DIY wooden beds: diagrams, drawings. How to make a wooden bed with your own hands

A crib is the first piece of furniture that young parents acquire. As a rule, a bed is purchased before the birth of the baby. But children grow quickly and after a few years, a cozy cradle needs to be replaced with a more spacious bed. Quality furniture is not easy to find, and prices are not affordable for everyone. family budget. If you have certain skills, you can go the other way and make a bed with your own hands.

Crib scheme

Crib
Children's bed

Ideal children's furniture should have the following qualities:

• made from natural, safe materials;
• have a "breathable" design;
• have enhanced strength;
• not have sharp corners, protrusions and other dangerous elements;
• have a smooth, polished surface to eliminate the risk of splinters and scratches;
• match the height and weight of the child;
• protect the baby from falling;
• have high functionality (in addition to a sleeping place, have more sections for storing things).

Crib scheme
Crib

Benefits of making your own baby bed.

1. You are confident in the quality of the materials from which the crib is made, as you choose them yourself and work with them yourself. For store products, this parameter is not always obvious.
2. You develop the design of the bed, taking into account the individual needs and characteristics of the child (if any), the dimensions and stylistic orientation of the room.
3. You can independently test the strength of the bed structure in the process of its manufacture and in the end be sure that jumping on the mattress will not end with furniture breaking.
4. You save significantly if you compare the cost of a bed made with your own hands with the prices of stores;
5. You get real pleasure by creating furniture for your son or daughter with your own hands.

Baby crib design
Children's bed made of wood

Determining the design of the bed

The easiest way to make a classic crib is a frame, four legs, a headboard and a mattress. However, such a model carries a minimal functional load - it simply provides the child with a bed. Suitable for a spacious bedroom of one child, where there is already a spacious closet, and there is no need for additional storage space.

If the children's room does not differ in impressive dimensions, it will be more practical to supplement the design of the bed with drawers or even a chest of drawers. This will allow you to organize the space in the room more efficiently.

Baby crib with chest of drawers
Wooden bunk bed

Even more functional is the loft bed. It allows you to raise the child's bed to the second tier, and organize a wardrobe, table, bookshelves or a sports corner - depending on the needs of the child. However, this design will require serious skills in the process of creating a bed. If you are just starting your journey in making furniture, it is better to focus on the first two options.

Finally, bunk beds are especially popular. This is great way comfortably accommodate two children in a small children's room. However, as in the case of a loft bed, a bunk bed is not easy to make on your own, and before starting work, it is better to carefully weigh your strengths and capabilities.

Let's look at further instructions using the example of creating a bed with drawers. This is a fairly simple option and will suit even a person with minimal skills in creating furniture. At the same time, such a crib is practical and functional.

Children's bed made of wood
Wooden baby bed

Necessary materials and tools

It is better to make a bed from solid wood. This is the most environmentally friendly and safe material that allows you to create truly durable furniture. MDF from light woods is well suited. Heavy solid wood for children's beds is not suitable, because this furniture has to be moved and rearranged often.

Crib
Children's bed made of wood

In addition to blanks from MDF, you will also need wooden beam for lamellas. For this part of the bed, choose an elastic material (for example, plywood is fine in this case, but chipboard is not).

In addition to wood and plywood, you will need:

• special metal corners;
• self-tapping screws and other fasteners of various diameters;
• guiding elements for boxes;
• drill;
• electric jigsaw;
• Grinder;
• sandpaper;
• paper tape.

Children's bed made of solid wood
Children's bed design

In addition, at the final stage of making the bed, you will also need a mattress. When choosing, do not save, give preference to a high-quality orthopedic model. Important nuance- although the mattress is installed last, it is better to purchase it in advance and make a bed drawing for its actual dimensions.

Diagram of a children's bed
Baby bed design
Children's bed with chest of drawers

Let's start manufacturing

Before starting work, decide on a drawing of a bed model suitable for you. Next, get to work.

Children's bed made of wood
Children's bed

Decor Variations

A simple bed with drawers usually does not imply any special design solutions. As a decor, you can choose original handles for drawers or make a carved headboard. You can also paint the bed in the chosen color, emphasizing the design of the rest of the children's room. A variant with a painted headboard or legs, the use of special decorative stickers and other decorative elements is allowed.

You can emphasize the classic design of a children's bedroom with carved legs or sides.

With certain skills, the sidewalls of such a bed with drawers can be made in the form of car walls, resulting in the currently popular typewriter bed. For girls, you can make a bed in the form of a carriage. However, many young women also like options with cars, except that it is better to make the colors more “female” colors.

Children's bed made of solid wood
Children's bed with fastenings to the wall

Carved handrails and slats can be used to decorate a bunk bed. A more difficult option is to issue bunk bed or a loft bed in the form of a castle or a fortress, a treehouse. To do this, it is enough to cut out the facade of the appropriate type and paint it in accordance with the sketch.

