How to Make a Modern Canopy Bed | I Like To Make Stuff
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2020
- I made my daughter a clean, modern canopy bed using plywood! We've got plans available so you can make one too! You can find the SYLVANIA Natural Series LED light bulbs with TruWave Technology used in this video on Amazon here: amzn.to/2ZWmirD. #sponsored
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First, I designed the bbed in Fusion 360 because I needed to get approval from the stakeholders: my wife and daughter. Using 3d modeling to plan the project is extremely handy because I can easily make changes upon request. This project was a perfect example, because my wife wanted the bed to look modern and clean instead of bulky and large if I used dimensional lumber as planned. We decided that the bbed posts looked good at 2 1/4" square. This is an awkward measurement because it doesn't match any off-the-shelf lumber sizes. It did; however, match the thickness of three sheets of 3/4" plywood.
Knowing that the bed was going to made up of interlocking elements of laminated plywood really helped with the production. All I needed to do to prep materials was set my table saw fence to 2 1/4" and start cutting down some sheet goods. There are some pieces that weren't 2 1/4", but the material prep was pretty straight-forward; rip sheet into strips and crosscut to length.
Now that the strips of plywood were cut to length, I began gluing up the strips to make up the bbed frame beams. This canopy bed needed a headboard assembly, a footboard assembly, two lower stringer to support the mattress, and two upper stringer to join the head and foot board assemblies together. Each assembly would in essence be a large rectangular frame; two upright side beams that would capture the head or footboard capped with a horizontal beam.
The design called for a clean exterior lacking any visible hardware. This design constraint was a fun challenge. To minimize fasteners, I decided to employ a mortise and tenon style joinery technique. By stacking the plywood in a way that left a space to interlock with other beams, I could simply glue these joints together creating a strong assembly.
The lower, mattress holding stringers were made of two sheets of outward-facing plywood and an interior shorter strip that was glued and screwed in place for extra strength. This shorter piece would hold the mattress slats in a later step. Now that the headboard assembly, footboard assembly, and the four stringers were glued together, I added some thick edge banding to all of the exposed plywood edges. Now they were ready to assemble.
To connect the headboard and footboard assemblies together with the lower stringer, I decided to use commercially available bed frame hardware. Like most bed frames, I wanted this canopy bed to come apart if needed. This two-part hardware kit is screwed into the head/footboards and connecting brackets are screwed into the ends of the lower stringer. When hooked together and tightened, the lower bed frame is fairly rigid. We used smaller hardware sets because of the minimal nature of the bed, so we added some reinforcement screws from the back of the headboard to add rigidity.
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Because we designed this modern canopy bed in Fusion 360, we can easily transfer that model into our digital plans process. Fusion 360 allowed us to easily change the bed's parameters so we can offer you digital plans for this bed in 4 different mattress sizes! If you are interested in making this bed yourself, click the link above. There you will find a link to the products we used (Amazon Affiliate links) as well as the plans that include easy-to-follow steps and cut lists.
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Now we're wondering what it would take to be able to make a canopy bed that could also be used as a monkey bars lol 🤣
We discussed making the whole things out of steel and wrapping it in veneer.
@@Iliketomakestuff haha awesome!! It's so hard to resist scope creep sometimes
@@EvanAndKatelyn Love both of your channels! Cool to see you here!
Or ... murphy bed it.
Do I smell another collab in the making? I hope so.
"My daughter's room also acts as the guest room so when we get guests she gets kicked out of her room." Damn, that line hit close to home there.
If the daughter is grounded....
Fun note; the first thing i actually built in real life after finishing the fusion360 course was... you guessed it... a bed. Great project and cool video as always.
Awesome! share it with us on Instagram so we can show others
Reading this made me start to run through my memories to remember the first thing I ever built. I guess technically it would be a fence because my dad would constantly make us fix the fence. The first thing I built from scratch that I designed myself was a hydraulic press. I didn’t want to spend over $100 bucks on a crappy one when I needed one for a project years back. I went to the hardware store and bought tons of stuff to build my own. When all was said and done I spent more than I would have buying a brand new professionally made one. Haha! It was still really fun making something technical like that from scratch though.
So I made a canopy bed to use as a home cinema: on the one side you mount the projector at the top, at the foot end you mount the screen. Perfect if you live in an apartment and can't mount anything on the walls but wanna enjoy movies in bed
Nice!
do you have any pictures?
@@rylogan not sure how to share pictures in UA-cam comments
At each of the joints I'd suggest adding a letter so if you disassemble it you know how it goes together. The top bit especially will be a pain to get the dowels matched when high up and matching A-A, B-B will make life a lot easier.
We did, it didn't make it into the final video. We labeled them on the face of the top beams so you couldn't see it.
If you look closely in the video you can actually see the labels for the top beams.
I have canopy beds all in my Pinterest boards but can never seem to find an easy to follow way to make it! Thank you for this it looks amazing!
