DIY 'All-Plywood' Mid Century Modern Platform Bed

Can You Believe This Headboard is ALL plywood??? Time to get building!

This bed was inspired by the horizontal slat design I incorporated in my recent TV console Build! Instead of cutting a bunch of strips and glueing up a slatted blank, I attached strips onto a 3/4" plywood backer board and it was definitely the way to go. Material isn't cheap right now and this is a great way of utilizing edge banding and plywood for a premium look! Thanks for watching!

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Hi, My name is Mike Montgomery and I'm a MAKER; a designer, builder, and full-time content creator. Accessibility is my focus with Modern Builds, not simply accessibility of designs, but accessibility in materials, information, and projects themselves. I've focused on creating furniture and DIY projects that are simple enough that any beginner maker can accomplish, yet interesting enough that any expert might be inspired. Building and making is becoming less and less of an exclusive hobby and profession. My goal is to reduce that separation even further.

[ModernBuilds]

Happy New Year everyone :) Here's some content to enjoy if you staying in. Thanks as always for the support this year and here's to bigger and better content in 2025! 🥂

[c.a.g.]

15:39 Big thumb up for this project, Mike, it looks really cool. Love the look of that finish on the oak plywood.

[maryvon]

"Like you could buy it in a store. In a good way!" I do enjoy when a DIY piece has that look.

[ClearLand-VV]

This is the modern builds I was missing!!

[paulmannix]

Enough detail to make a simple piece of furniture look great. Really good video, easy to follow build & doable by the average DIYER & cost effective with use of the plywood. Thanks.

[snoopy]

Happy New Year!!
Taking MB back to its roots.
😊😊😊

[kevdogcle]

I love this bed. I want to buy one . I would like my platform bed higher off the floor so it looks like it's floating.

[tooljunkie]

Happy 2025 Mike! i really like the diy tapering jig and the head board would look super sick with some leds in some of the slats! The Whole project is looking sick! great start to the new year!

[DaftRebel]

OMG! I haven't seen a video of yours in awhile! you got to almost 2M subs in a blink of an eye!!! <3

[mattwatchesyoutube]

Love it!! Please keep more build videos coming!!

[ddutton]

Let's go classic modern builds! 1-800-super-pro 🎉

[angeladodson]

It's gorgeous. It's also going to be a beast to move.😂

[lindacurtis-smith]

Outstanding! Excellent work and beautiful piece :)

[OldWorldHandyman]

Happy New Year! Just crazy how you started, using ryobi and now your business has a proper shop. Congrats.

[Greg]

@16:04 you are lucky! My mom used to yell at me for jumping on the bed!

[sapelesteve]

Nicely done Mike! Happy New Year! 💥💥👍👍

[raynoladominguez]

Nicely done sir. That bed looks great.

[rnavin]

Great video with steps! Would like to request if there is a video on making a gas lift storage bed. That would be useful for small spaces

[matthewcooney]

I hope you make some floating nightstands with the same design as the headboard that would look really nice with some flush outlets and USB outlets

[steampunkster]

Nice design. But I think using half dove joinery would make the frame stronger and look nicer. Although I love the Japanese inspired slats on the headboard, I'm quite concerned about the headboard stability having only those 6 screws, so someone should avoid knocking their head on it by accident. But damn...mid century modern is such a timeless design. A home will never go wrong with it!