With small apartments in which he lives a large number of people have a need to save space. The issue of furniture placement can become acute in the children's room, especially if it is alone, and several children of school or school are forced to sleep in it. preschool age. To significantly save space, you can buy a folding bed. You can create a drawing and make a wardrobe bed with your own hands. This will significantly save financial costs and allow you to create a bed of the desired dimensions, taking into account color design room and its decorative elements.
Before starting the process of making a bed, you must have a drawing, following which you can make a wardrobe-bed with or without additional shelves. Detailed scheme the arrangement of the parts will help to create a quality bed as quickly as possible, which will function correctly.
Such schemes most often involve the manufacture of beds with dimensions of 1800 * 2000, 2120 * 1715, 2040 * 2200, 1731 * 2020. These are double beds. Single beds are most often designed for children's rooms, so they are smaller. Since their installation is done independently, it is possible to create a drawing of the dimensions of the bed, depending on the availability free space, the age of the child and the possible use of this bed by younger children after the older ones grow up. To create a transformer bed, the drawings must be as accurate and clear as possible.
To make a wardrobe bed with your own hands, you will need the following tools:
- Drill;
- Screwdriver;
- Electric jigsaw;
- Saw;
- File;
- Pliers;
- Roulette;
- Level;
- Screwdriver;
- Carpenter's pencil;
- Sandpaper with different numbers of abrasiveness;
- Furniture screws;
- Self-tapping screws.
This is minimum set tools, in the process of work, others may be required.
Instruments
You also need to have the following materials:
- Furniture boards or chipboard boards;
- Wooden beams;
- Wooden boards;
- Loops for fastening;
- corners;
- Hinge mechanism;
- Decoration materials;
- Materials for the manufacture of legs.
This is also the minimum set of materials. Cutting is carried out according to the drawing. It is done like this:
- With the help of a tape measure and a pencil, all the details of the future cabinet are made in the form of patterns according to the data from the drawing;
- For patterns, you can use connected sheets of whatman paper or wallpaper;
- Each element must be signed;
- Mark the connection and fastening points of the transformation mechanism.
materials
Frame assembly
To assemble the frame, you need to know the exact dimensions of the proposed bed. They depend on the size bed and on the type of bed: single or double. The frame requires 2 side plates located along the frame, 2 side plates for fastening along the width of the bed, as well as a rear base. The back wall will occupy the entire area of the so-called closet, so it should be larger in size than the mattress that will be on the bed. Based on these considerations, it is recommended to make a frame 15 cm larger in width and 40 cm larger in length (a margin in length is necessary for the possibility of folding).
Having decided on the size of the side plates and the back wall for the frame, you must:
- Make a cut on a chipboard panel or on a furniture plate, using patterns for this;
- Cut out the details with a jigsaw, sand them carefully, turn over the edges;
- Prepare markings for fasteners, transferring data from patterns to plates;
- Connect the shield with furniture screws, for the reliability of fastening of which, pre-drill a hole with a drill with a drill with the possibility of preparing a groove for the hat and fasteners (the connection with screws should be carried out every 25-35 cm).
We carry out a cut
We grind the coating
We connect the elements with fasteners
Mattress box
Creating a box for a mattress yourself is the most difficult thing in making a wardrobe bed. When cutting, cutting out parts from furniture boards (or from other materials), you should carefully follow the numbers indicated in the drawing. Thanks to this, it will be possible to create a box that will correspond to the dimensions of the frame.
To make a box you need:
- Two side walls that can be diagonal;
- One side wall
- bottom (most suitable material for manufacturing is plywood).
How to make a box:
- It is necessary to cut and cut the plywood bottom in the same way as the back wall for the frame;
- Make the back and side walls, process their edges sandpaper and edging tape;
- Using furniture screws, attach the side and back walls to the plywood bottom. It is worth adhering to a distance of 25-30 cm between the screws;
- Along the perimeter of the resulting structure, it is necessary to lay a wooden beam, which will serve as a support for the mattress pad. It is advisable to use a beam measuring 50 * 50 mm. It is attached with wood screws to the side walls;
- To create a mattress pad device, use edged boards which are attached with screws wooden beam. The length of one board should be such that it reaches from one edge of the beam to the opposite. They are placed in the same plane as the plywood bottom. The distance between the boards is 10-20 cm.
