Loft Beds

What do you hear when you say the word "loft"? Brevity, a certain arrogance and simplicity at the same time. And having learned that this word is translated as “attic,” we see a neglected empty space, finished with untreated bricks, with wooden or metal floors and supports reminiscent of the industrial past.

Indeed, this style appeared 80 years ago in the USA, when factory owners and manufacturers closed their enterprises due to the financial crisis. The liberated factory attics soon began to be occupied by the creative intelligentsia with a large flight of fantasy and an empty wallet.

Today, this style is increasingly found in the interiors of apartments and private houses. How to arrange modern furniture in this style, in particular, a bed?

Special features

  • The first feature of the style "loft" steel used only natural materials - wooden mass, metal, brick, glass, stone in the design of the room as a whole and bed, including.
  • The second is minimum of partitions. Bed and bathroom can be located within walking distance of each other. But at the same time "loft" loves multi-level accommodation. Stairs often lead to the sleeping area.
  • Third - simplicity, a minimum of things, the lack of frilly finish. The mattress can lie on pallets, which will also serve as drawers for shoes or clothing. A certain negligence in the design will make the bed of solid pine accent, attracting attention.
  • Fourth - convenience and comfort. This style will allow any staging of the bed: on a solid wooden base, on a metal frame, on a hanging cradle, the main thing is that the mattress is comfortable, the light illuminates the desired space, and the bed has a soft carpet.
  • Fifth - when making beds and rooms are generally used natural colors: brick, shades of yellow, green, navy, gray, black and white.
  • The sixth is do not try to hide the pipes, supports, floors. This is a special style of this style.Metal elements will be the rationale for your metal bed frame.
  • Seventh - in the room of a brutal bachelor or people who love freedom, allow yourself to be bullied: add one element that does not match the created image. Put on the bed, covered with a Scottish rug of black and brick colors, an orange pillow in the shape of a heart-toy. This single element will make your guests look at you in a new way. But only one element and only combined colors.

Dimensions

Depending on its size, the bed can be single or double.

  • 80-100 cm is the size of a single mattress. But different manufacturers make products with their scale.
  • Mattresses 140-160 cm wide are considered to be double beds. The length of the model differs as follows: for preschoolers the length is 160 cm, for teens - 190 cm, for adults - over 190 cm.

Locations

According to the location, the sleeping place in the loft room can be:

  • on the podiumwhich is created from metal structures, wooden solid or pallets (pallet);
  • in a niche - the bed can be completely or partially hidden by a screen or false panels, or simply stand in the recess of the wall;
  • in the attic - to save space in a small room or an original design, the bed can be placed in the second tier, which can be climbed upstairs;
  • in the center, being the main element of the decor;
  • under the ceiling on the lift.

Frame constructions

According to the design of the frame "loft" -bed can be:

  • on legswhile the wooden bases look like a homely, warm option, and the metal legs give rise to minimalism;
  • two-tier (attic) - most often used in children's rooms; as the first tier can act as a bed, and a desk, wardrobe or play area (bed with a house);
  • the couch - suitable for small rooms or when combining the kitchen and bedroom;
  • a platform - it is a metal or wooden frame, which can be open or draped leather, fur, cloth;
  • mobile - such model can be made independently from pallets and furniture castors, it easily moves around the room if necessary (for example, during cleaning);
  • floating - the bed is fixed to the ceiling with four ropes and creates complete immersion in the sea atmosphere,lightweight pallets perfectly cope with the function of the frame;
  • closet - the bed is higher than usual, because under it there are drawers for things;
  • pallets stacked on top of each other, it will allow to place a mattress on top, and from the sides it will be convenient shelves for clothes, shoes or books;
  • soaring - this is an extraordinary solution that will make your attic cozy and mysterious: under the platform, install one or several legs - supports so that they cannot be seen from the sides, install decorative lighting from below and enjoy the effect produced;
  • retractable - the bed is set on wheels and is located under the main bed of medium height, is used as an extra bed;
  • under the ceiling - a technically more complicated option, since it is lowered to the floor during sleep using mechanical or electrical devices, while at another time it rises to the ceiling;
  • podium - this is, for example, wooden powerful beams, fastened into a single monolith, which can be much larger than a mattress and place night lamps, books, glasses on it, that is, to serve as a bedside table.

