One of the questions we’re often asked is, “My dorm requires us to use the existing bed or bed springs if I build my own loft bed. How can I do this?” Our usual answer is:
Instead of using plywood for a mattress platform, you will use the existing springs instead. You will need something to support [...]

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Gary in Texas built this OP Loftbed for his daughter. He added a lot of extra touches and shared a lot of details and tips. We’re happy to share both Gary’s craftsmanship and tips with our readers. He says:
This was my first significant wood working project, but it turned out great! I built this [...]

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Adriana in Beaumont, California sent us these pictures of a highly customized OP Loftbed. A lot of creativity, hard work, and love went into this build and they did a great job! She wrote:
“What kind of little girl doesn’t want to have her own little house?
A house in which she can play with food in [...]

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Robin in Kalamazoo, Michigan built this full size loft bed and added lots of creative accessories.
“This is my 6 year olds loft bed. I used the tall-medium, full size loft bed plans. He absolutely LOVES this bed. I attached rope lights around the top and down the stair rail that he can operate from a switch at the [...]

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We always encourage our customers to send us pictures of their OP Loftbed creations. We’ve just added a couple of new pictures to our photo gallery. We’ll let the builders tell you about them in their own words though.

We moved our family of 3 into a one bedroom apartment entirely voluntarily on a mission to [...]

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Joanna wrote to tell us about her experience building loft beds for her four sons:
Hi,
I live in Arlington Heights, IL. I am a 48 year-old cheapskate of a Mom with a great deal of determination and a slight knack for handiness. We live in a home with very little storage space and have [...]

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Beverly Smith–a 2nd grade teacher at Coral Canyon Elementary School in Washington, Utah–sent us these pictures of the OP Loftbed her husband built. She uses it in her classroom as a reading loft. She tells us, “The 2nd graders can’t wait to be rewarded with time in the loft (either up or down, it doesn’t [...]

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It has been a while since we’ve posted anything on our blog about the pictures our customers send us of the OP Loftbeds they build. We always post them in our photo gallery when we receive them. If you haven’t visited the photo gallery in a while, you might want to do so. This is [...]

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Robert in New York wrote to tell us, “I built an OP Loftbed bunk bed several years ago, and have not yet seen the fastening method I used. In place of wing nuts, I used “tee” nuts. Shorten all bolt legnths by 1/2 inch, and everything fits. The best part, no protrusions to catch things [...]

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I recently stopped by my local Lowe’s Home Improvement Center to do a little pricing. I realize that lumber and fasteners are commodity items and prices can vary greatly from one day to the next and from one geographical location to another. But I was interested in what it would cost the average person in [...]

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