Carrying out chipboard cutting
We make the side and back wall
Laying the slats
Installation of the transformation mechanism
The lifting mechanism performs the function of moving the box in relation to the immovable frame.
How to mount:
- The hinges of the hinge mechanism are screwed onto the bed frame and onto the frame. In this case, the main support should fall on the frame, because it is immovable;
- The dimensions of the box and frame are adjusted to each other, and the mechanism is connected;
- This work must be done with an assistant;
- After mounting the transformation system, it is necessary to raise the box, check its compliance with the dimensions of the frame;
- For a level installation of the hinge mechanism, it is necessary to use a level so that the bed rises evenly and thus securely stays on the same plane with the frame. A single line should be achieved at the junction of the upper edge of the frame and the lower edge of the box.
To facilitate the transformation, you can use additional details, which simplify the movement of the mechanism (gas shock absorbers, counterweight). Such mechanisms are especially necessary if a children's or teenage bed is made. It is not recommended to allow children to fold and unfold the bunk bed themselves, but even then it is necessary that children can unfold the bed themselves without outside help, so the transformation system built into the cabinet with your own hands should be easy.
Create a headboard
The head of the transformer cabinet must be made of soft material especially if the bed is intended for children. It is desirable to make soft not only the headboard, but also the lower part of the side walls of the frame. The easiest option soft headboard, which you can make with your own hands - soft foam upholstery. The role of foam rubber can also be performed by a synthetic winterizer.
How to make a headboard:
- Fold the softening material in several layers;
- This material must be sheathed with a beautiful fabric with decorative elements or quilted stitching;
- For ease of care, you can create a detachable cuff with hidden zippers. It will be easy to take it off, wash it and put it on again;
- The height of the upholstered headboard should be at least 60-70 cm, and preferably about 1 m. This will ensure the presence upholstery under the back of a seated person at the head of the bed. For the same reason, the same softening upholstery should be prepared for the side walls of the frame;
- The height of the foam cushion on the side walls of the frame should match the height of the same upholstery at the head;
- The prepared upholstery can be attached to the frame or to the wall using screws and fabric (or made of elastic) loops. If the upholstery is not removable, then back fabric cover can be attached with a stapler.
We cut out sheets
Making holes for buttons
We glue the foam rubber
We fasten the upholstery
We mount buttons
legs
The legs for such a bed must be movable and turn around at least 180 ° C. In such cases, it is convenient to use metal legs, connected together and representing a metal bar with the corresponding bends.
How to fasten:
- Take measurements of the height of the box above the floor, determine the height of the legs;
- Measure the width of the box. Calculate the length of the metal bar;
- Weld, grind, varnish a leg or order a finished one;
- Prepare holes for mounting on the box and on the leg;
- Such legs are attached to the bottom bar of the box so as to attach to a wooden beam in the middle;
- Check leg rotation.
When unfolding the transformer, the legs must be rotated 180 degrees and the bed placed on them. When lifting the box, the legs are tucked up so as to be hidden inside the so-called cabinet. In addition, a metal bar that connects two legs (or a straight bar of a cast leg) simultaneously performs the task of holding the mattress on the mattress topper. Thus, its movement during folding and unfolding of the bed is excluded. For the same purpose, you can install limiters at the top edge of the mattress pad. Limiters can serve as horizontal bars. There may be several legs, but in this case the unfolding process becomes more complicated. The leg must be strong in order to support the weight of the box, mattress, bed linen and sleeping people.
We measure the box
We buy special legs
Making holes
We fasten the leg
Decoration and accessories
With the help of decorative elements, you can completely hide the presence of a transforming bed in the room. There are many ideas for decorating the bottom plank of a bed frame that looks into the room. One of the most beautiful and simple options- this is to create an imitation of a three-door or four-door wardrobe.
Imitation of doors can be done using wooden planks and handles, supposedly designed to open such doors. A mirror can be placed on one of the doors.
