Rocket or Spaceship Bed for Little Boy

This rocket / spaceship bed was made for a little boy who loves anything to do with space and I thought it might be nice to show you how easy it was to make the bed. The bed is made using 16mm MDF and has a solid 16mm particle board base.

YOU WILL NEED:

2 of 1000 x 2400mm 16mm MDF - sides

2 of 400 x 1070mm 16mm MDF - headboard / footboard

4 of 350 x 350mm 16mm MDF - back / bottom fins

2 of 300 x 300mm 16mm MDF - feet

2 of 50 x 250mm 16mm MDF - side fins (red)

2 of 250 x 1038mm 16mm MDF - supports

6 of 200 x 200mm 16mm MDF - portholes

2 of 44 x 44 x 1800mm PAR pine - base supports

1 of 920 x 1800mm 16mm particle board - base

OPTIONAL: 3mm MDF for front / back detail and back of portholes

25, 45 and 55mm cut screws

Wood filler

Wood glue

Acrylic or latex paint in your choice of colours (grey, red, black)

TOOLS:

Drill / Driver plus assorted bits

Countersink bit

Jigsaw and clean-cut blade

Orbital sander plus 120- and 240-grit sandpaper

Tape measure and pencil

Note: Not shown here, access to the bed is via a small step stool

Step 1: Assembly

1. Draw out your design on the side sections and use a jigsaw to cut out. You also need to cut the feet and fins to shape and cut out the portholes.
2. Sand all the cut edges with 120-grit sandpaper if uneven and then with 240-grit to smooth. Also round off the sharp edges of the board.

3. The side fins and portholes (and optional 3mm panels) are only glued onto the sides after all sections have been painted. See later on for finishing and painting.

4. Drill countersunk pilot holes through the sides to secure the head and footboard. Paint this section before adding any additional components.

5. Paint the feet and fins. Drill countersunk pilot holes in the back of the feet and fins, add a bead of wood glue and secure to the inside of the sides.

6. Secure the feet supports onto the front feet and back fins as shown below.

7. Attach the base supports onto the sides with wood glue and 55mm screws. The supports are mounted directly above the feet and bottom fins.

Step 2: Finishing

In the images you can see the detailing that was added to the sides. The portholes and 3mm MDF panels were painted with Rust-Oleum satin canyon black.

Behind the portholes are circles of 3mm MDF sprayed with Rust-Oleum metallic silver.

After final assembly the base can be inserted.

Comments

[sosclosetsandfurniture]

Nicely done!

[hbridge88]

So cute! This would also make a great dog's bed.

[buck2217]

Very cool almost makes me want to have kids again (only almost mind!)

[ashleyjlong]

Definitely a cool bed frame --I'd love to see it with the mattress and whatnot in there to get a sense of how comfortable it is as a bed. You could turn this frame into a number of things, actually (toy bin, sand box, day bed).

[BeachsideHank]

Not to be argumentative about the bed being only "for a boy", and perhaps it's not widely known, but females not only took to the heavens during WWII, they often out-flew their male enemy whilst defending the homeland during aerial combat:

Let's give the little girls a chance to dream too.

[ashleyjlong]

Well said!

[amberrayh]

Awesome design for a kid's bed dezine. Thanks for sharing!

And awesome video BeachsideHank! Thanks for that. Getting a pilots' license is one of the things on my bucket list :)