hey guys welcome to another one big happy DIY build this is part two in a
two-part series showing how we built this platform bed be sure to check out
part 1 to see how we built the base and don't forget to thumbs up and subscribe
for more videos like these with the base built it was time to move on to the
upper canopy we cut the four by fours to 7 feet long then cut the two by fours to
length by measuring between the four by fours after we inserted them into the
base we used metal right angle brackets from Home Depot to attach the two by
fours to the four by four posts using self-drilling screws there are lots of
other more legit woodworking ways we could have done this but this was by far
the fastest and easiest we started by attaching one bracket to either end of
the shorter two by fours this made it easy to install the two by fours because
they just sat right on top of the four by fours while we screwed them in to
attach the long two by fours we clamp them to the other side of the metal
right angle bracket to hold them up while we secured them using more of the
self drilling screws
next it was time to secure the 4x4 posts to the frames we used a socket set and
drill to install six-inch lag bolts into the corner blocking that we installed
when we first assembled the base so the first thing we had to do was to drill
pilot holes for these huge lag bolts that we used
next it was time to actually install the lag bolts using an adapter on the drill
and the socket set so as you can see these lag bolts are actually really big
so when Joseph went to screw them in using the drill and our drill is
cordless and battery operated so the first two went in just fine but the
quiff the drill quickly started to struggle and so then joseph had to use
elbow grease to get the lag bolt all the way into the wood then of course he did
this four more times now that we are done walking around inside the bed we
went ahead and installed the middle support board using pocket screws this
board will help support the slats that the bed sits on once we had the bed all
together it was time to pull it apart so I could finish it I was going for a
weathered multi-layered finish similar to the Restoration Hardware look I used
three stains to were oil based stains in the colors weathered gray and dark
walnut the third was a whitewashed pickling stayed by Minwax that I used
for dry brushing I painted on the weathered gray stain in chunks using a
cheap paint brush then filled in all of the empty spots with the dark walnut and
let the stain set for a minute then wiped off the excess with a cloth this
created a nice multicolored aged effect
then I top coated with the whitewashed pickling stain I used a dry brushing
method where I dipped my brush lightly in the stain and wiped off the excess
then lightly ran the brush across the surface of the wood in the direction of
the wood grain I used a clean cloth to buff out the
rough edges of the brush strokes then I layered on the whitewash until I was
satisfied then moved on to the next side I repeated this process on the entire
bed so you can imagine it took quite a while the finishing took the longest by
far we could have gone for a simpler look that would have made it go much
faster for example we could have just picked one of the stains and gone with
that now I did try just the dark walnut and just the weathered gray and we
didn't like it as much as this once the finish was complete joseph's top coated
it using polycrylic and our paint sprayer polycrylic is a water-based
topcoat and it's really easy to use once the topcoat was dry it was time to take
the bed upstairs and reassemble it the bed is pretty heavy because it's solid
wood so it was a bit of a haul to get it up there
Wow bid strong Dad! Reeves, the struggle of getting beds upstairs look it look at just look at it
the struggle the struggle It's a good thing she didn't have a queen. huh It's a good thing that you did not have a queen bed that's true
to reassemble the bed we inserted the posts then screwed in the lag bolts to
secure the four by fours to the base which Joseph had to do largely by hand
because we needed the drill to install the screws on the slats
while Joseph was finishing up with the lag bolt I placed the slats and then
spaced them by eyeballing them and used 1 and 1/2 inch self drilling wood screws
to secure them to the base the bed will sit on these slats so it's really
important that they are secure the last step was to reattach the two by fours to
the four by fours to make the canopy and one thing that we did not do here that
we wish that we have was to mark exactly which two by fours went where because
that would have made the reassembly process a lot easier once the bed was
complete we put Alexis's room back together and this is how the bed turned
out later we restyled her room and this is what it looks like now we hope you
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