How to Build a Light Weight Brick Platform Bed

You can make a faux brick platform bed that is lightweight with only a few supplies from your local hardware store. This bed will be easy to take apart if you need to do so.

Things You'll Need

• Metal bed frame
• Measuring tape
• Saw
• Drill
• 2 inch by 4 inch boards
• Screws
• Fake brick sheeting or plywood
• Primer, paint and sponges (optional)

Instructions

1. Start with a metal bed frame that comes with most new beds. Cut 2 by 4 boards to fit around the edge of your bed. If one side of your bed is always against a wall, you don't have to put a board on that side.

2. Use screws to affix these boards to the side of the bed frame utilizing the holes in the frame. Attach a small piece of wood on the inside of the frame to give the screws something to grab on to.

3. Cut sheets of fake brick or plywood to fit along the sides of the bed. Measure the length of the 2 by 4 boards and the distance from the top of the 2 by 4 board down to the floor to get the right size.

4. Paint the brick sheeting or plywood, or leave the brick sheeting as is. Apply primer first and then apply the paint color you want. Paint only the brick part of the sheet or paint a brick design on the plywood with sponges, leaving the spaces between the bricks a primer gray color to resemble grout. Paint the top of the 2 by 4 boards to match your brick sheets.

5. Attach the sheets of fake brick or plywood to the 2 by 4 boards with screws. Pre-drill holes in the sheeting or plywood, and then screw them onto the bed frame.

Tips & Warnings

• You could use nails instead of screws, but the use of screws makes it easy to take apart and reassemble the bed if you need to move it.