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House Frame Twin Bed Building Plan

Written by Amy Baesler

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Build your own twin bed with this beginner-friendly house bed building plan! The printable woodworking plan includes the option for a box spring support rail or bed slats instead of a box spring. 

Hi it’s Amy from Hertoolbelt back again with another build project.  If you’ve been following along with our build series, you’ve probably noticed a few ‘house’ shaped projects.  We have made the cute Playhouse frame for a fun reading nook.  A little more recently, the house headboard.  The house project that takes the cake is the amazing Bunk Bed Playhouse.  When Australian magazine Home Life showed this fun House Frame bed in a kids’ room article, we had to add it to the collection of ‘house’ shaped tutorials, right!

Free plans to build a kid's bed inspired by this unique house frame twin bed. #remodelaholic #kidsbedroom

How to Build a House Frame Twin Bed

Get the printable house bed plans HERE
This house bed is designed to fit a twin mattress and box spring 39″ x 75″, with a no box spring option that uses 1×4 bed slats instead.  Here are the overall dimensions of the bed.

Free plans to build a kid's bed inspired by this unique house frame twin bed. #remodelaholic #kidsbedroom

 

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House Frame Twin Bed Building Plan Materials Needed

  • printable woodworking plan
  • 9 – 2″ x 4″ x 8′ boards (actual 1 1/2″ x 3 1/2″)
  • 3 – 2″ x 2″ x 8′ boards (actual 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″)
  • *5 – 1″ x 4″ x 8′ boards (actual 3/4″ x 3 1/2″)
  • *1 1/2″ screws
  • 2 1/2″ pocket screws (self tapping)
  • 2″ brad nails
  • Pendant Light
  • wood glue
  • wood filler
  • sand paper
  • Paint and primer or wood stain
  • Kreg Jig pocket hole jig

* No box spring option

Yes — you can build a twin bed from just 2x4s and 2x2s! The option 1×4 bed slats are

How to assemble a house-shaped twin bed frame

After making the cuts following the cut list and diagram in the printable woodworking plan, you’ll use pocket holes and screws to assemble the bed as detailed in the plans. To join the boards, use pocket holes set for 1 1/2″ material.

Can I disassemble the house bed to move it?

Yes! If you apply wood glue to *only* the joints for the headboard and footboard sections, you’ll be able to remove the screws connecting the bed rails and roof beam to the headboard and footboard and move the bed in sections.

If you anticipate disassembling and moving this bed multiple times, you might consider adjusting the plans to use metal surface-mounted bed rail brackets instead. Connecting the bed slats using webbing to make your attached bed slats will also take up less space than using a box spring, while making disassembly easier than installing the bed slats with screws, as suggested in the building plan.

Finishing the DIY House Bed Frame

Once you finished building the twin house bed frame, remove any excess glue, apply wood filler to nail holes, cracks and blemishes and allow to dry.  Sand the wood filler and house frame until smooth, finishing with 120-150 grit sand paper.  Stain or paint and prime as you like.

It looks like the bed in the inspiration picture was whitewashed.  For tutorials on whitewashing see Whitewash Planked Ceiling and White Wash vs Dry Brush.

For a colorful pop, use our colorwashing stain technique to stain the bed ANY color you like!

If you want a more traditional or rustic stained finish, you can mix up your own homemade stains using our recipes, or use pre-stain wood conditioner with an off-the-shelf stain.

The little details are what make any project.  I love the little pendant light hanging from the roof.  IKEA carries light cords for $5 that plug into an outlet.  They also carry cords with fun colors for $8.  Add a pendant cover/shade that fits your decor and you have the cutest House Frame Bed on the block!

Reader-Built House Beds

We love seeing photos of what you’ve built using Remodelaholic plans! Send photos to [email protected] or tag #imaremodelaholic on Instagram to show off your work.

Leigh Anne from Houseologie built this house bed following our plans and it turned out so amazing! See some of her tips and more pictures of the beautiful finished room here.

DIY House Bed With Kreg Jig 1

Feb 2018: Reader Alisha submitted this bed that she built and it is perfectly adorable!

“We followed the plans to a T and everything turned out perfect! Made all of the cuts first, then assembled and it came together very easily. Once built, I finished it with a thin coat OF white chalk paint and some light, lanterns and lace overhead. It is gorgeous and cute and we get tons of compliments on it!”

Diy House Frame Bed By Reader Alisha, Building Plans @Remodelaholic Wm

Diy House Bed By Reader Alisha 2 @Remodelaholic

April 2020: Ashley built the bed for her daughter’s room. Look at the super cute tassles! Thank you for sharing, Ashley!