Whatever bed you decide to create with your own hands, remember: you are creating furniture for a child. Approach the task responsibly. There are no trifles in the creation of furniture - the safety of those who will use this furniture depends on the grinding of each corner and the strength of each connection. Put maximum effort, care and love into your product - and such a bed will give your child good dreams and you - the joy and satisfaction of the work done.

Video: Wooden crib

50 photos of crib ideas:

The appearance of a baby is a joyful event. It is necessary to prepare for its birth in advance and furnish it. You can make a modern and functional crib with your own hands if you wish, put your love, warmth and soul into it. With the current variety of materials and tools, this is not at all difficult to do. Its main advantage is absolute harmlessness to the baby.

How to make a crib with your own hands?

Consider the process of making an original baby crib with your own hands with pendulum mechanism on bearings and with a box for linen. This design of the rocking chair will never roll over, which is important for the safety of the child. The sides of the crib should be of different heights. The convenient opening forward sidewall is necessary for convenience of laying of the kid. A do-it-yourself rocking crib will be used to rock a newborn baby and help solve the problem of sleep. The length and width of the bed can be determined by focusing on the size of the mattress.

To make your own, you will need:

Master class on making a crib

1. Begin the process of making a crib from the backs. To do this, four bars are taken, they need to be marked for the crossbars. The distance between the vertical perches should be 110-120 mm.
2. Grooves can be made with a milling cutter 1 cm deep; in its absence, a chisel is also suitable. The crossbars are driven into the grooves on the PVA glue.
3. Perches are glued into the back of the bed. The headboards are assembled as a whole, strictly at a right angle.

4. The headboards are connected to the sidewalls using self-tapping screws.
5. The front of the crib will consist of two parts, have a low side, so that it is convenient to approach the baby. Therefore, the perches are used shorter than the previous ones. The upper part of the side part is fixed to the lower one on the canopies, with the help of which it will be opened. Additionally, you need to install fixing bolts.

6. On each leg we make a bar with a through recess equal to the bearing, and install the bearing. They are fastened with screws.
7. A wooden box is installed under the crib. Planks are attached to it from the outside. Planks connect the box to the legs of the bed. Installing the legs of the crib on bearings provides a rocking effect. After the crib is fully assembled, you need to start painting. All parts of the crib, except for the base, are covered with a triple layer of varnish. After each layer, you need to let the varnish dry and sand well layer by layer.
8. From the rails, crossbars are made for the frame of the berth, on which the base under the mattress is covered and attached. An additional drawer for things is built into the lower box under the base. The bed is ready. From above the bed is decorated with a transparent canopy.

A baby rocking bed is essential for the little ones. Over time, such a crib can be easily transformed into a regular bed with legs when the baby grows up a little.

Children's cozy bed for a newborn, made by hand, durable and reliable, will be the key to his comfortable sleep and harmonious development.

Sooner or later, every young parent is faced with the problem of acquiring children's place sleep. A quality wooden bed is quite expensive. However, if you get creative and put in enough effort, you can end up with a comfortable bed for your little one. is not something complicated, it is quite possible to make it using ready-made blueprints and a photo in the Internet. If you have tools, some skills and a desire, then creating an author's crib with your own hands is a matter of time. Having picked up the material, for a fee, you can cut the required parts. It is easy to purchase various plywood, boards, laminated chipboard, finished bars and fasteners. The main thing is not to rush and remember that you are working for quality.

It must be remembered that low-quality components cannot be used for a crib. They must be made from environmentally friendly materials.

When you decide to start making a crib with your own hands, you need to decide on its type:

1. Baby rocking bed.
2. An original crib, for example, a car bed.

Then prepare essential tool. Such as: screwdriver, hammer, screwdrivers, jigsaw, pliers, measuring tool and level.

Well, the main thing is to prepare the materials from which, in fact, the crib will be assembled. That is, boards, plywood, wooden bars. It is also important to select high-quality fasteners, due to which all furniture elements are fixed.

The crib must be made from natural materials, and fasteners cost to choose high-quality

When choosing a material, first of all, it is worth considering that a wooden bed is a great place where you can gain strength before tomorrow. Quality wood is natural, does not cause allergic reactions, does not highlight harmful substances in direct sunlight, looks good and is durable. According to most experts, the best crib should be made from natural wood.

