Plastic bottle-legged bed

Step 8 Add mattress

The completed bed base. Add a valance before putting the mattress on top, unless of course you WANT to see the funky legs...

Comments

[Dingo the clown]

Very sweet idea. I think that with all the crashing and jumping around my girlfriend and I do...we would need to position the bottles in more of a "Bed of nails" pattern.
Our bed is on the floor and it still gets treated like a shark attack is happening.
Maybe the whole wood plank should be filled in with Full bottles.
They could be filled with sand, marbles, plaster...liquid Mercury...detergent?

[Goedjn]

Dry ice. About a tablespoonful. Although I don't know how good a seal you'd get around the screws. You might have to add a washer and some extra gasket material. But that should re-pressurize the bottles nicely.

[komecake]

  I really, REALLY like this. I have been looking for a cheap way to make a bed frame and I wasn't finding much. I don't have a zigsaw or anything fancy at home, so this is really great.

 I'd want to fill the bottles with mud or something to give it more support even though that would make it heavier. If I could make this into a futon I would be all set. Haha.

[makendo]

Good luck! You don't need the jigsaw, but cover the corners with something, they're pretty sharp.
Even if you fill the bottles, they're still likely to be at least a bit wobbly, and filling them won't make them much stronger (unless its with concrete). Try attaching it to the wall; HEY YOU made an early suggestion to improve upon what I did (see below), and it would definitely make a stronger connection.

[porcupinemamma]

Very cool!  Ingeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenious!  I was just thinking (I do that sometimes lol) What if you placed a large cardboard ice cream tub (say the size of the tubs at ice cream shops), over the finished pop bottle legs? You could then paint the tub and upcycle the design to work with the colours in your room. Thanks for sharing your idea :0)

[makendo]

 Thanks. Any disguise for the legs is a good idea; they're not pretty, that's for sure.

[porcupinemamma]

Hey, (lol) whad du ya want? fun ken ual or prudditi?  ;0) The recycling idea was the brain wave; the upcycle add- on wouldn't have mattered if you hadn't thought up the brill idea in the first place :0)

[yanitho]

wow great idea i love it but i wonder if it's good for any bed "action"

[makendo]

 Make one and see :)

[dermord]

mmmm...or you can put the bed in you pool !!! probably will flote!

[kumarmohan]

WOW....great it should be great idea

[thingy]

Great idea, It should be very strong.

[makendo]

 Thanks. It's certainly strong with respect to compression, but has hardly any resistance to shear (hence the attachment to the wall).