Having a studio apartment, I once built a king sized loft bed out of full 2"x10" inch clear pine for the box part of the frame. I am a 200 lb. adult so it needed to be fairly strong. The posts were 4"x4" of the same clear pine and the upper corners were braced at a 45 degree angle with 24" 1"x6" pine. Now here is where the strength comes in. The deck of the bed that held the mattress was held in place by (I know), 2"x4"s of the same clear pine. They acted as the bed slats. They were set in place on edge into regular joists hangers. The same hangers that you would use on a house when building a deck. They were covered with two sheets of 1/2" plywood layed side by side for easy removal. The whole bed was assembled with 3/8" lag screws and bolts. We are all adults here so I will say that the bed easily held two adults and was easily dis-assembled when moving. It was later given to a friend who cut down the legs to a standard height bed. MJH |
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