Prepare the Lumber

• 1). Use your power saw to cut store-bought plywood sheets to the dimensions required.
  
  
• 2). Sand all faces of all lumber twice, once with coarse grit sandpaper and once with fine-grit paper.
  
  
• 3). Apply one coat of paint to all surfaces of your lumber. Allow to dry.
  
  

Build the Bed Frame

• 1). Set all four 2 by 8 beams on the ground, parallel to each other and with their ends lined up. All four beams should rest on their narrowest, 2-inch, faces. Set the beams 33 inches apart, from inside edge to inside edge.
  
  
• 2). Set two of your 54-inch by 37 1/2-inch plywood sheets side by side on top of the frame formed by the beams. Screw them in place with 16 wood screws, two evenly spaced screws per sheet per beam. Drive the screws through the plywood and into the beam beneath.
  
  
• 3). Flip the frame over so it rests on the plywood. Set the remaining two 54-inch by 37 1/2-inch plywood sheets on the beams and attach, just as you did the first two.
  
  

Build the Drawers

• 1). Get two 7 1/2 inch wide plywood sheets, one 24 inches long and one 33 inches long. Set them in an L-shape with the shorter sheet on end against the longer. Nail them in place with three finishing nails.
  
  
• 2). Repeat step one with two more plywood sheets of the same size, building a second L-shape.
  
  
• 3). Connect the L-shapes to form a rectangular frame: the walls of the drawer. Use three finishing nails per corner to attach them.
  
  
• 4). Set the 25-inch by 33-inch plywood sheet on top of the frame. Connect with one nail in each corner, driven through the sheet and into the frame beneath. Reinforce with two nails per side, evenly spaced between the corner nails.
  
  
• 5). Flip the drawer box over. Attach one drawer or cabinet pull to the center of one 33-inch by 7 1/2-inch plywood sheet.
  
  
• 6). Repeat steps one through five twice more, to build two more drawers. If your bed will sit with both long ends exposed, build a total of six drawers, three for each side.
  
  
• 7). Slide the drawers into the gaps between the beams of the bed frame so that the pull is facing out.