hi i'm carrie from lovely etc and today i'm going to be showing you how to build
this daybed this is a great project even if you
don't have a lot of woodworking experience because it's a pretty simple
build and it's really budget friendly all of
the wood for the day bed costs less than 50 bucks
we're using our daybed on our screened in porch for extra seating but it works
just as well indoors for a kid's room or a guest room or anywhere
that you need a little bit of extra seating and maybe an extra spot to stick
a guest so let's get started we're going to
start by cutting all of our wood to size all of the measurements you need are at
lovelyetc.com and i will link that in the video description box
i used my kreg jig to make pocket holes for the actual construction of the
daybed if you've never used a kreg jig before it's really simple
and it makes really strong connections for building furniture
first i made the two sides of my day bed you want to make sure that everything is
nice and square and then just use your pocket holes to connect
everything together to make the frame for the two sides
once the frame is complete you can add in the x
that goes in the middle of each side again using pocket holes and i also used
wood glue and finishing nails to connect the inner intersection of the X
then just repeat the same process for the second side
next you're going to construct the frame for the back of the day bed which is a
really similar process when you're building the x's for your
daybed it's easiest to measure each piece independently so you can get
a really perfect fit just cut a 20 degree angle on one side
of your board and then mark exactly where the second cut needs to be made
once the back's finished you're ready to start putting all the pieces together
first we're going to attach the two sides to the back of the daybed
and it helps to start by pre-drilling holes and then you can just screw the
side right onto the back
next we're going to add a piece of wood across the front of the day bed to
complete the frame and i have to give a big thanks to my
wonderful assistant for all of his help with this build
next we're going to attach the slats to support the mattress it's really helpful
if you cut a couple of pieces of scrap wood to the right height to support your
slats as you're attaching them
and the final step is adding some boards along the top of the day bed just to
finish it off i used a drill and screws to attach mine
but a nail gun or even a hammer and some finishing nails would actually work much
better
and the daybed is built you can either paint or stain your day bed
but before you do either make sure you use either wood filler or
pocket hole plugs to fill in all of the holes that we made in construction
i decided to paint my day bed because it's going to be outside so i painted it
with a light gray exterior paint
i also added a piece of plywood under my mattress just for a little bit of extra
stability and that's my diy daybed i love that
even though it is pretty cheap to build it looks
beautiful and it's super comfy i'll put a link in the video description
to the blog post i wrote about this project that gives lots more details and
measurements about pretty much all the information you need
to make one of these yourself and i'd love for you to subscribe to my
channel where i share inexpensive diy projects to create a home you love
thanks