How To Build A Box Spring Mattress

Plywood box spring mattress.

How to build a box spring mattress. Slat of wood cheapest but many different ways of going about it. This thing was heavy. An easy way to streamline a room s look is to cover your box spring.

Remove all the pieces of the box spring kit from the box. If you decide to jump on it or if you are a sleeper that tosses and turns without utilizing a box spring your mattress is going to succumb to repeated use over time much faster than it would with a box spring. I probably could have used 1x6 s for the outer box especially if i had used whole pieces for the rails instead of scrap.

At the queen size you have to buy 2 sheets and cut to fit. Plywood cheaper than a new box spring but with some concern about mold growth. Some platform beds use a solid panel foundation that sometimes includes slits to facilitate air flow.

The final wood piece goes in the middle of the box spring. This thing was solid enough that the only thing missing was 4 decorative feet. Our bed is queen size and that requires 2 sheets of plywood to cover the whole area.

Lay the mattress and box spring on the floor. Place the two large wood pieces with rounded edges at the top and bottom of the box spring. Box springs will increase the height of your bed and may make it easier to get in and out of bed if your bed is low.

Place the two pieces with a lip on the outside. However you may want to raise your box spring to increase your bed s height even more. When your mattress is laying on the ground there is nothing to help it absorb shock.