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What is an aesthetically pleasing way to add lateral support to a loft bed?

I'm building a loft bed, and while I have a pretty good handle on the surface, I'm still trying to figure out the posts. Two adjacent sides are against walls, so I could put in diagonal beams, or mayb …
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What header joist sizes do I need for a loft bed?

Quoting a fantstic answer I got from another source: There is math for it. However, the math gets a bit complicated -- there's interplay between wood sizing, column-buckling computations, screw stre …
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What header joist sizes do I need for a loft bed?

I've decided to design and build a king-sized loft bed for our bedroom. Basically, I've got an 80" x 89" frame, 54" off the floor, covered with slats instead of plywood (see image, below). …
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