The most popular type is the classic baby crib, which looks like this:

To make one you need:

• Sides 85.4 x 134.0 cm - 2 pcs.;
• Side planks (upper) 6.0 x 134.0 cm - 2 pcs.;
• Headboard and footboard part of the crib () 71.2 x 71.1 cm - 2 pcs.;
• The bottom of the bed 130.5 x 71.1 cm - 1 pc.;
• Bottom support (front and rear slats), bar 3.2 x 3.2 x 60.0 cm - 2 pcs.;
• Bottom support (side bars), bar 3.2 x 3.2 x 120.0 cm - 2 pcs.;
• Round wooden rods for side railing, diameter 1.2 cm, length 61.4 cm - 38 pcs.
• Screws 4 x 45 mm

When all the details are prepared and the photos and drawings are studied, you can start assembling the crib with your own hands:

1. First, we make the sides of the crib. We take blanks for them and draw a line, retreating 20 cm from the bottom. The width of the side frame is 6 cm. Having drawn a line of the central part of the side, we proceed to cut it out (see figure). This can be done, for example, with a jigsaw.
2. Next we move on to cutting out the legs. To do this, we make two marks at 15 cm and 11.5 cm and connect them smoothly, making a rounded corner. We also smoothly draw a rounded corner for the inside of the leg, stepping back the width of the leg by 6 cm. By this principle, we cut out the remaining three legs.
3. Then, as in the figure below, we outline the position of the first rod of our sidewall. To do this, we retreat 4.96 cm from the side and mark the edge of the rod hole, then we retreat 1.2 cm (that is, the width of the rod). Then again we retreat 4.96 cm and repeat the steps above on the entire lower frame of the crib. We get 19 equally distributed rods.
4. Similarly, we measure and drill the same holes for the rods in the upper slats of the sidewalls.
5. We fill these holes well with ordinary PVA glue and insert our wooden fence rods into them. They must be tight. Lay the sides on flat surface until completely dry. Using measuring instruments, for example, a square, trim the rods again and leave overnight. Better to have more glue. Excess glue that squeezes out of the holes can then be easily removed with a slightly damp cloth.
6. In the same way, pour glue into the holes of the upper planks of the side panels and install them in place. Do not forget to constantly align the structure, we are waiting for the glue to dry.
   As a result, we got two ready-made sides of the future children's bed.
7. We fasten the remaining panels to these sides with screws (the future headboard and footboard). The screws must be sunk, their heads must not be palpable. We do not worry about these holes, later they will be puttied and polished.
8. So that the bottom does not fail, we install prepared strips to support it. We fix them with screws (distance 1.0 cm from the bottom of our frames).
9. The last step is to insert the remaining part, which will be the bottom of the future crib.

Important: To add stability to it, you can add a pair of crossbars between the legs of the crib, as shown below:

The elements of the crib are best sanded

Use high quality, non-toxic materials, preferably water-based.

It is not difficult to get a beautiful bed for a baby as a result, if everything is done conscientiously and with love.

Do not neglect the quality finish, otherwise the crib will look like an unsuccessful experiment. However, if you make the right effort, you will get a wonderful exclusive product.

It is also necessary to consider the decoration of the crib

Baby crib can be on wheels

Making an interesting rocking crib with your own hands is a little more difficult. Details for it are also made of plywood sheet. Wooden rods, which will be balusters, are made independently from plywood by gluing two parts (blanks). To assemble this with your own hands, prepare:

• front and back (backs) 82.8x62.0x1.8 cm - 2 pcs.;
• shelf - 90.0x45.0x1.8 cm;
• side wall - 90.0x27.0x1.8 cm;
• handrails 90.0x0.4x1.8 cm - 2 pcs.;
• supports (bars) 6.0x1.8x1.8 cm - 2 pcs.;
• skids 76.0x8.0x1.5 cm - 4 pcs.;
• stoppers 19.0x7.0x1.5 cm - 4 pcs.;
• wall linings (if desired) 68.0x47.0x1.5 cm - 2 parts;
• side wall overlay (if desired) 80.0x9.0x1.5 cm;
• base - 90.0x47.0x1.5 cm;
• elements for rods (balusters) 24.0x2.5x0.4 cm - 40 parts

Scheme of assembling a crib - rocking chairs

First you need to draw all the necessary details on plywood, carefully cut them out. Then proceed to the manufacture of rods that will serve as balusters. To do this, glue two parts at a time, giving them a slight bend, clamp with clamps. After drying, the parts will straighten slightly. This is not scary, however, this must be taken into account for the following rods. Sand well and round the edges. This must be done very high quality and carefully with the upper edges of the panels and handrails so that the grown-up baby does not damage his handles. This can easily be done with a milling machine. Next, make holes for fasteners (dowels) in the sides. For the best effect, it is advisable to take a special drill with a limiter (emphasis).

Rocking chair drawing - cradle

Make grooves in the handrails and sides so that you can insert baluster rods. Fill the grooves with PVA glue and insert the rods into them (between the handrails and side railings). Smooth all the elements well by rubbing them sandpaper. Give a slight bend to the rods when gluing, this will visually decorate the crib. With inside fencing after assembly should be the curved side of the rods (balusters).

Wooden rocking crib will help your child calm down and fall asleep faster

Add two plywood stops to the skids to keep the structure from tipping over when it wobbles. Make them from plywood 1.5 cm thick. Screw the resulting parts with self-tapping screws, and fix the front and back walls with dowels and glue with skids. Prime the entire surface. Wait until the design dries and paint over all the details, preferably water-based paint. Do not use varnishes and oil paints, their smell does not disappear for a long time and adversely affects the health of the child.

