wide. Cut two sheets of 1/2-inch-thick plywood 23 inches long by 13 1/2 inches wide.

Screw a 14 1/2 by 7-inch piece to the end of a 24-by-7-inch piece to form an L shape 7 inches wide. Repeat this process to form another “L” piece. Screw a 23-by-13 1/2-inch piece to one end of an “L” shape. Screw the other “L” shape to the other side of the 23-by-13 1/2-inch piece to form a drawer. Repeat this step.

Screw the “L” shape pieces together on each drawer to reinforce the sides of the drawer. Screw a drawer handle to the center of one of the 24-by-7-inch pieces on each drawer to form the front of the drawers. Slide the drawers into the floating drawer frames to complete the bed.