Make Your Own Futon Frame

In fact isn t this one main reason you re building a futon frame in the first place.

Make your own futon frame.

Determine the size of your mattress stick to a standard size unless you are customizing for an unusual space. Step 1 layout. After searching ikea and several other shops i found the average price for a tri fold futon was in the region of 120gbp 150. Lay it out on saw horses and snap a chalk line dividing out a 27x75 inch piece.

I enjoy relaxing on a sofa and in my bed and so it may come as no surprise that i would wish to combine the two. Queen are 60 by 80 inches. As a bed it will be 54 deep and 25 5 high. Step 1 make your preliminary measurements.

Alternatively if you still have your old mattress lying around you can simply measure that instead. Futon love seats and chairs require different mattress sizes. The plans include a lumber and hardware list a dimensioned cutting list schematics of all the parts photos of set ups jigs and the finished frame. Just use your best judgment and if you want experiment with other methods.

How to make a fold out sofa futon bed frame. This next how to design comes from someone needed to make a futon frame at a size to fit in an rv. If you include the seat it will be 34 deep and 42 high. Let s start with the slots and mortises in the legs.

Measure the length and width you have available for the futon. Begin with a full sheet of plywood. And king measure 78 by 80 inches. In other words for comfort you re on your own.

The futon frame will be approximately 23 5 high 28 deep and 80 long. Sometimes you just don t have a lot of space. Build your own futon now. Visit the hardware store with your measurements in hand go to the hardware store.

Twin futon mattresses measure 39 by 75 inches. Your choices include pine oak poplar and maple. Here is a simple futon design to make your own platform futon frame out of wood. The futon plans you will download consist of a five page article originally printed in the february march 1995 edition of workbench magazine.

This should leave a 21x33 inch piece and a 21x27 inch piece. Lay it out on saw horses and snap a chalk line dividing out a 27x75 inch piece. We built our frame around a 54x75 full size futon mattress. Full are 54 by 75 inches.

This is a low profile smaller futon. With the other half lay out a 21x63 inch piece. If you select a different size mattress you ll need to adjust the frame dimensions accordingly. Before you go out and buy your materials you need to measure your futon s frame in order to determine how much space your new futon mattress will take up.

Here is a simple futon design to make your own platform futon frame out of wood. Begin with a full sheet of plywood. Don t let that fool you though.