We moved house a little over a week ago, and for the first time, it was to a completely unfurnished pad. My housemates had conspired to acquire common area furniture from various sources, and [Melina](http://nakedbydesign.wordpress.com/) found us a bunch of flat-pack desks for our bedrooms.

But I still needed to actually get a bed. Feeling inspired by the success of [my shelves from last summer](http://uwmike.com/articles/2007/06/24/shelving-project/) and the work of Matthias on a [construction lumber bed](http://woodgears.ca/bed/build.html), I purchased a mattress and decided to attempt another woodworking project. In the end, the cost was about $90 in materials, and 5 hours of time. Read on…