Another a good option hide the presence of a transformer bed in the room - mount this cabinet in furniture wall, creating a bed of furniture boards of the same color as the wall. Next to other parts of the wall, the cabinet will look quite natural, especially if you add decorative elements such as handles and slats. At the same time, adjacent cabinets in the wall can be used to store bed linen, which will greatly simplify the process of cleaning the bed every morning.
The room is too cramped and does not have the desired amount of free space, but is all the furniture in the room necessary? If you are unable to expand living space your apartment, except for moving to a more spacious, modern housing, you should not be upset, because there are a lot of great ideas do make your little home more comfortable to live in!
Folding bed - required condition for small apartments, when you need to fit everything, but do not clutter up the space.
Successful disguise of furniture makes a bulky structure aesthetic, suitable for any room.
What takes up a lot of space in the room? Most people will answer that it is a sofa or an old sofa. If this is the case in your case, then after reading our article, you will not only learn how to save space by installing folding th bed, but also learn how do her own hands.
Vertical orientation is the most economical option wall-mounted placement of a berth.
An additional advantage in favor of creating a new bed will be getting rid of old sofas that have long gone out of fashion. At the same time, a new, modern, comfortable folding bed will soon become your pride, because you will be happy to show your creation to friends who have come to visit!
In this design, furniture can be of any size: single, double, non-standard.
The folding bed in the assembled state looks like an ordinary compact closet for clothing that takes up the minimum amount of space in your small apartment but thanks to the kickback n Thanks to this mechanism, the sleeping place is easily unfolded, turning into a real featherbed. Yes Yes exactly! The level of comfort of sleeping on a folding bed can be equated precisely to the convenience of relaxing on a luxurious soft feather bed!
A niche for furniture is a pencil case, a wardrobe with hinged doors or a closet.
A wardrobe bed can be an independent piece of furniture, but most often it is included in a whole furniture set.
So, now that there is no doubt about the need for this thing to appear in your apartment, you can start manufacturing and assembling, but first you need to decide on the design, as well as the external design of the folding bed.
In the folded position, such a bed takes up a minimum of space and does not harm the spine during sleep.
It can be vertical or horizontal, but it is worth considering that horizontal options are usually intended for children and teenagers, representing small single beds that turn into a shelf or chest of drawers, while vertical structures can be of any size.
The chest of drawers can be used in the children's room or placed under the wall in the living room, as a "reserve" in case guests arrive.
Simple operation allows you to use the design in a room for children.
First you need to create a drawing of the future product, which will help you navigate the assembly process much faster, getting the desired result. You do not need the skills of a design engineer, it is enough to prepare a simple schematic drawing of the future bed, specifying the dimensions and configuration of the structure on it.
Drawing of a wardrobe-bed.
The next important step is the selection and purchase of the necessary materials and tools. The most high-quality construction will be obtained from chipboard panels, therefore, we recommend using them as the main material. Chipboard panels should be purchased in specialized shopping malls, since the quality source material the durability of your future bed will depend.
The base of the bed is better to do orthopedic.
You will also need:
- D rel;
- Screwdriver;
- E electric jigsaw;
- R snail;
- M furniture screws;
- With amores;
- About the flip mechanism.
Tools can always be purchased in specialized stores or ordered online.
So, you prudently purchased the necessary materials, tools, prepared a drawing, decided on the dimensions of the future piece of furniture. When everything you need is already prepared, we begin to make furniture with our own hands. We conditionally divided the assembly process into 4 steps.
- Step one. You need to assemble the frame closet and hiding a compact berth. Such a box consists of several parts: plinth, back wall closet and, as well as shelves for emphasis. All parts are attached to each other with self-tapping screws or screws, located approximately 25 centimeters apart. Assembled closet must only be installed on a level floor.
Cabinet frame assembly.
Top panel attachment.
- Step two. Install assembled structure, which will serve as a reliable support for the folding part of the furniture and fasten it to the wall.
The "skeleton" of the cabinet is ready.
We fasten the "skeleton" to the main wall of the apartment.
- Step three. Now we assemble the base. It is a frame of boards, the height of which corresponds to the size of the future mattress. In this case, the base should ideally fit the frame of the already assembled by us closet a.
We attach lamellas to the frame.
Thus, we obtain a structure where the mattress will be placed in the future.