Types of headboards

The headboard can be in the classic version or unexpected designer find.

You have a podium - then take a piece of curved board with a width of a pedestal and a height of 50-100 cm. Whether to lacquer it or leave it in a natural color depends on the surrounding surroundings. Nail her against the wall, and your headboard is ready. If the frame is covered with leather or fabric, make the same headboard.

Vertical slats of different or the same height, different or the same tree species, shot down in a single canvas or with gaps - this is just your individual decoration of the bed. From the same slats or a solid piece of wood, you can make photo frames. Often, black and white photos are hung over such beds, but this is not necessary.

The natural headboard can be a raw brick wall or roughly finished with stone. For a hint of style, one wall is enough.

If the bed is made of a metal frame, then a metal headboard will be a reasonable decision: tubes with simple bends, a rectangular sheet with imitation of rivets or patches.

Like the entire structure, the headboard can be artificially aged, scratched, torn off paint.This is fully consistent with our style. To impart an atmosphere of antiquity to the headboard, you can apply drawings, inscriptions, symbols, symbolizing the 40s of the twentieth century.

Registration

Another element of the bed in the style of "loft" is a canopy. Since the use of curtains was not practiced in the attic living quarters, the creative bohemian that was nocturnal was trying to hide from the early morning sun behind the canopy. Depending on the location of the bed, this shed could be made of thick coarse fabric or light textile. The loft bed can be completely curtained with a mini-curtain to create a personal space.

The bed itself is made to be covered with a metallic metallic color fabric, if it is present in the decoration or furniture. A Scottish plaid or soft, dressed animal skin will decorate a wooden-framed bed.

Unusually, but interesting can look bedding and bedspread in a large bright floral print. This is the only accent that this style can afford. On the couch-bed place a few pillows-dumok of a contrasting color and texture.

Do not forget about the bedside carpet. This may be a discreet, short-haired product.Or knitted colored rugs around the room as in a country house, imitation or natural animal skin.

How to do it yourself?

If the whole entourage suggests some kind of rudeness and clumsy materials and finishes, then why not try yourself to make your own bed in the style of "loft".

The simplest option would be a frame of pallets, which we mentioned today several times. Their advantage is the ease of transportation to housing, a minimum of building material and ease of assembly.

For the manufacture we will need separate wooden slats of a given length or already ready pallets (pallets) from the construction market, a hammer, nails, sandpaper for processing facial rails, varnish or paint, a brush. Operating procedure:

  1. Treat the slats with sandpaper, varnish (primer), paint with varnish or paint.
  2. Pallets knock together (their number depends on the size of the bed).
  3. Make a headboard on any option described above.
  4. Put the mattress and bedding.
  5. Use the side openings of the pallets as boxes.
  6. From racks or whole pallets make bedside tables.
  7. Do not forget about the lamps: wall or floor.

A more physically difficult option - a bed made of wooden beam. All that is needed is to raise a few pieces of logs in the attic. The beam has a square shape, so it must be tightly put in place of the intended bed and fastened with a wooden plank or metal brackets. The simplest metal frame will require welding or bolt holes. You can do it, but better outside of housing.

Yes, such a relatively young style gives us so many great ideas. He makes us create, dream and be free in our thoughts.

It would seem that the bed is made of logs, but today it is elite furniture. Falling asleep on such a bed, you will feel like a winner. Climbing on a floating bed, you will feel like a magician. Climbing the stairs or the artificial stone to the loft bed, you will be a rock climber.

And all this thanks to such an unpredictable and diverse style of "loft".

How to make a bed with his own hands in the style of "loft", see the following video.

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