Crib machine

These are used for older children who have already grown out of their first cribs. It is easy to make it yourself, on the Internet there are many photos and drawings that are decorated with any additional elements. Everything is limited only by your imagination. As with the above options, first decide on a sketch. Draw your child's "car" from different angles.

Crib - car

We choose the material. Most often, this kind of furniture is made from sheets of chipboard or MDF. In addition, you need to choose the material for the bottom, timber for support and self-tapping screws. Also, furniture of such dimensions is often installed on rollers in order to move it around the room without any problems. First, a solid frame is made, because the child is likely to actively play on it. Then decorative elements are attached.

Production depends on the individual design, make a car bed with your own hands based on ready-made drawings, having studied the photo of the “machine” suitable for your child. Whatever crib you decide to make with your own hands, your child will appreciate the efforts and love you even more. Successes in work!

Crib - bus

Bed typewriter do it yourself

DIY crib 42 photos and drawings:

Now it is fashionable to make furniture at home on your own, and every year the number of home craftsmen is increasing. Someone prefers to purchase blanks and assemble the necessary furniture from them, while someone does all the work on their own from start to finish. A homemade bed can be very simple or with intricate shapes and patterns. It's not just a matter of skill and availability of equipment - personal preferences and financial capabilities play an important role. In this article we will tell you how to make a bed with your own hands from various materials.

In order for the product to please and to be used for a long time, you need to approach the matter very responsibly, realizing the limits of your capabilities. It is necessary to choose a suitable model and, taking into account the material used, prepare a tool.

Required Tools

Depending on which material is selected, certain tools will be required to work with it.

For working with metal

• Electric welding machine.
• Bulgarian.
• File.
• Metal brush.
• Electric drill.
• Roulette.

To work with wood

• Electric jigsaw. If the product is made of boards, you can get by with a hacksaw for wood.
• Screwdriver.
• Electric drill.
• Roulette.
• Building corner.
• Pencil.
• Plane.
• Chisel.
• Grinder.

Concerning Supplies, then we will talk about this separately, considering one or another model.

Material selection

Bed materials:

1. Metal corner.
2. Profile or round pipe.
3. An array of wood.
4. Plywood.

The above materials can be used either individually or in combination. So, a metal bed can be equipped with wooden backs, and a plywood product is assembled on a frame made of timber. There can be many options, and you can figure it out in more detail by reading the article.

Location

The first step is to clearly determine what the dimensions of the future bed will be, taking into account its location. It is possible that you are modernizing the bedroom, changing its design, then you can move away from the usual bed placement patterns and find a new place for it. If so, here are a few tips to help you.

• Do not install the bed with the headboard to the window opening, as if the window is open, there will be a draft, and the head can be blown out.
• If you place the bed with the headboard towards the doorway, then it will not be possible to see who enters the bedroom.
• It is better not to hang a chandelier over the bed. It can break loose and fall on a person lying in bed.
• In uninsulated houses, the outer walls are very cold, so it is better not to put the bed in such places.
• A shelf not securely nailed to the wall above your head can also cause a lot of trouble.
• AT narrow bedroom the bed located in the center of the room will not allow you to move freely. In addition, this arrangement can cause discomfort.
• Many people leave a place for a laptop at the head of the bed. Note that this "time thief" will deprive you of many hours of good rest in this case.

It may seem that there is no room for a bed in the bedroom at all, but this is not so. We only gave recommendations, and you decide for yourself how relevant they are in your case.

Wooden bed

Don't let the apparent simplicity of the design fool you. You need to tune in to the fact that you have to work hard to make a bed out of solid wood. If you are determined, then there is every chance to do something original, while saving money. It is quite natural that it is not easy to decide on the design of the bed right away, so first look at some photos of wood products.

Photo of wooden beds

Having chosen the product you like, you can find a similar drawing on the Internet or draw it yourself, taking into account the dimensions of the room and personal preferences. Often, home craftsmen take a drawing of a bed and remake it for themselves, removing or adding something.

From array

If you are not going to sleep on boards, then when planning the size of the bed, you need to take into account the dimensions of the mattress. If it has not yet been purchased, then you need to take care of this in advance or find out on selling sites standard sizes and build on that data. If you plan to make a bed custom sizes, it is important to know that the mattress will have to be made to order.

A custom-made mattress will cost a little more.

It is clear that in a relatively small article it will not be possible to describe the manufacture of several wooden beds, and we are not striving for this. Based on the example given, it will be possible to understand how to assemble a bed from an array.

Let's look at an example of making a wooden bed for a 200 × 160 cm mattress, if there is a minimum of tools - only the most necessary ones.

The actual dimensions of the mattress often differ from those declared by the manufacturer, and to a smaller extent. Having purchased a mattress, measure it, and then adjust the dimensions of the manufactured bed to fit it.

If there is no drawing with a bed suitable for the size of the mattress, then you can take any one you like as a basis, redoing it to fit your size. If the design is very simple, then you can draw a sketch yourself.

