Look! DIY Platform Bed With Storage

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Gregory Han
Gregory Han
A Los Angeles native, Gregory’s interests fall upon the relationship between design, nature, and technology. His resume includes art director, toy designer, and design writer. Co-author of Poketo's "Creative Spaces: People, Homes, and Studios to Inspire", you can find him…read more
published May 8, 2008
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(Image credit: David)

David tells us his DIY platform bed project isn’t yet complete, but we think he’s done such a spectacular job with his bed/storage to this point, we wanted to go ahead and share what’s he’s completed thus far…

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)
(Image credit: David)

The bed frame is a platform filled in with sheet-rock compound.

“…there’s a few things left to do to the bed before it’s complete. I plan to build a shoji-like (probably more industrial than traditional) screen/room divider in front of the bed. I’m also planning to add a few coats of polyurethane to the chipboard top. And then there’s the 3 foot deep drawers that slide into the side.”
(Image credit: David)
(Image credit: David)