I am designing a four drawer full size storage bed. My idea so far is to make it in two sections, one for the head and one for the foot with two drawers to each section on the right and left sides. The bolt the two sections together when it is in place. I intend to build a mostly open case cabinet structure and then add slats to the top to carry the mattress.
I would like to paint the completed sections before moving them to the room also. I intend, so far, to leave the plywood edges raw and shellac and paint the entire thing. I have never painted anything I have made so I am not sure it will work out.
I haven't drawn in the drawers yet, but I am thinking basic plywood boxes with full extension slides, no pulls but leave a longer lip on the under side of the drawer to use as a pull. The drawer faces are also meant to overlap the plywood ends completely, down from the top stretchers to overlapping the toe kick maybe an inch.
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