Big Boy Bed DIY

The day has come to move to a big boy bed!  I looked around some furniture stores and of course craigslist, but I couldn't find one I liked.  However I stumbled upon this site and I absolutely loved the idea of DIY an upholsted bed.  Here is my inspiration, from Land of the Nod, As you wish upholsted bed.  Isn't he beautiful! But at $999.00 before shipping unfortunately, it's not in my budget.

And here is what I bought from Ikea!  Its the Fjellse Bed Frame.  I know its not much to look at but just wait.

First we built up the frame to make it taller.  I had Home Depot cut the thinist particle board to size and then used 1x1 that I cut with a hand saw.  Then screwed them together with brackets. 

I got the fabric from Fabric.com.  And this is my other assistant, Rocky!

Covered headboard with a twin size bed foam topper from Walmart.

Painted the frame with my free quart of paint, thank you Ace Hardware!

Bedframe, slats, wood, screws, brackets, foam, fabric, and paint, total under $123.00!