We make loft beds with our own hands. Advantages, disadvantages and manufacturing process

If the apartment has a problem in the form of a lack of space, then as a solution to it can be chosen comfortable bed-loft furniture.

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantage of this design is that the space below it can be used for various purposes at the request of the owners. It can be an extra bed, workplace or wardrobe. Quite often the space under the specified design is used as a children's play place, in the future it can be transformed into a working place. However, such a piece of furniture has its drawbacks. If in the room where the given bed is, low ceilings, it becomes impossible to climb it on your feet or just sit down, and it can also be difficult to bring it to order. Children of small age, this design is also not suitable, because the child will not be able to independently climb and descend from it, and even sleep alone there may not be comfortable for him. Despite the fact that this furniture optimizes the space of the room, its dimensions are large enough and require considerable space.

Build process

To solve the problem of lack of space in the room, while saving money, it is recommended to make loft beds with your own hands. This event requires his performer to know the carpentry and the ability to handle special tools, and also need to be prepared for painstaking work. Consider how to build a homemade loft bed. The assembly of this furniture consists of the following stages:

• Initially choose the design of the bed and, based on this, the required amount of material is counted. Its standard dimensions are 195x70x185 cm. The side bounding crossbeams of the bed must be at least 40 cm high. The frame requires the use of beams measuring 100x100 cm or 80x100 cm, rails, boards of different widths, as well as the use of glue and metal fasteners.
• To install the bed-lofts with their own hands, their legs-racks need to be fixed with boards for a bundle. A supporting structure is also being built for the future berth. To do this, at the foot of the bed should be made nests depth of 25 mm. It is necessary to do this especially carefully.
• In this design, the mattress base needs to be strengthened not only with transverse bars, but also with longitudinal rails.
• When building loft beds with your own hands, it is necessary to smear with joinery glue when installing all the details of the joint site design.
• A small ladder to the specified furniture is usually attached from its butt. In this case, the angle at which it will bend should be small, and the steps should be close to each other. The crossbeams of the stairs are recommended to be wide and strong.

Tip

To ensure that the loft beds, manufactured by themselves, lasted for a long time, it is necessary to use only high-quality and well-dried materials with an even surface. This is an important rule in the construction of this design.