Hello!
About two weeks ago we (my fantastic overlanding partner and I) made a bed for about $250. Wanted to share so that someone else can use the idea if they would like. This build took 4 hours, and 1 full day to gather materials.
We started with our materials.
1) Thin plywood...( Lowes)
2) Spray adhesive...( Lowes)
3) 2 pieces of 3 in foam...(local fabric store)
4) Batting
5) Tan fabric
6) Staple gun
7) Staples
Our Process:
1) Figure out what size we needed. Ended up being 52 in long, and 23 wide (snug fit into the van with our twin)
2) Next we had to gather our materials listed above.
3) After that we played with shaping the foam (we have one corner that has a large rounded edge.) This was the best part! We tried a utility knife, sawzall blade, and grider. We ended up using a sharp utility blade.
One thing to note: The grinder works best for shaping. However be careful because it cuts FAST!!!! You will also be covered in foam dust for a long time!.
4) After that we cut out base board out of the plywood stock.
5) Once that was done, we cut the foam to shape.
6) Then we had our stack up. Wood base, 2 pieces of foam.
7) We then used our spray adhesive to glue the wood to the foam, and then the foam to each other. We did this because we wanted this stackup to be one piece so that we could move it around without having to deal with loose pieces.
8) After that we started the process of wrapping our stack up with batting. We would pull it tight, and staple it. Eventually we worked our way around the bed, making sure that the stack up and batting was nice and neat.
One thing to note on this on: the corners are hard, take your time and make it pretty like a beautifully wrapped Christmas gift.
9) Once this was done we moved onto wrapping our stack up with the tan fabric that we found. We repeated the process. Pull tight, make sure it was neat, and staple.
10) Next we placed a board on the bottom of everything, this covered up our stack up, and also covered the bottom so when you flip the bed over you don't see the staples and fabric. we also learned that this will help us when we go to slid the bed into place.
I hope you enjoyed reading, I hope to hear how you made you bed! Please enjoy the pictures below.
Thanks for reading!
About two weeks ago we (my fantastic overlanding partner and I) made a bed for about $250. Wanted to share so that someone else can use the idea if they would like. This build took 4 hours, and 1 full day to gather materials.
We started with our materials.
1) Thin plywood...( Lowes)
2) Spray adhesive...( Lowes)
3) 2 pieces of 3 in foam...(local fabric store)
4) Batting
5) Tan fabric
6) Staple gun
7) Staples
Our Process:
1) Figure out what size we needed. Ended up being 52 in long, and 23 wide (snug fit into the van with our twin)
2) Next we had to gather our materials listed above.
3) After that we played with shaping the foam (we have one corner that has a large rounded edge.) This was the best part! We tried a utility knife, sawzall blade, and grider. We ended up using a sharp utility blade.
One thing to note: The grinder works best for shaping. However be careful because it cuts FAST!!!! You will also be covered in foam dust for a long time!.
4) After that we cut out base board out of the plywood stock.
5) Once that was done, we cut the foam to shape.
6) Then we had our stack up. Wood base, 2 pieces of foam.
7) We then used our spray adhesive to glue the wood to the foam, and then the foam to each other. We did this because we wanted this stackup to be one piece so that we could move it around without having to deal with loose pieces.
8) After that we started the process of wrapping our stack up with batting. We would pull it tight, and staple it. Eventually we worked our way around the bed, making sure that the stack up and batting was nice and neat.
One thing to note on this on: the corners are hard, take your time and make it pretty like a beautifully wrapped Christmas gift.
9) Once this was done we moved onto wrapping our stack up with the tan fabric that we found. We repeated the process. Pull tight, make sure it was neat, and staple.
10) Next we placed a board on the bottom of everything, this covered up our stack up, and also covered the bottom so when you flip the bed over you don't see the staples and fabric. we also learned that this will help us when we go to slid the bed into place.
I hope you enjoyed reading, I hope to hear how you made you bed! Please enjoy the pictures below.
Thanks for reading!
