The bed on the podium is a modern solution for organizing a bedroom, which saves space in the apartment. We will help determine the type of product and give detailed instructions for its manufacture.
Design features
Depending on the type of frame, two manufacturing techniques are distinguished: bed on the podium with drawers or with a retractable mattress. In both cases, use affordable building materials, and tools that are in the arsenal of each host. This means that you can make them with your own hands. At the same time, the products are fundamentally different not only by the technology of installation, but also by the appointment. Consider them in more detail.With sleeping place in niche
The product is a hollow structure, which rises above the main floor level by 40-70 cm. In the lower part there is a large shuffle. At night, they sleep on it, in the afternoon hiding in a niche. The top plane above the drawing bed is the actual raised floor. It is commonly used for organization:
- recreation areas;
- work or academic space;
- Children's game.
This allows you to make a "hidden" bedroom in any room without prejudice to its square. If the premises are elongated, you additionally zonail it and add functionality.
Limitations are the dimensions of the room. Too low ceiling creates discomfort to growing people. Mount the frame in a very small room will not work either. Nearly there should always be a free distance to extend the shelves with a mattress.
With a storage area under the bedroom
Externally, the bed on the podium with the bottom drawers is practically no different from the classic one. It is slightly raised above the floor, and the storage system is in space below. It allows you to completely replace the closet or part of it.
The design is suitable for mounting in the apartment of any configuration. If you install it at the wall in the middle of a large room, you will get comfortable, small in the depths of the hubled.
When the size of the house is strongly limited, use the end part of the room. This performance does not necessarily do long, bulky shuflads. It is enough to divide them along the length into two zones: hidden and quick access. One to put everyday, to another seasonal things. Access to the Fomb Nich is limited. She hides under the mattress. Such a storage option is great for winter jackets, unclaimed children's toys or clothing, from which kids have grown.
How to make a podium for the bed do it yourself
Consider the technical nuances of manufacturing and widespread errors. But first we will list everything that we need during the work.Required tools and materials
The main carrier structural elements are made of wood:
- Bar 50x50 and 100x50 mm;
- plywood;
- Oriented chipboard (OSB-3).
It is important to use well-dried sawn timber. A tree of natural humidity in the process of drying leads and crit. This means that the finished product can be deformed.
The following fasteners and fittings will be needed:
- anchor (when attached to the wall);
- self-tapping screw;
- Metal corners;
- Sucks;
- confirmates;
- Furniture wheels;
- Full extension guides;
- pens.
For decorative finishes, floor coatings are usually used or similar materials on the texture:
- linoleum;
- laminate;
- carpet;
- laminated chipboard;
- Furniture shields;
- MDF plates.
Making a bed-podium with drawers
Before starting work, it is important to pay attention to the design of the future design. You can draw a pencil project on a piece of paper, make it in an online editor or a specialized program.
The visualization takes into account the gaps, the thickness of the parts and the relative position of all elements. This allows you to accurately calculate the number of materials and avoid inconsistencies in the process of work.
Frame
The basis is the bar 50x50 or 50 (h) x100. From it, racks and bearing beams are performed. The supports are accommodated near the walls and in the space between the shuffles. To ensure strength, you need to withstand the distance between the longitudinal guides of no more than 50-60 cm, between the support elements is not more than 80-120 cm. If the construction is between the walls, you can fix the rigle guides without supports.
The carrying elements are important to put on the racks on top, and not to secure on the side of the corner. So that the holes of smaller diameter are drilled under the self-tapping screws. Rubber gaskets are installed between wooden parts in the places of their attachment. They allow you to avoid screens in the process of operation.
When you start doing a podium bed with drawers with your own hands, do not forget about the stability of the frame. Therefore, after mounting the bars, it is necessary to make a lower strapping from plywood or OSB. Cut the strips width 150-200 mm and fasten all the supports with them. At the same time, the sheets to each are screwed at a minimum of two screws. This avoids the skew of the product during use. To increase the reliability, all joints are wetted with carpentry glue.