Let's say that after checking the dimensions of the mattress, it turned out that its length and width are one centimeter less than the declared ones - 199 × 159 cm. You will need the following material:

• Bar 50 × 40 mm, length 209 cm - 19 pcs.
• Planed board 22 × 100 mm, length 159.5 cm - 18 pcs.
• PVA glue (furniture).
• Self-tapping screws 41 and 65 mm.

Having a clear idea of ​​the quantity and size of the required material, you can go to the store for it.

Making a frame

You can assemble the frame on the floor or on four stools.

So, we need to make a rectangle with internal dimensions of 200x160 cm, which corresponds to the dimensions of the mattress + 1 cm of tolerance. Each side of the frame will consist of three bars assembled into a single structure.

• Of 19 pcs. purchased timber 40 × 50 mm, you need to choose 4 pcs. the most even and with a minimum number of knots.
• For further work you need to cut off the excess at a right angle. With sufficient skills, you can mark the beam, and then, using a building corner, draw a cut line. If you cannot cut evenly with a hacksaw along the line, then it is better to use a miter box.
• You should get 2 bars of 160 cm and 2 bars of 208 cm ( inner size bed length 200 cm + 2 bars of 4 cm each).
• The cleanest side of the bars will be used as the front (top of the bed), so we will lay the bars down with this side.
• You will need 4 more bars with the same dimensions. You also need to cut 2 bars of 200 cm each, and 2 bars of 168 cm each (internal size of the width of the bed 160 cm + 2 bars of 4 cm each).
• To make the frame strong corner connections you need to overlap, so for the second row, bars of a different size are used, which we sawed out last.
• Glue is applied to the bars of the first layer, and then the bars of the second row are laid and attracted with self-tapping screws. Excess glue must be removed immediately, otherwise it will interfere with the work on grinding the surface.
• Now the bars of the third row are attached in the same way.

• It is necessary to check that the corners of the bed are assembled at an angle of 90˚. To do this, we measure the dimensions of the assembled frame diagonally - they should be the same.
• After the glue dries, you can continue to work.
• Since our mattress is 159 cm wide, this size is quite large - the boards we use can sag. To exclude this, in the center of the bed, from one back to the other, from below, you need to make a stiffener. For its manufacture, you will need 2 bars 2 m long each. They are also fastened together and installed in the same plane with the bottom of the bed. This is clearly visible in the photo.

The bed being made has 4 legs located at the corners, but for safety, you can set the fifth point of support in the center - then the base will definitely not bend.

• The legs will be made from two bars 40 × 50 mm, fastened to each other. Their height is selected according to the preference of the owner in such a way that they will be attached to the bottom two bars.
• Having glued and fixed the legs with screws, we wait until the glue dries, and only after that we turn the bed over to the position in which it will now be constantly located.

• To make the base for the mattress along the sidewalls of the bed frame, you need to fix the remaining beam 50 × 40 mm (or existing trimmings), since the boards will be attached to it. The lower edge of the upper beam of the frame will serve as a guide.
• The width of the inner part of our product is 160 cm, therefore, in order to avoid squeaking, the boards can be made 5 millimeters shorter - 159.5 cm (or a little less).

• After sanding the boards, you need to lay them on the frame so that they do not touch the sides of the walls of the frame, and fix them.
• Since the self-tapping screws will be screwed in from the edge of the board, holes will need to be drilled under them in each board, using a thin drill for this.
• As for the distance between the boards, we find it empirically. In our case, the length of the inner part of the bed is 200 cm. We retreat 5 mm from the edges. It remains 199 cm. Divide by 16 (the number of boards). 199/16 \u003d 12.44 cm. Round it up, and it turns out that you need to mark the support beam every 12.4 cm. Since the width of the board is 10 cm, the gap between them will be 2.4 cm, which completely suits us.

• If you need to get a greater distance between the boards, then you need to reduce their number and again perform the calculations according to the scheme we have given.
• Now we need to sand the whole structure. To do this, it is better to take the bed outside the room, as there will be a lot of dust.
• It is convenient to use a grinder or a drill with a nozzle on which an emery cloth is attached. After mechanized processing, you need to complete the process manually using fine-grained emery cloth.

• The bed must be primed and varnished in several steps, each layer is applied after the previous layer has dried. The job is best done with a spray gun. In extreme cases, you can use a brush, but it is important to understand that appearance applied coating will not be the same as when using a spray gun.

You probably noticed that we still have 3 boards left. Of these, we will make the back, as in the photo.

The height of the backrest is 45 cm, and the width is 170 cm, but this does not matter, since it will not be integral with the bed - we will fix it on the wall at the level with the mattress.

Its manufacture is not at all difficult. Three boards are sawn off at 170 cm each. We make 11 boards of 45 cm each from scraps. If there are not enough boards of 45 cm each, then 2 boards of 40–42 cm can be screwed through one board. Just like the bed, you need to give the back presentable appearance by varnishing it.