Awesome! Check out the link to the plans in the description, we've got some for all mattress sizes.
The interlocking beams are such a good idea! And 4x4s are always dreadful so this is a great alternative!
Totally agree!
I'm glad you mentioned the whole monkey bar thing, lol. When you build stuff, you need to take into consideration all of the creative ways kids will perform quality control. You also have to take into consideration all of the creative ways kids will find to hurt themselves on your project. It would be interesting to see you make a video about your design process in general, as well as for kids specifically
Very good point.
Love it, Bob. Nicely done.
Idea: during this 'down' time, what about some update videos of past projects (e.g. how are the double bunk beds doing, and what about that attic closet?). Just an idea.
When I built my bed, I used 1 X 4 for my slats, and I screwed /glued a piece to the bottom of them to make them T shaped. They don't bend and I don't need a center support.
That canopy bed looks amazing! The lights add a really nice touch.
I love the design of this 😊 It will be a really great surprise when I build it. Thank you 😊 ॐ
Great project! Looking forward to watching the bed walkthrough in the fusion course.
Love how it turned out! I sometimes wonder how plywood will look in a situation like this, but you really elevated it. Nice job!
Wait whoa WHAT?! 3.01M?! DUDE, WHAT IN A WORLD?! CONGRATS!!!!!!
I never realized edge banding came that wide! Great build and it definitely gives me some food for thought building my next bed frame.
Amazing, just amazing. You took plywood and made it look beautiful.
This is amazing I cant wait to build my own!
There are plans in the description!
Bob is just the best dad
I'm so lazy I won't even make myself a sandwich, but I'll sit and watch a 20 minute tutorial on how to make a canopy bed
You make it sound like watching UA-cam for 20 mins is harder than making a sandwich. Cuz its not.
@@Gamer0900 lmao my point was I'm an extremely lazy person. I have literally no use for this video other than entertainment, I'm so lazy I won't make a sandwich but I'll sit here and watch a video on making a bed as if my lazy self will EVER make a bed.
@@eaterofcrayons7991 Oh yea yea. I get u. dude I'm the same way. Hahaha
i know. allthe tutorials are people making them from scratch. i cant do this. im looking for canopy frames that go AROUND the bed because its impossible to buy a frame that is already connected to the bed under $300 up to a $1000 for king size AND they are $200 more at least than a queen size bed THE STRUGGLE IS REAL
Great work Bob & a nice way to use plywood & make it look terrific! Your daughter will enjoy that for a very long time. Oh, and liked that lighting as well....👍👍😉😉💡💡💡💡
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Hey Bob, I love the video as usual!
Side note, if your LED lights are flickering when dimming you may not have the right switch. I am an electrician and dimming switches are rated for the type of bulb they can dim. I'm not criticizing... just wasn't sure if you were aware. Keep up the amazing videos!
Good call!
@@Iliketomakestuff Also would still love to see some more Shop Class videos! My nephew really enjoyed them, and as a single mom so did his mom!
You make everything look so easy!!
Turned out amazing Bob! 😃👌🏻🛏️👍🏻👊🏻
Turned out great! Nice clean look!
Loved this video!!! I'll be adding this to the things I've learnt on UA-cam....!! Great job!
Please please make a Murphy bed. I love watching your videos and have been trying to figure out how to make a fun, nice looking, easy Murphy bed for my new home because I have always wanted one since I was younge. Keep up the great videos!
Try Evan and katelyn’s channel
13:04 I used 2x4 joint hangers for my bed as opposed to pocket screws to set the middle support beam into. That way it’s removable without any unscrewing or anything, just pop it out and you’re good to go.
Very nice the Avengers reference on the wall. Nice looking bed.
Wow. Gonna try this . I would work for this man for no MONEY AT ALL
Pretty fantastic work, Bob! Looks beautiful! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thanks, you too!
Love the bed AND room design!
The end result was pretty awesome. Good job!
Thank you!
Ficou perfeito! Parabéns, mano!
You have taught us lot of skills and ideas thanks Bob.
Beautiful bed!!!!
I'm currently designing my own canopy bed so what wonderful timing
This is awesome!!
That's some massive edge banding!
Given the layered plywood design, I actually have an idea to inlay LED strips within the frame and then finish them with clear resin. I'll have to buy your plans, then make some modifications to hide any wiring but I think it will be gorgeous. So, thanks!
That sounds awesome!
Room looks awesome now. Cool projects of yours, I love em. Cheers!
My daughter really loves it
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Nice work on the canopy bed Bob! Thank you for sharing the video with us!💖👍👌😎JP
Wish you were my dad- and I'm 40 lol! Amazing build and lucky daughter.
Great video! Thanks, Bob!
Amazing work. I wish I had the skills to make something like this.
The new soundtrack is amazing
That looks genuinely amazing. Great job!
