Ikea bed frame instructions

Tools:

phillips screwdriver (preferably a very short one and a long one)
4mm hex wrench
little bit of duct tape

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There's three sets of two longest pieces of wood. Start with the set that doesn't have the white boxes on them.

Next, overlay the two shortest pieces of wood that have the little notches at the ends of them like this:



I only have one screw somehow (I promise these are the only missing pieces and they're not that important), but you'll want to make a box and if you have extra screws, screw in all four joints so they make a full square.

Next, find the two sort of short pieces that have about a dozen little pegs sticking out from all sides of them, and you'll want line up the pegs in that piece with the holes in the outter parts of the short ends of the square in the previous step. It should look like this:


And it should be able to fold up like this since all the pegs hinge (so make sure they're lined up to hinge the correct direction):


Do this on both sides.

Next, find the long piece of wood that does not have a matching piece and line it up long ways right through the middle of frame (it should be dividing the bed frame in half, long ways). This part is tricky; you'll need to line everything up so that the long piece's pegs go into the holes in the middle of the two pieces that hinge. You'll have to hinge both sides at the same time; if you hinge one all the up at first, the other side won't have enough room to hinge.

It should look like this:

          



Next, find the piece of wood with four roller tracks on it. It should have one on each side, and then on both ends. Fit it so that it wedges onto the long piece you just added and makes a cross in the middle of the bed short ways:

     

Next, screw on the little wood block with two large screws on it. This is to add height to this section to make sure it contacts the ground when the bed is being used. It should now look like this:



Next, you'll add the two long pieces with the white boxes on them. They'll have more hinge pieces and you'll need to fit the pegs into the right holes, and screw them closed. There's two pegs on each side, and one along the middle piece.

These are the screw holes you'll need to worry about for this step:
          

NOTE 1: There's one corner that has a broken screw holder and doesn't let go of the peg. You'll know which one it is because three of the sets of pegs are currently in the long pieces, but one set is in the outter board. Make sure you line up everything so that each joint has two pegs. You'll also need a short screwdriver for this one since your angle is very tight:

NOTE 2: You'll need to unscrew at least two of the little screws on the roller track in order to get at the screw on the outter board. Bring down the roller track for a minute and put it back in place when you've tightened the little screw.


In the end it looks like this:

     

Screw in the little hex screw (4mm) to hold these in further hold these in place:



Next, find the other boards with the white boxes (the shorter set) and place them such that there is now a full white box running the whole way around the bed frame. Insert the pieces with the wood pegs and the hinge joints:
     

The two corners that don't have pegs will need duct tape. I put the tape around the outside and the inside of the joint and didn't have any problems at all with it.

You'll also need to screw in the screw that inside of the hold in the middle of the piece of wood:

    


This is what it should look like:



This is the bottom of the bed. (Carefully) flip it over so that you now have it right side up:


Lay the wooden slats across the top. There's two little pegs on both sides; make sure the last slat on both ends is on the far side of those pegs. So it'll be: [slat] [peg] [slat] [slat] ... [slat] [slat] [peg] [slat]
   

Then slide the four drawers into place and you should be all set.