Essential Platform Bed Frame — board plan

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

Buy 22 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 5 1/2"

4 boards · 18.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 14 7/8" left over
80"
1. Side rails — 80"
Board 2 · 14 7/8" left over
80"
1. Side rails — 80"
Board 3 · 31 7/8" left over
63"
1. Top and bottom rails — 63"
Board 4 · 31 7/8" left over
63"
1. Top and bottom rails — 63"

1 1/2" × 3 1/2"

2 boards · 4.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 58% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 5/8" left over
80"7"7"
1. Center support — 80"
2. Bed legs — 7"
3. Bed legs — 7"
Board 2 · 80 3/4" left over
7"7"
1. Bed legs — 7"
2. Bed legs — 7"

1 1/2" × 1 1/2"

2 boards · 2.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 14 7/8" left over
80"
1. Slat cleats — 80"
Board 2 · 14 7/8" left over
80"
1. Slat cleats — 80"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

13 boards · 12.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 10 7/8" left over
84"
1. Side trim — 84"
Board 2 · 10 7/8" left over
84"
1. Side trim — 84"
Board 3 · 34 7/8" left over
60"
1. Bottom trim — 60"
Board 4 · 34 7/8" left over
60"
1. Bed slats — 60"
Board 5 · 34 7/8" left over
60"
1. Bed slats — 60"
Board 6 · 34 7/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 34 7/8" left over
60"
1. Top trim — 60"

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 Platform Bed Frame — board plan

1 1/2" × 5 1/2"

Board 1 · 14 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 14 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 31 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 31 7/8" left over

1 1/2" × 3 1/2"

Board 1 · 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 80 3/4" left over

1 1/2" × 1 1/2"

Board 1 · 14 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 14 7/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 10 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 10 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 34 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 34 7/8" left over

Board 5 · 34 7/8" left over

Board 6 · 34 7/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 34 7/8" left over

Board 7 · 34 7/8" left over

Board 8 · 34 7/8" left over

Board 9 · 34 7/8" left over

Board 10 · 34 7/8" left over

Board 11 · 34 7/8" left over

Board 12 · 34 7/8" left over

Board 13 · 34 7/8" left over