- Step four. Now that all the main parts of the structure are assembled, we connect the base to the box, fixing the parts together with self-tapping screws. Then we fasten folding oh mechanism in accordance with the attached instructions.
Installation of the bed frame using the bed lift mechanism and gas springs.
An important node of the bed - in this place the greatest load.
It is better not to experiment at this stage and purchase a factory-assembled folding mechanism.
Thus, it will be possible to avoid unnecessary difficulties at the finishing stage of work, significantly saving time. At the final stage, we simply connect the body with other elements, after which it remains to trim with boards outer part box to look more like closet , as well as paint the structure to your liking.
After you have connected the folding mechanism to the mattress frame, you can safely use such a bed.
We install the facade in the form of improvised cabinet doors. For the handles, the bed will be translated into a horizontal position.
For a more aesthetic appearance of the finished structure, the entire product must be varnished to protect the wood from dampness and decay if the chipboard panels were not originally processed.
The price for high-quality German and Italian lifting mechanisms is quite high, but the safety is worth it.
We install a mattress and a compact berth is ready! Now you can enjoy new comfortable furniture and, of course, large quantity free space in the room, which, it would seem, had nowhere to come from!
In catalogs furniture fittings it is written for which orientation of the bed, dimensions and weight the lifting mechanism is designed.
VIDEO: Do-it-yourself wardrobe-bed.
Lifting beds, which can be set upright after sleep, freeing up space in the room, are very popular today. And there can be a huge variety of models of such beds. This review contains the best of them, and with a certain skill, you can make such a bed with your own hands.
1. Lifting bed for small rooms
AT this example family set lifting bed in the workshop, so that this room could, if necessary, become a guest room. Depending on your budget, you can use hardwood, plywood, MDF, or particle board to build the bed. In this case, PureBond hardwood plywood was chosen. It is claimed that this quality construction material does not contain formaldehyde and has an international quality certificate.
2. Cheap lift bed option
A spring or piston lift mechanism can more than double the cost of a lift bed. Therefore, if you want to save money, you will have to put up with the fact that you will have to make some effort to open and close the bed. This is the Lori Wall Kit.
Lori Wall opens and closes manually, because there is no mechanism in it. To help balance the bed, there are rounded ridges on the bottom of its frame that fold in when closed. Each Lori kit comes with assembly drawings and mounting fittings(more than 200 hinges, screws, connectors and bolts). Customers can choose two types of bed orientation: vertical or horizontal and three different sizes beds.
3. Homemade lifting bed "for mere mortals"
Many people think that they will be able to build a bed at home. It turns out that there are kits for sale for people with a limited budget and zero experience in construction.
For example, a kit from Murphy Bed Hardware has everything you need to assemble a lift bed and a step-by-step assembly diagram.
4. Lift bed for a modern interior
Ads from Cathy of Addicted 2 DIY literally blew up the Internet. Kathy has created a one of a kind furniture system, which includes bookcases and desk. The icing on the cake in this project is the bed. When folded, it resembles a storage cabinet, and no one will even guess that there is a mattress hiding behind it.
5. IKEA lifting bed
Paul of Renovations and Old Houses built his roll-up bed using IKEA PAX parts after his wife saw a similar IKEA furniture hack on TV.
His design includes a floor-standing bed frame and spring mechanism. When assembled and installed, this versatile stand-alone unit is a cabinet with a built-in bed.
6. PAX bed
This is another homemade bed that was made from parts. wardrobe systems PAX IKEA. Norwegian blogger Calvin Gross of Huskverna claims that if someone is building a block frame for a full-size mattress, they will need a few things, including two PAX cabinet frames and a pair of LURÖY beds with frames.
7. Bed-transformer
This economical option The homemade lift-up bed from Imgur user Avalon Awaked was made from an IKEA SÖDERHAMN sofa and ottoman. To simplify the assembly process, the blogger bought The Next Bed, a bed frame with a lift mechanism that can be attached to a wall or floor. It's worth bearing in mind that Avalon Awaked created his own mount for the bed frame to open over the sofa.
8. Basic lift bed model
The following project by Make Something TV's David Picciuto shows how to make the easiest Murphy bed possible with Rockler's Side Mount Deluxe Murphy Bed Hardware. Each such kit includes assembly instructions.
