Beds: strong furniture for your bedroom

Furniture made of wood cant has been at the peak of popularity for many years. It is of high quality, durability, environmental friendliness and a very interesting design. Wooden beam is very popular in the manufacture of beds, it is very strong bedroom furniture.

You can easily choose the right version of the bed from a bar in one of the many shops, but if you want to make this product will turn out independently.

You can build a structure yourself from glued, profiled, rounded or planed timber.

Dimensions

Beds from a bar come in different sizes, they are divided into certain types depending on the designs. It can be a double model, one and a half, single, child, as well as a bed-podium,loft bed or other options. It is worthwhile to dwell on the most popular models.

Double beds

These models of beds are very comfortable and spacious, it will be most convenient to rest on them. Double beds from bars - modern, practical and eco-friendly.

Particularly comfortable are considered models equipped with a back. It can have carved elements and figures that will become an additional decor for the bedroom interior, as well as soft upholstery. Most often it is made of polyurethane foam.

The double bed from a bar will perfectly look in any modern interior.

Single beds

Small single beds are most often purchased for children and teenagers. For them, the bed is usually not only a place to sleep, but also a relaxation area where they can listen to music, watch movies, read books.

A bed made of wooden beams will be an excellent option for a child’s room. It fully meets all the most important requirements for such products: strength, comfort and absolute safety of materials for the health of the child.Another plus of the models of the bars: this material is warm enough, which means that it will not let in the cold from the walls and other surfaces of the room. It is also worth noting that the product can be supplemented with a special protective rim of wood.

Available in a wide range of different colors single beds. You will be able to choose with the child that shade of a tree that will be to his liking and will harmoniously fit into the interior of the children's room.

Lofts

The loft bed is a two-tier structure. Both tiers can be equipped for sleeping places. However, there are models that have a comfortable working place on the first tier (a desk with drawers, a wardrobe or chest of drawers), and a comfortable bed on the second.

Loft beds from a bar are very popular among consumers, because they are of high quality, reliability, compactness and functionality, as well as a stylish appearance.

Podiums

This option is the easiest to make yourself. The self-made bed bed-podium from bars looks very modern and stylish.It can be installed both in the large bedroom and in the small one - this option is universal. The most important thing is to plan the situation correctly. If the room is quite small, a sleeping place can be equipped under the podium, and on it you will be able to organize a recreation area or a study.

Products from bars with their own hands

The designs of beds of own production are any.

If you are going to create a piece of furniture with your own hands, please note that it is best to use a design variant that provides for:

  • Support products in the form of four or six legs, the height of which will be very small - about 20 cm.
  • Rama from timber. It will be the basis of the whole structure, which should be supported on the legs.
  • Additional spacer in the middle of the frame. It will reinforce the structure. This spacer would divide the bed into two parts.
  • Slats are transverse bars that are installed inside the frame. They will fit the mattress.
  • Backrest. It is made from massive boards or plywood sheet. The backrest will be attached to the vertical supports.

Determining the size of the product, adhere to the following parameters:

  • the distance from the floor to the upper border of the frame is from 25 to 30 cm;
  • leg length - from 20 to 25 cm;
  • single bed size - from 150 to 170 cm;
  • the width of a double bed is from 180 to 200 cm;
  • bed length - from 200 to 220 cm;
  • backrest size - individually selected (most often - no more than 80 cm).

Necessary materials

To create such products will need to purchase the following materials:

  • bars - the cross section of bars should be 5 × 10 or 5 × 15 cm;
  • board for a side: the width of the board should be in the range from 30 to 35 cm, and the thickness - more than 2 cm;
  • for slats - bars 3 × 5 cm;
  • fasteners - the usual metal corners are great;
  • sheet of plywood to create a back;
  • screws, glue and various finishing materials.

Stages of work

Make beds should be in a certain order. To make a product of high quality and durable, you need to take into account certain recommendations.

Creation of support and frame

It is necessary to cut the blanks for the frame of bars with a section of 50 × 100 mm. For greater structural strength, it is better to use bars with a cross section of 100 × 100 mm. The resulting blanks need to be connected to each other with screws and corners. So you will assemble a frame, in the middle of which you should install an additional strut. Then you will need to cut 4 or 6 identical legs and attach them to the underside of the frame.

Attach the support bars 4 × 4 cm to the inner side surfaces of the frame with self-tapping screws. They will become the basis on which the lamellae can be laid. Place the lamella support at the bottom of the frame. In this embodiment, the edges of the frame will be able to fix the mattress.

Slats and back

First you need to cut the slats. Their size should correspond to the width of the frame, inside which they will fit.

Finished slats should be laid at a short distance from each other (about 5 cm). On the support bars they can be fixed with screws.

Then it is necessary to attach two bars to the legs (about 7 cm long). Already it is possible to fasten the future headboard to them (from boards or a sheet of plywood).

Finish

In order for the finished product to have an aesthetic appearance, it is necessary to pay special attention to its finishing. First you need to polish all wooden surfaces. This is necessary in order to eliminate any irregularities.

Then using filler to fill all the gaps in the surfaces of the structure. Pick her color under the shade of the tree that you use to create the bed.

After the putty has completely dried, it is necessary to polish the finished areas once more.After that, you need to thoroughly wipe the dust from the surface of the product.

Now it remains only to varnish the finished product or paint it. Use for this purpose high-quality, quick-drying and non-toxic materials.

When the varnish or paint is completely dry, it will be possible to lay a mattress on the finished bed and use the resulting comfortable and high-quality product.

How to make a bed with your own hands, see the next video.

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