Thank you! Cheers!
Awesome GREAT job AND TQSM FOR sharing.. looking forward FOR MORE uploading video.. keep it up .. Watching YOUR video channel from Montreal CANADA..
I can barely believe those two assembled sections managed to get through that door, must have been some couple thight corners moving them around. Nice job.
Was going to say the same thing. Hard to believe the head/foot board with top cross piece would make it out of the basement and through a normal doorway. One of the reasons you leave off the canopy cross piece till assembly.
was hoping i would find a way for me to build one, but using the plywood is really smart, also now i can show my employer how to properly use edge banding( he didn't know haha) thanks bob:)
Loved this video... my 10 year old has been angling for a new bed...
great bed, I have made one myself as well. it looks like you never screwed the slats down, one way to avoid them moving you can attach a strap across the bottom of them, that way they always keep their spacing and can be stacked when the bed is taken apart, just an idea
Awesome!! You great work
Sweet build. 3:40 that’s called a bridal joint for future reference. Awesome stuff bob!!!
This has put many ideas into my head and made me wish I had a CNC to realize them
Really really enjoyed this video like all the other ones
You did good, Dad, you did good. 👏🏾
Hey. Thanks for the tip on cutting the bed slats a hair short. I made my son a nice bed from walnut about a year ago and the chatter from the slats is terrible.
I made 2 beds about 20 years ago. I never thought of making them from plywood. I made one from poplar and one from maple.
Sweet!!
amazing work 👏...
Amazing content keep it up !
Love to make my own
Those are some snazzy kicks!
So close to 3 mil 🙌🙌
Lovely 💝
Who else doesn’t understand what he’s saying but is still watching because why not
Meeeeee boiiii
I understand everything that he is saying, I just do not have any of his tools, money for them, money for the materials, or time to build it.
This is nice!
This was vastly better than Nate's princess bed on The King of Random! That thing was weird!
RIP grant :,(
Whoa Bob... your arm at about the 14 minute mark... looks like you've discovered a glitch in the matrix. lol
oh and awesome project as always.
16:42 'Best dad EVER!' look.
Great job, dad.
As a father myself, I find you inspiring.
Gotta admit, I much prefer solid wood for the frame and steel or rebar reinforced ply for the sleeping platform. But I'm also pretty rough on my furniture. For a girl that age you ought to buy a couple of strands of fairy lights to wrap around the bedposts and crossbars. Bonus points for ones made to look like flowers on a vine.
We planned on using solid maple for the frame, but we couldn't source any locally.
Love the music in this one
Also the beard is looking fierce, homie
Your Audio is 10 times better now than from like four years ago
Very interesting clip ♥♥! As a current UA-camr, I am always looking for creative ideas! Nice Job!
hi bob i love all of you r videos!!! and this one is no different
Thanks!
@@Iliketomakestuff This is by far the best channel on UA-cam!!!!
i would love to have a father at all, but one that's crafting me a bed would be extra awesome :) i hope your children know how good they have it :)
Hello I'm Bob and I like to glue stuff.
Love the channel.
Wow 3.99 million subs! So close congratsA
well done!
Gorgeous bed! Next project cable management in the room ;-)
New Video, Great Build
Glad you enjoyed it
20+ years later: A young child watches this to see how Grandpa Bob built their heirloom canopy bed.
How cool is that?!😁
Cool tshirt 👍🏾👍🏾
project suggestion, guest tiny house for your yard, so your Daugher can keep her bed :).
“Bob and the case of mysteriously missing drawers” . Very cool video and Iearned a ton always. Thank you sir. When my son geta his custom bed I will definitely use some of these tips. Love from Belgium!
Haha. They'll be added later. Should have been more clear @ 0:58 I guess 😆
Love the vids
Thank you!
Hello from Turkey🇹🇷. Nice project and I like your videos. I hope I will do some projects like this but at now I only have a small workshop. See you later.(maybe one day 😂)
You are the best
Really amazing Jonathan. I wasn't aware of Vlad's story but I now want to learn more about him. It would be cool if, in addition to Two-Minute(ish) Tuesdays, you add a segment called Wide Awake Wednesdays (in honor of Vlad) adding featurettes on your Woodworkers with Disabilities initiative. We all need to open our eyes a bit and become just a little more inclusive. I also think it would be a great way to spur donations to the cause. Best of luck to you no matter what you choose to do.
nice hoodie bob
I want to see the video where he got the large pieces into the house and the room 😜
I wish i have Bob as a neighbor
Just found you and so excited
Make a small iron press so that you can use the edge banding in the tiniest places
Nice
Tolles Video
Danke fürs Zeigen konnte mir ein paar Ideen abschauen
Gruß MaBu
Cool
When building a project that requires hardware, that still has to be determined, if the mounting holes line up partially with a glue joint do you recommend looking for new hardware or redesign the piece you are building?