The backrest can be hung on hooks, only in this case it will knock against the wall. More practical - rigidly fix the back to the wall. Now the wooden bed can be used.

Video: making a wooden bed

Chipboard bed: step by step instructions

The manufacture of structures from chipboard may seem very difficult, due to the nature of this material. If you cut, grind and glue the edge at home, then some difficulties arise, especially with cutting chipboard, as the decorative layer can be damaged. Many problems can be avoided if you make a drawing in advance and order the manufacture of parts in a furniture workshop. At home, it remains only to assemble the structure.

This time we will look at the process of making a small single bed with two drawers. Here is an example of cutting a standard chipboard sheet for one bed.

From the remnants of the stove, you can make shelves for books or something else that is needed on the farm.

So, we have a ready-made set of parts that need to be assembled to make a bed.

To do the job, you will need the following tool:

• screwdriver;
• drill (you can use a screwdriver instead);
• jigsaw;
• confirmation drill;
• bit extension;
• bits (cross and hex);
• mallet;
• pencil;
• ruler;
• awl;
• roulette.

You will also need consumables:

• Confirmations - 50 pcs.
• Stickers or plugs for confirmations - 50 pcs.
• Self-tapping screws 3.8 × 45 mm - 15 pcs.
• Self-tapping screws 3.5 × 30 mm - 30 pcs.
• Self-tapping screws 3.5 × 16 mm - 40 pcs.
• Furniture corner - 12 pcs.
• Linear roller - 8 pcs.
• Wide furniture handles - 2 pcs.
• Plastic legs - 12 pcs.
• Bar 20 × 45 mm (3 m) - 3 pcs.

Now let's start assembling.

Since a mattress of 200 × 70 cm will be used, we will adjust the existing slats to the width of the mattress, making them 70 cm long. As a result, there will be 12 of them.

On ten rails on one side, you need to fix the corners.

First, we will make boxes that can be pushed under the bed. Let's assemble the frame first. To do this, lay out the blanks in such a way that the part glued with the edge is at the top. When assembling, it is important not to confuse the sides. Well, if the edge is not glued from the end of the inner part, then you will not mix it up. If the edges of the parts are glued in a circle (which is wrong), then you need to try to fold the box without twisting it, and then attach the bottom. After making sure that everything matches, you can start assembling.

Stepping back from the lower (or upper) edge of about 3 cm, you need to drill a hole with a confirmation drill. This must be done carefully, as one awkward movement - the part will be damaged. The thickness of the laminated chipboard is 16 mm, so we retreat 8 mm from the edge of the workpiece, slightly core and drill a hole without the slightest deviation.

If you have never assembled furniture from chipboard, then first practice on the unused remnants of the sheet.

By connecting the parts, we get such a box.

In order to screw the bottom, eight confirmations are enough - 2 on each side. These drawers are not designed to hold very heavy items because the plastic casters are not designed for that.

It remains to attach the handle and install the rollers. One box is ready, now the second is going in the same sequence.

Putting the finished boxes aside, let's start assembling the bed. Since boxes will be installed on one side, you need to put together 3 parts, using 3 confirmations on each side.

As a result, we get such a "bench".

Now we will assemble a decorative box, thanks to which the mattress will be fixed. This part is not as high as the base of the bed, so 2 confirmations will be used on each side.

We put the resulting frame on the bed frame so that it does not interfere with pulling out the drawers, and connect them together from the inside with 3.5 × 30 mm self-tapping screws.

You need to nail the plastic legs.

Let's start making ribs. On the front of the frame, draw a line from one edge to the other along the height of the bed frame. Now we fix the bars with the corners screwed to them every 13 cm, so that their lower part is lined up.

Instead of ribbed boards, you can use a chipboard cut to size.

After that, it remains to fasten the bars to the opposite sidewall with 30 mm screws.

Having rolled up the boxes and laid the mattress, you can begin to use the bed.

As you can see, with the right approach, it will not be difficult to assemble a bed from chipboard at home. The design can be any size, as in the next video.

Video: making a podium double bed from chipboard

pallet bed

Beds made from pallets are in fashion right now. At first glance, it may seem that this kind of design would be appropriate only in some kind of provincial dacha, but this is not so, because pallet beds can also be found in houses with a rather rich environment.

Let's move from words to deeds. Consider one of the options for assembling a pallet bed. How many will be needed? It all depends on the size and design of the manufactured product. So, a single bed with legs can be made from 2 pallets, and without legs - from 4. We used 8 pallets to make our double bed.

If possible, then you need to choose the most whole pallets. They need to be skinned.

All pallets should be painted with non-toxic wood paint. Since the tree is very hygroscopic, it is likely that the pallets will need to be opened with paint 2-3 times.

If there is such a desire, then you can open the blanks with varnish.

Having laid the first row of pallets, it is necessary to fasten them. If the wood is very strong, then holes are drilled under the screws.

Then the second row is laid.

All pallets are fastened together with metal plates, fixed with wood screws.

Thanks to this simple technology, you can make a pretty decent pallet bed.

