With some theoretical knowledge and practical training, namely, at least an initial skill in carpentry, it will not be difficult to make a children's bunk bed with your own hands. As a result, you will win, as you will significantly save money and get environmentally friendly, high-quality and reliable furniture for your child.
Before you get started, it's important to understand what you want to end up with. A short instruction on organizing the design of furniture at home will help to deal with this, which is especially relevant given today's prices for children's bunk beds.
Features of bunk beds
The bunk bed has been proving to be the most popular option for a child's room lately. This bed is designed to save usable space, especially in small rooms. Speaking about functionality, it is worth noting that the bedsthere may be two or one located at the top. At the same time, the lower tier is arranged at the request of the client and can take the form of: a workplace, a sofa, a playground, a computer desk, a wardrobe or another option. Bunk beds are designed to accommodate two or one child.
An original idea for a nursery furniture project, designed by yourself, can become a reality, and all it takes is strength, patience and friendship with carpentry tools.
What to look for when choosing such a bed
Before you buy or make a children's bunk bed with your own hands, please note that:
- Not recommended for children under 6 years of age.
- It is worth mounting high sides on the sleeping place of the second floor to protect the child.
- It is better to choose a ladder that is gentle, safe, with non-slip steps.
- The bed must be stable.
- The length of the bed should be determined taking into account the height of at least one of the parents.
- The surface of the product should not have sharp elements, chips or hooks.
- It is better to check the bottom of the product for strength yourself.
- It is worth choosing a natural and safe material for manufacturing, as well as for a mattress.
Things to consider when getting started
For the design of children's furniture, you should choose a durable and high-quality material, and when choosing a design option, givepreference for the drawing, which as a result will be the most stable. Children's bunk beds belong to a class of furniture characterized by ergonomics.
Before you start sawing the material, please note:
- At first, it is worth developing a drawing that indicates the exact dimensions and shapes of the future product.
- Amount of materials: wood beam, bolts, corners, self-tapping screws.
- Get a set of tools and all the necessary supplies you may need during construction, and put the items in one place.
- When developing drawings and diagrams, determine the height of the upper tier, taking into account the height of the ceiling in the room and the thickness of the mattresses, pay attention to the location of the stairs that act as a Swedish wall.
- Provide additional fixings to the ceiling or wall, which will give the structure additional stability.
Bed Assembly Technology
Please note that if the bed assumes the presence of two berths (downstairs and upstairs), then a person getting up from the lower tier should not hit his head on the second tier. Consider this at the stage of developing drawings, taking into account the growth of the child.
For the manufacture of a children's bunk bed, you will need wood, namely parts with the following dimensions: 140 x 20, 30 x 30, 140 x 80, 140 x 40 - these figures are taken as an example.
During the design, chipboard is used, inin this case - edging. The edges are processed and glued to the cuts.
What will be needed during the work
To make a children's bunk bed, prepare:
- Hammer.
- Pliers.
- Screwdriver.
- Roulette.
- Square.
- Building level.
- Screwdriver.
- Drill.
- Hacksaw.
- Clamps.
- Electric jigsaw.
When constructing a children's solid wood bunk bed, prepare the following set of materials:
- Beam 2, 5-3 m long.
- Boards - 3 m.
- chipboard or plywood sheets.
- Small fasteners: nuts, washers, self-tapping screws, screws, bolts, wood screws.
- Wood putty.
- Sandpaper and polyurethane.
An alternative substitute for making an inexpensive children's bunk bed is to use chipboard instead of wood. Before starting installation, it is worth keeping the boards for a week at room temperature - this will prevent the material from drying out.
What the construction process looks like
Installation sequence:
- Making a bed frame. To do this, reproduce a rectangle of 5 x 10 timber according to the parameters of the mattress. Corners and carpentry glue are used as fasteners using the tongue-and-groove method.
- Installation of spacers in the frame that compensate for the load.
- Production of boards from boards attached to the frame. ForThis is done using self-tapping screws that are screwed in from the inside.
- Production of frame racks in the amount of 4 pieces from a beam with a section of 5 x 10 and a height of a children's bunk bed made of wood, mounted in two to form an L-shaped profile.
- Preparation of holes for mounting screws in supports and frames.
- Fixing the structure to the wall.
Then they start processing the furniture: they light it up and cover it with paint or colorless varnish. To seal the edges, it is better to take a plastic edge and thermal tape.
What to look for before starting work
Use the following guidelines to make your work easier:
- Consider offers of purchase options. You can take some ideas for yourself or buy a frame for a children's bunk bed, the price of which starts at 6,000 rubles.
- For stairs and racks, take only solid supports made of dense wood.
- Take into account the dimensions of the contribution by increasing the design by 2 centimeters on each side, focusing on the parameters of the mattress. This will make it easier to make the bed later on.
- Determine your bedding option and consider whether you want to complement the children's bunk bed with a sofa on the first tier.
- The height of the lower tier is determined with a reference to the child. The baby can easily overcome this height.
Please note that the wood base needsadditional processing, during which alignment is performed with a planer and sanding with sandpaper. Lacquering will help to maintain an attractive appearance and extend the life of a children's wooden bunk bed.
Following the instructions and choosing a quality material, you can make an ergonomic, safe, beautiful and inexpensive bed for your child. The main thing is that the place is comfortable and cozy.
