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Toddler Bed with Built-In Shelves — board plan

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

Buy 10 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 27"

1 board · 8.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 55% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 42 7/8" left over

    1. Plywood Bottom — 52"

3/4" × 5"

9 boards · 22.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 90% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 8 3/4" left over

    1. Rail — 43"
    2. Rail — 43"

  2. Board 2 · 1 5/8" left over

    1. Rail — 43"
    2. Tall Headboard — 32"
    3. Bookshelf Side — 18"

  3. Board 3 · 1 5/8" left over

    1. Tall Headboard — 32"
    2. Tall Side — 32"
    3. Bookshelf Top — 29"

  4. Board 4 · 6 5/8" left over

    1. Tall Side — 32"
    2. Bookshelf Top — 29"
    3. Footboard — 27"

  5. Board 5 · 3 1/2" left over

    1. Bookshelf Bottom — 27"
    2. Bookshelf Bottom — 27"
    3. Shelf — 27"
    4. Divider — 10"

  6. Board 6 · 13 5/8" left over

    1. Shelf — 27"
    2. Bookshelf Back — 27"
    3. Bookshelf Back — 27"

  7. Board 7 · 15 5/8" left over

    1. Bookshelf Back — 27"
    2. Short Side — 26"
    3. Short Side — 26"

  8. Board 8 · 1/2" left over

    1. Guard Rail — 26"
    2. Short Headboard — 25"
    3. Short Headboard — 25"
    4. Bookshelf Side — 18"

  9. Board 9 · 33 5/8" left over

    1. Short Headboard — 25"
    2. Bookshelf Side — 18"
    3. Bookshelf Side — 18"

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.