You can also make a back from pallets.

From the remains of pallets, you can assemble some furniture and install it near the bed. In general - who likes what.

From plywood

You won’t surprise anyone with a plywood product, but you can make furniture from it at home. We will use sheets of the FSF brand, since not every plywood is suitable for making a bed.

Consider an example of making a bed for a spring mattress 1900 × 900 × 200 mm.

Materials for making a bed

The thickness of the plywood used can be 12, 15 or 18 mm. Thin sheets can be used when fastening plywood with screws. From 18 mm plywood, the bed will be more durable, but very heavy, so it is preferable to use sheets with a thickness of 15 mm - they are much stronger than standard chipboard.

• Plywood 2.44 × 1.22 m - 1 sheet.
• Beam 30 × 40 mm - 2 pcs. by 1.9 m.
• Beam 30 × 40 mm - 7 pcs. by 0.9 m.
• If the edges of the parts need to be pasted over, then purchase PVC edge. Its consumption will be no more than 8 p / m.
• Glue "Moment" - 1 tube.
• Screws 5×40 mm - 26 pcs.
• Screws 5×60 mm - 12 pcs.
• Screws 3×9 mm - 8 pcs.
• Thrust bearings - 4 pcs.

As for the tools, they are the same as for working with chipboard. Wood screws can be used instead of screws.

The side wall of the back of the bed has a large height. This is done so that the drawers that are pushed under the bed do not rest against the walls. If there are no boxes, then the side walls can be made the same.

Bed making

From the existing plywood sheet, you need to cut out the details corresponding to the drawing.

If desired, laminated plywood can be used. In this case, it is important to consider that it is very difficult to cut such a sheet at home without damaging the laminated coating. In addition, then the edges will necessarily need to be pasted over with a furniture edge.

To cut plywood, you need to use a file with a fine tooth, and drive the jigsaw slowly - so we get an even cut without chips. As a result, we should get parts of the following dimensions:

1. Front back - 932 × 650 mm.
2. Backrest - 932 × 500 mm.
3. Front side panel - 1900 × 200 mm.
4. The rear side panel is 1900 × 350 mm (if there are no cabinets, then we also make 1900 × 200 mm).

• The ends of all parts must be sanded. To do this, you can use a small wooden block wrapped sandpaper medium grit.
• After that, we assemble the bed frame.

bed base

• The backrests are attached to the side rails with 5x40mm screws (2 for each front side, and 3 on the back).
• Then we fasten the beam to the side rails of the bed using 5 × 40 mm screws (7 pcs per side). The head of the screws should be slightly recessed into the timber. If driven deeper, the screw will go through the plywood.
• We fix the crossbars from the timber on the horizontal bars with self-tapping screws 5 × 60 mm (1 for each point).
• With 5 × 40 mm screws, we fasten the bars to the backs from the inside (3 screws for each).
• At the last stage, we fasten the thrust bearings from below to the backs - 2 screws 3 × 9 mm for each.
• We install the bed, lay the mattress and use our product.

If instead of a spring mattress on the frame you use a soft one, then you need to cut the bottom out of plywood and screw it to the bars from above.

As you can see, there is nothing complicated in making a plywood bed.

metal

If you have some welding skills, then you can make a metal bed. We will not even consider the option of a bolted connection, since such a product will loosen very quickly.

Look at the photo of a collapsible metal bunk bed. Agree that she looks very presentable.

For its manufacture, the following materials were needed:

• Profile pipe 50 × 25 mm - 8 m.
• Profile pipe 40 × 40 mm - 8 m.
• Profile pipe 20 × 20 mm (or 15 × 15) - 40 m.

In addition to pipes, a metal primer and hammer paint were purchased.

One of the advantages of such a bed is the absence of bent parts, so a pipe bender is not needed to make it.

If you buy pipes, and not use those that have lain for several years in the garage, then do not opt ​​for rusty ones, since then they will need to be cleaned for a long time.

Frame manufacturing

Since the bed is collapsible, its parts can be made in parts. Let's start with the backs.

• The base will be pipes 40 × 40 mm. We cut them into equal parts of 2 m each. If the ceilings are low, then they can be reduced to 185 cm.
• The width of our backs will be 90 cm, so we will cut off 8 identical segments of 82 cm (90-(4 + 4) = 82) from a 20 × 20 mm pipe, and 8 pipes of 30 cm each.
• So far we will use only half of the prepared material.
• On a flat plane, parallel to each other, you need to lay pipes-racks.
• Stepping back from the bottom 40 cm and from the edge 1 cm, a pipe 82 cm long is attached.
• It is necessary to check the correctness of the set angles with a building corner.
• After 95 cm, the second pipe is grabbed.
• We return to the first one, and on the tacks we assemble the grate - 2 pipes of 30 cm each and a cross member of 82 cm.
• We do the same with the second lattice.
• After checking the angles and alignment of the stuck parts, they can be welded thoroughly.
• The second back is made in the same way.

