Essential Loft Bed (Adjustable Heights) — board plan

What to buy, and which parts come off which board.

Buy 17 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — 2x6

6 boards · 29.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 19 7/8" left over
75"
1. Long rails — 75"
Board 2 · 19 7/8" left over
75"
1. Long rails — 75"
Board 3 · 19 7/8" left over
75"
1. Long rails — 75"
Board 4 · 39 7/8" left over
55"
1. Top end rail — 55"
Board 5 · 12 3/4" left over
41"41"
1. End rails — 41"
2. End rails — 41"
Board 6 · 12 3/4" left over
41"41"
1. End rails — 41"
2. End rails — 41"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

4 boards · 10.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 13 1/8" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"18"
1. Legs and ladder sides — 31 3/4"
2. Legs and ladder sides — 31 3/4"
3. Ladder rungs — 18"
Board 2 · 13 1/8" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"18"
1. Legs and ladder sides — 31 3/4"
2. Legs and ladder sides — 31 3/4"
3. Ladder rungs — 18"
Board 3 · 31 1/4" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

2 boards · 2.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 19 7/8" left over
75"
1. Slat cleats — 75"
Board 2 · 19 7/8" left over
75"
1. Slat cleats — 75"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

5 boards · 8.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 18 3/4" left over
38"38"
1. Bed slats — 38"
2. Bed slats — 38"
Board 2 · 18 3/4" left over
38"38"
1. Bed slats — 38"
2. Bed slats — 38"
Board 3 · 18 3/4" left over
38"38"
1. Bed slats — 38"
2. Bed slats — 38"
Board 4 · 18 3/4" left over
38"38"

Cuts are listed longest-first, which is how they should be made: the awkward pieces get placed while there is still board to place them on. The layout assumes one end of each board is squared off (1") and that every cut costs 1/8" of kerf — the reason six 16″ parts do not fit on a 96″ board.

Essential Loft Bed (Adjustable Heights) — board plan

1 1/2" × 5 1/2" — 2x6

Board 1 · 19 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 19 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 19 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 39 7/8" left over

Board 5 · 12 3/4" left over

Board 6 · 12 3/4" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — 2x4

Board 1 · 13 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 13 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 31 1/4" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

Board 1 · 19 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 19 7/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 18 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 18 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 18 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 18 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 63 1/8" left over

Board 5 · 18 3/4" left over