Farmhouse Bed (Full Size)

Difficulty

Intermediate

Build your own full size farmhouse bed. These Ana White plans use standard off the shelf lumber and basic construction. Since it's all wood construction, you can stain it beautifully!

Build a matching nightstand and stain or paint it for a complete set.

Collections

No Pocket Hole Plans

Dimensions

Fits Standard Full Size Mattress

Preparation

Shopping List

12 - 2x4 8 feet long
2 - 2x6 8 feet long
2 - 1x10 8 feet long
2 - 4x4 8 feet long
1 - 2x2 8 feet long
5 - 1x6 8 feet long
4 - 1x4 8 feet long
100 - 1-1/4" long brad nails
75 - 2-1/2" long self tapping wood screws

Common Materials

Elmer's Wood Glue

Elmer's Wood Filler

120 grit sandpaper

primer

paint

Cut List

HEADBOARD CUT LIST

2 - 4x4 @ 54"
2 - 2x2 @ 30"
10 - 1x6 @ 30"
2 - 1x4 @ about 55" - measure and cut to fit as to match the width of your 10 1x6 boards
1 - 2x4@ about 62" - measure and cut to fit as you are building
1 - 2x6 @ about 64" - measure and cut to fit as you are building, should be about 2" longer than the 2x4 @ 62"

FOOTBOARD CUT LIST

2 - 4x4 @ 21"
2 - 2x2 @ 8"
2 - 2x2 @ 3"
10 - 1x6 @ 15"
2 - 1x4 @ about 55" - measure and cut to fit to match the width of your 10 1x6 boards layed out
1 - 2x4@ about 62" - measure the top of the headboard panel plus the 4x4 legs and cut to fit
1 - 2x6 @ 64" - measure and cut to fit, 2" longer than the 2x4 at about 62"

MATTRESS SUPPORT FRAME/SIDERAILS

3 - 2x4 @ 78"
1 - 2x4 @ 55"
2 - 2x4 @ 12-1/2"
2 - 1x10 @ 75"
18 - 2x4 @ 32" -slats - can be as short as 30" if you need to burn up scraps, can be other materials that are the same thickness, can also be all 1x materials

Tools

General Instructions

This bed follows the same building steps as the Queen Farmhouse Bed (except you'll use one less 1x6 panel board and the overall length is cut down by 5"). Use the supplied cut list, but follow the steps in the Queen plan.

Project Type

Beds and Bed Frames

Full

Room

Bedroom

Style

Farmhouse Furniture

Rustic Furniture Plans

Comments

Maria Stahl (not verified)

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 08:20

Thank you so much, Ana! I

Thank you so much, Ana! I can't wait till he gets home from school and sees this. :o)

Lindsey (not verified)

Wed, 01/20/2010 - 08:43

I cannot access the link at

I cannot access the link at your old blog to get the actual plans for this bed. It keeps redirecting me to the new site. Can you repost the farmhouse bed directions, please?

Ana White (not verified)

Wed, 01/20/2010 - 08:59

I updated the link to the

I updated the link to the Knock-Off Wood site. The address for the farmhouse queen sized bed is here:

http://knockoffwood.blogspot.com/2009/10/farmhouse-bed-save-158100_7467…

Also take a look at the Farmhouse with arch and other beds to figure out how you need to build your frame.

Sandie (not verified)

Wed, 03/24/2010 - 07:02

i absolutely can't wait for

i absolutely can't wait for this summer. my father is going to build just the headboard part of this bed for my parent's queen sized bed. if all goes well, we are then going to attempt the entire bed for me :) mine will be a bit more complicated because i have a "commercial" mattress set, which is the width of a full/double, but the length of a queen. will post pictures whenever we get them finished. then on to a twin for my 3 1/2 year old daughter

Craig T. (not verified)

Mon, 01/24/2011 - 03:23

Thanks for the plans. I

Thanks for the plans. I built this bed and painted it over the last couple weekends. It ended up great. However, I could only find pressure treated 4x4 posts without spending a fortune, so I went ahead and used those. I will have to come back in a couple months and paint the posts after they have dried out. I am very happy with the bed, and my daughter loves it.http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/5610/bed1.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3839/bed2l.jpg

The Roundtable… (not verified)

Thu, 01/27/2011 - 04:17

[...] I found a great site

[...] I found a great site with plans for a bed both Mrs. Thomas and I really liked. After debating buying a table saw for this project, I decided [...]

mandylynn523

Wed, 06/08/2011 - 15:15

Crown Molding Headboard

how do we do the crown molding top like in this picture above? I would love that for my daughters farmhouse bed we are building :)

Tabitha's attempt

Wed, 11/04/2020 - 08:55

How did you do the crown molding??

Mandylynn523, I can't see any responses but did you figure out how to adjust this plan to accommodate the crown molding as pictured?? I really want to duplicate the picture with the molding and I am sooo out of my element..

Michele Richins (not verified)

Wed, 11/14/2012 - 19:41