Now let's start making the shelves.

• We will also cut the profile pipe 50 × 25 mm into 4 equal parts of 2 m each.
• The width of the shelves will be 88 cm, so we need 26 pieces of pipe 20 × 20 mm, 83 cm each (88-(2.5 + 2.5) = 83).
• 2 pipes are laid on the edge parallel to each other.
• We mark 13 cm from the edges and grab one jumper at a time, placing them along the bottom edge.
• We lay out the remaining 11 jumpers every 14 cm and grab them.
• After checking, the shelf is scalded, and the second one is assembled in exactly the same way.
• To the shelf that will be installed at the top, it is necessary to weld a fence of the same height as the height of the lattice on the back. The pipe used for fencing must be bent, not welded at an angle. If there is no pipe bending machine, then it can be filled with sand and bent in a vice or between two supports. This pipe must be welded in the middle of the bed, as in the photo.

• In the same way, 3 more vertical racks are welded, but it will not be welded to the back, so you need to weld a small bar from the end.

The turn has come to assemble the structure together, for this we will use welding a little more.

Since our bed is collapsible, we will make universal fasteners for it.

• From a pipe 20 × 20 mm, 16 pieces of 10 cm must be cut off and welded to the backs at the junction.
• Each attachment point uses 2 tubes. They are inserted into the lattice pipe and cling to the back. If this is not done, then it will not be possible to assemble the bed, since the attachment points will not match.
• After checking the correct location of the part, we thoroughly weld the tubes to the back.

• With the help of a grinder, it is necessary to process the welding seams.

Assembly

• Now let's assemble the bed.
• In order for the collapsible parts to hold together securely, they will need to be secured with self-tapping screws (after final assembly).

It is also necessary to make a small ladder, the dimensions of which can be arbitrary.

• We attach it to the shelves with bolts and nuts.

• At the final stage of work, the entire structure is disassembled, degreased, primed and painted.
• After the paint has dried, the bed can be brought into the house and assembled.
• To close the ends of the pipes, specially designed plastic plugs are purchased for this purpose.

If the bed is made for children, then its length can be significantly reduced.

As you can see, at home you can make a beautiful and durable metal bed.

Production of decorative elements

If you want to do something original, then when making a bed, instead of standard profile pipes you can use forging elements.

Such parts are sold in specialized stores or made to order. Good results can be achieved using bent parts, and you can bend them yourself.

Bed legs

A person may have the wrong opinion that the legs of a metal bed will look rough. If you set a goal, then this element can also be made very attractive.

Video: making a metal bed with forging elements

Design choice

The wrong bed can cause a lot of inconvenience. Here are some tips from experts in the field:

1. It is best if the bed is made from natural materials. When using chipboard, plywood, laminate and other materials with synthetic additives (glue, etc.), the products must be certified, intended for the manufacture of furniture.
2. The size of the bed matters a lot. A single bed can be 100, 90 or 80 cm wide, and a double bed can be 200, 180 and 160 cm. If there are no restrictions on the size of the room, then you need to act on the principle - the more the better. The length of the bed must be 20 cm longer than the height of the person (minimum 10 cm).
3. Structures made of chipboard (and laminated chipboard) are the most unreliable and brittle.
4. The solid bottom of the bed does not allow the mattress to ventilate, but too little ribbing can cause the mattress to deform.

Since we are talking about a mattress, there are some nuances of choice here.

1. The mattress should not be hard. It should be soft enough, but not too deformed under the weight of a person lying on it, so it must be selected individually. For a double bed, you can choose 2 mattresses of different elasticity. To make sure that the mattress suits you, you need to lie on it for 15-20 minutes before buying.
2. If a hard mattress is purchased, then you can put a thick mattress topper on it, for the manufacture of which latex or memoryform is used (thickness from 3 to 10 cm). If you have not decided on the choice, then it is better to purchase a mattress with double-sided rigidity.

Concerning design features beds, it's a matter of personal preference and convenience. AT small room you can place a bed, under which there will be drawers, folding or pulling out from the podium. AT big room you can give free rein to your imagination by making a wide bed.

Video: how to choose a bed in the bedroom

Single

A single bed is installed in cases where it is planned that only one person will sleep on it, whether it be a child or an adult. Also, 2 or more beds can be installed in one room, for example for two children. Be that as it may, you first need to decide which design is suitable, and then take up manufacturing. Photos of homemade single beds can help with this.

Photos of single beds

double bed

As a rule, married couples sleep together (at least for the first few years), and in order for this bed to be comfortable to sleep, you need to take care of its size and design. Look at the photo exhibition of double products.

Photos of double beds

bunk bed

Usually a double bed is made for children. It can be either a simple bed or a fairy-tale castle in which the child will fall asleep with pleasure. When choosing the design of this kind of children's bed, you need to think about both convenience and design.

Video: designing a baby bed

Photos of bunk beds

Drawings and diagrams: bed assembly

Photos: do-it-yourself bed