9. Raising bed for a child
Some people are faced with a situation where they need to “carve out” a place for a student at home. Martin Vester used the leftover parts from the IKEA Ivar storage system to create a small roll-up bed with built-in shelving in his tiny home office. And the most interesting part of this project is that Martin used three plywood shelves to create the bench.
10 Disappearing Bed
Many lift beds are freestanding pieces of furniture that are visible on the wall or floor. Bloggers at Junk In the Trunk can show you how to create a bed that seems to disappear when folded, without the need for an expensive lift mechanism.
11. Accordion bed for tiny spaces
Andrew and Crystal Odom are people who live in a tiny apartment. Since they couldn't fit a traditional lift bed in their home, they came up with a similar idea called a rollaway bed. It unfolds like a real accordion.
12. Wardrobe bed
Anyone can DIY a lift bed at home by purchasing a kit from Wilding Wall Beds. It comes with everything you need to create functional bed including pre-cut boards. The wood in sets is available to choose from: alder, cherry, mahogany, maple or oak.
Anyone who wants to create a truly cozy and ergonomic interior should also pay attention to.
Let's talk, why do we need such a design, in which the bed is hidden in the closet? It is necessary for those who have limited space in an apartment or house. And tell me, who thinks that he has a lot of space in his home? I think there are no more than 10% of them. total number. Those. this design can be useful for almost everyone, because it saves space, which is so necessary in the daytime. For those who are worried about how the mattress will stay upright, we inform you that the mattress with the sheet can be attached to belts that will hold it in an upright position. We will no longer torment you with conversations, we proceed to the description of the master class
Do-it-yourself wardrobe-bed.
Description of the master class
Mark the place where the future will be installed wardrobe bed. Chipboard was ordered in advance, it was sawn to size according to our sawing maps and beaded. This service is already available in every city with a million population for sure, and in smaller cities it is also not a problem to find a furniture maker who, for little money, will be ready to prepare you according to your chipboard drawings.
Remove the lamellas from the orthopedic base, these are birch plywood strips curved in an arc. Such bases can also be bought in furniture stores.
We assemble the fixed base of the cabinet, its frame, to which the moving bed will be attached with lifting mechanism, so the base of the cabinet can be installed on two bars 40x50 mm. or on the legs that come with the transformation mechanism 582.
The next step is markup. seats under the sidewalls of the cabinet-bed-additive. The additive can be performed independently or also ordered from the company that will cut the chipboard for you.
Assembling the base of the wardrobe-bed with side panels.
Then comes the attachment of the top panel.
The bed frame is ready. Now you can see the outline of the structure and already more fun.
Now you need to firmly attach the assembled bed frame to the main wall of the room. This is done using corners for anchors if you have concrete or brick walls, or self-tapping screws if the house is wooden.
And now comes the most important: installation of the frame of the wardrobe-bed using the bed lifting mechanism and gas springs. You can download the instructions for adding mechanism 582 from the link.
Please note: this is where the heaviest loads are. The knot must be strong.
We adjust and connect first one side.
We connect the other side.
We strengthen the design wooden block on which the lamellae will rest.
We put the lamellas in place and the wardrobe-bed is almost ready.
Now you need to put in order the appearance of the bed, for which you need to install the front of the cabinet - improvised doors, so that the bed is its own appearance would resemble a closet, and attach handles to the doors, for which the bed will be transferred from a vertical to a horizontal position.
I must say that in this design the legs of the bed cabinet are not used standard, but made from cabinet elements. The cabinet cornice is the legs of the bed. If desired, lamps can be installed in the eaves, a wardrobe-bed can be supplemented with side cabinets and so on. Interesting solution if you don’t like this option, the 582 mechanism comes with such legs that are also hidden in the cabinet in an upright position.
Main and the main task completed: the wardrobe-bed is made. Can be "rolled"
Thus, you can also inexpensively make a wardrobe-bed with your own hands, and it will not differ in any way from a bed bought in a store. Great option to save your space and financial savings.
If you decide to assemble a wardrobe bed on the 582 mechanism, then you can buy it from us in our online store with delivery in Russia and Kazakhstan. You can go to the online store by
