Bunkie Board in the Make

To be perfectly honest I had never heard of bunkie boards until recently when I decided I had to have antique bed frames and went on this crazy adventure getting this bed together from the ground up. A bunkie board is simply a collection of what most know as slats (wooded boards cut to the width of a bed frame for support) that are attached by a material for easy transport, because you can just roll it up. 

I ordered a board from Amazon that ended up being way too short for my antique frame, because they were made wider at one point, so back it went and no other seemed to fit the correct description. Off to Home Depot I went to collect all the materials I would need to make this easy project happen.

Material:

13 pieces of wood, cut to width of bed when assembled

Upholstery ribbon (I got mine at JoAnn's for 79 cents per yard, so I bought 10 yards for some crafts projects)

scissors

staple gun with staples

1. Measure the width of the frame while assembled to get the correct measurement to have all of the wood cut. I measured three times just to be sure.

2. Lay out all of the slats as evenly as possibly from one end of the frame to the other.

3. Cut upholstery ribbon to the length of the frame, make at least two separate ribbons. I did three just for good measure.

4. Staple you upholstery ribbon to each slat in a solid line from one end to another, until they are all attached. I used about 3-4 staples per slat to get a nice tight ribbon.

5. Follow step 4 on the other side of the bed. 

And that's it!!! A Bunkie Board is Born!!! Custom fit to your bed.

(I did a third row because I am all about durability) 

I added a thin piece of plywood to the frame just for looks really, I wanted it to look complete and since the mattress didn't fully cover ever single corner I had to make it look presentable.  I also added cute little handles to the plywood for easy lift with the upholstery ribbon.

In all I'm very pleased, especially since I wasn't finding much luck in a store bought bunkie board. So far, the bed is really sturdy and Chrispy has already tested it's jumping ability and so far so good. Because I didn't buy a box spring the mattress just lies on top but is very low, might have to rethink this one and spring of the box spring….it just sucks that box springs cost crazy amounts even though it's just an empty box of wood :(

Any amazing bed frame makeovers that inspire you? Would love to see ;)

Have a great day y'all!