Retractable Sections
The basis is collected from laminated chipboard, thick plywood or furniture shields. The bottom of the fiberboard. If the shuflands are small or they are not intended to store heavy things, the bottom is fixed from bottom to nails or self-drawing. When a more reliable design is needed, in the side walls, the milling makes a groove and insert the fibrous stove into it. This option is more technological, but requires a special tool. At home, the grooves can be replaced with thin supporting rails 10x10 mm.
The lower shelves are better mounted on the wheels so that they can be completely rolled to the side. So you will get access to the niche for cleaning. Top screw boxes are fixed on full extension guides. They need to be installed before facing the frame.
Sheaving
For finishing, you can use any materials. Usually, the vertical front parts are installed chipboard or painted phanel. On the upper part laid a similar sexual coating. They are covered with the entire surface or only the area around the mattress. For its fixation around the perimeter, the side is installed with a height of about 5 cm. The plane inside can be solid or consist of a set of lamellas.
If possible, all elements are fixed with self-drawing from the inside. Having put forward the shuflda, you get full access to hidden items. This means that the self-tapping screws will not spoil the outer surface.
We make a podium with a drawing bed
When developing such a design, special attention should be paid to zoning. If the game is planned from above for children, you can be repelled from the dimensions of the mattress. But when you want to place the workspace or recreation area on the second tier, it is important to consider the size of the future table or sofa. At the same time, it is necessary to draw a sketch project.
Frame
When a sleeping place is in a niche, the basis must be more durable - to withstand the load from furniture and people. The general principles of the device of beams and riglels are the same as in the variant with retractable shuffles.
The main differences are an enlarged cross section of the carriers of the lag and the step of their installation. It is allowed to put the bars 50x100 (h) on the edge. In this case, to avoid tipping, be sure to bonded them between the intermediate rails. Alternative - installation of beams with a smaller step equal to 40-50 cm.
It is important to pay increased attention to the overall geometry of the supporting structures. Large shufland should easily move into a niche and move out of it. When calculating it, its height takes into account the space that occupies the mattress, bed linen and pillows. On the sides, it is necessary to accurately withstand the mounting gaps within 1-2 cm and monitor perpendicularity. In this case, navigate the measuring instrument, and not the distance from the walls.
Retractable Section
Its base is collected from the bar 50x50 mm. From above the flat sheet of plywood, typesthemels or ready-made factory base are laid. On the side, the limiters from the laminated chipboard are screwed, and in front of the front decorative panel.Moves shufland on furniture wheels. We only need to get a straightforward movement, so we use non-turning. Each of them is calculated under a certain load, which is indicated in the specifications. It develops from the weight of the following components:
- Base materials.
- Mattress and bed linen.
- Man. 100 kg per single bed, 200 kg per one and a half and double.
The resulting amount is multiplied by a strength factor equal to 1.4. The result is divided by the number of wheels. We get the load that each must withstand.
Sheaving
The principles of cladding remain the same. But, if you plan to place a facility in the nursery, you need to pay attention to security. On slippery top coverage, the child is easy to fall and get injured. Therefore, the top is more often carpet.
Common mistakes
If you first decided to make a podium for the bed with your own hands, not avoiding errors. To minimize them, list the most frequent problems:
- Violation of convection regime. When the frame is mounted by the window, closes the radiator or part it. As a result, the room begins to warm it worse, and the windows sweat. The bottom it is necessary to provide for the supply holes for the receipt of cold air. If the casing closes the battery from above, the ventilation grille is embedded above it.
- Non-standard sleeping place. The masters always fit the design into a selected space. At the same time, for the mattress you need to leave a niche of standard sizes. Individual orders cost too expensive.
- No electric firing. Electricity wiring should always be thought out before mounting the frame. It is easier to immediately transfer or add a socket, switch and lamp than to do it after finishing.
We step by step reviewed all the stages of making the podium for the bed, which you can make your own hands. It will decorate the apartment, save space in it and will provide an additional place to store things.