DIY House Bed Frame On Remodelaholic

May 2020: Reader Anna built our house bed frame with chimney for her little one who is a Frozen fan!

House Bed Frame Twin By Reader Anna Remodelaholic WM

 

Click here to purchase and download the House Frame Twin Bed printable woodworking plan.

More fun DIY kids’ bed ideas:

  • Camping Tent Bed Canopy
  • Hanging Loft Bed
  • DIY Daybed Cornice and Canopy
  • Bunk Bed Cottage Playhouse

Free plans to build a kid's bed inspired by this unique house frame twin bed. #remodelaholic #kidsbedroom

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Published: October 18, 2014Filed Under: Contributor, DIY Project Plans, Kids Bedrooms, Sketches/Renderings, Tutorials Tagged: Beds, building plans, kids bedrooms, playhouses, Project Plans

About Amy Baesler

Amy is the tool lover at Hertoolbelt. On Hertoolbelt, Amy shares DIY furniture plans, handyman tutorials, and craft patterns. She has two pint sized 'helpers' that help fix things around the house and build fun projects.


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Comments

  1. natalie says

    July 18, 2018 at 6:34 pm

    Do you have a printable version of these plans? I’m having a hard time reading it with all the ads and the social media sidebar blocks the measurements. Also it’s difficult to copy into a word doc. Thank you.

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    • Cass says

      July 19, 2018 at 8:29 pm

      Hi Natalie,
      We sure do — just click the button/link up toward the top of the post and it will be emailed to you 🙂

      Reply
  2. Phyllis Evans says

    August 18, 2018 at 11:50 pm

    Is there a video that we can watch of it being built? Thank you!

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    • Cass says

      August 31, 2018 at 12:30 pm

      Hi Phyllis,
      We don’t currently have a video but we’ll add this to our list of things to build and video!

      Reply
  3. Phyllis Evans says

    August 18, 2018 at 11:59 pm

    Apologies… one more question. We are building this for our granddaughter who lives with her parents. Looks like transporting assembled is impossible so is there a suggestion for primarily building at our home but with minimal final assembly at her home? Suggestions? Thank you!!

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  4. Corinne says

    August 26, 2018 at 7:54 pm

    I’m so excited to build this! I’ve been looking for a house frame bed plan I like and this looks like the winner! I’m wondering about lowering the support slats to the floor though to make it less of a jump for my 3 year old…has anyone tried that? If not, guess I’ll be the first! Thanks for the plans!

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  5. Kaitlin says

    November 6, 2018 at 3:34 pm

    Do you think a trundle would fit under neath it?

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    • Cass says

      November 9, 2018 at 12:41 pm

      It’s possible! It would need to be pretty low with a thin mattress to fit the building plan as it’s written — but the great part about building it yourself is that you could adjust the height of the platform to allow more space for a trundle 🙂

      Reply
  6. Chet says

    December 25, 2018 at 4:05 pm

    Thanks for the great post! I made this for my 3-year old daughter for Christmas. She slept in her little brothers room last night (Christmas Eve) and my wife and I disassembled her old bed and assembled this one while she slept. Such a fun surprise for her in the morning, the bed turned out great!

    If you’re planning on making this, play around with the angled pocket holes to make sure you get it right before sanding everything down. It took me a couple of times before I got it right, but I could just be a novice! Otherwise the instructions worked extremely well for me.

    Merry Christmas!

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  7. Dani says

    February 6, 2019 at 7:15 pm

    Hi! So we built 2 of these for our kiddos and I love them, but we got our mattresses delivered today and they are too big! What did we do wrong? Any suggestions how to adjust this easily😬

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  8. Reina says

    April 3, 2019 at 8:07 pm

    Do you have these plans in a queen size?

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    • Cass says

      April 13, 2019 at 1:48 pm

      Not yet but it’s on our list to do someday! 🙂

      Reply
  9. Meghann says

    March 6, 2020 at 5:34 pm

    Hi,
    These bed’s are adorable and we are so excited to make them for our children. Quick questions, I was wondering if you by chance knew where the black and white wallpaper in the photo submitted by your reader was from. My daughter loves it and I can’t seem to find it on any of the wallpaper websites. Thank you in advance!

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    • Cass says

      March 19, 2020 at 6:02 am

      Hi Meghann,
      Thanks for the kind comment. I bet if you click over to Houseologie (linked in the post) then Leigh Anne can help you find the wallpaper!

      Reply
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