Today, a large number of people live in apartment buildings, where there are few square meters. Due to lack of space, the question often arises of where to place household members, so that everyone has enough space, it was convenient to walk. This problem is especially relevant when it comes to sleeping places. An excellent solution is a transforming bed, which can be disassembled at night, and in the morning it can be put back.
Each of us wants the house to be cozy and comfortable, so it is necessary that this type of furniture matches the interior. To purchase a ready-made model, you need a lot of funds that not every family possesses, so what to do in this case? The solution, of course, is to make it yourself. Possessing the basics of carpentry, having imagination, you can make a product with your own hands.
DIY manufacturing advantages:
- Significantly saved space.
- It’s much cheaper to do it yourself than to buy a finished model.
- There is an opportunity to show imagination.
- Drawings can be found on the Internet.
- One hundred percent confidence in quality.
Choosing a design for a do-it-yourself transforming bed
The content of the article
- Choosing a design for a do-it-yourself transforming bed
- The choice of design and product design
- Manufacturing technology
- Decoration of the finished bed
Having decided on the type, design of the product, you can view the drawings, select those for which you will continue to work.
Important. If you do not have sufficient experience in the carpentry, it is recommended to consider more affordable, easier to manufacture products. This option is a convertible bed for a small apartment with your own hands in the form of a cabinet.
Having considered the proposed versions of the drawings of the sofa-bed-transformer with your own hands, you can use any of them or draw your own with certain sizes, marking up places for fastenings and compounds.
The choice of design and product design
How to make a convertible bed with your own hands, the drawings of which can be found on the Internet? Before you start to “wool” the network in search of drawings for assembly, you need to think about and decide on the design of the product. And most importantly, you can do everything yourself. To do this, let's consider what types exist:
- Bed-cupboard. When assembled, it resembles an ordinary wardrobe. This is the most popular and economical model, as it takes up the minimum amount of space in the assembled state. In addition, such a product can be assembled by any man.
- The product is a table. This model is very popular in children's rooms, as it combines a bed and a table with various drawers and a cabinet. Any child will be happy to have such a bed in their bedroom.
- Model sofa. This view can turn into a bunk bed.
- Ceiling option. This product, where the sleeping place moves to the ceiling and hides there, frees up a huge amount of space very quickly, thereby becoming invisible to others.
Manufacturing technology
Building involves a couple of steps:
- The frame for the folding mechanism is made.
- A place is going to be where you will sleep in the future.
You can find the standard sizes for single and double models on the Internet, but if you have a bed with other sizes, then you will have to calculate all the necessary sizes yourself. Here you can help the program "Furniture Designer".
Assembly steps:
- Using anchor bolts, fix the rail to the wall. It is necessary in order to further strengthen the bed frame with metal corners.
- For the base of the frame, you will need two boards, approximately two-meter, which with glue, self-tapping screws must be fixed with each other with a transverse board.
- Next, we fasten the skin, also with glue, screws.
- Important. Do not forget that the depth of the box should correspond to the thickness of the bed.
- We mount a folding berth. To do this, take the plywood of the required size.
- Fix it from the bottom using 4 boards along and across the future product. This is necessary to avoid deflection and damage to the plywood.
- If necessary, supplement the product with sides, but only so that they do not interfere with the assembly of the bed.
- Using quality fasteners, attach the frame to the wall.
- After that, fix the hinged part of the bed with hinges to the frame.
Decoration of the finished bed
After the product is ready, it can be supplemented with small elements, such as shelves, mirrors, cabinets. This will give your bed more functionality.
Modern design allows you to paint the product with acrylic paints. This type is most suitable for children's rooms. With the help of your child, you can decorate her with the help of flowers and various patterns.
You can make them yourself or draw using stencils. This will give your product a unique design.
In addition, in order to create a single line with the cabinet, the front side can be decorated with invoice accessories, false crossbars and imitation handles.
You can make additional niches, which should be decorated using mirrors, as well as install additional lighting there.
Thus, a model made independently will look like the finished product, and in some cases even better. The main thing to achieve this is to show imagination, patience, make every effort to make this miracle. It will delight you and your household with its originality and ease of use.