Not always the dimensions of the apartment allow you to place sleeping places so that there is free space. Cluttering the room with folding beds is not the best solution. A do-it-yourself bunk bed will help to cope with the problem and save space.
Pros and cons of bunk beds
Purchased products are expensive, and besides, they do not take into account the features of the room where they will be installed. Therefore, it makes sense to make a two-tier structure on your own, combine it with a study table or a storage cabinet, and provide drawers under the lower tier.
The simplest dacha option is able to make any home craftsman who knows the tool a little and has the skills to work with wood. In a city apartment, such beds are most often installed in a nursery. This frees up space for games and activities.
The disadvantage of the design is an increased risk of injury. If you decide to install such a structure in the nursery, take care of a reliable side on the second tier of the bed so that the child is safe. In any case, you can’t put a baby up to three years old to sleep on the second tier.
Baby bunk beds
The size of a bed for a child's bed is determined by the standard dimensions of the mattresses. As a rule, it is 160x70 cm. There are transforming beds that provide for lengthening the bed as the child grows.
You can make various options for a children's bed yourself:
- classic, for two children;
- a variation of the first option - for three or four children;
- a loft bed for one child, where the sleeping place is located at the top, and there is a place for classes below;
- corner, when the upper and lower beds are located at an angle of 90 degrees to each other;
- with a retractable lower tier;
- folding.
Unusual options for bunk designs for a child in the photo
Classic bunk bed suitable for two children 
Corner bunk bed with space for activities helps save space in the children's room 
A transforming bed with a retractable lower berth is an excellent solution for a small apartment 
A bunk bed with a slide and a whole range of shells will appeal to little athletes 
A transforming bunk bed with a pull-out bed and a table provides the child with a full-fledged place to sleep and study. 
Loft bed suitable for one child 
Bunk bed in the form of a house - a great place to sleep and play 
The combined bunk bed, decorated in a marine style, will appeal to a young dreamer 
A loft bed with a sofa on the lower tier provides a place to sleep for mom and baby 
The original bunk bed with curved supports and a wide lower bunk will fit into any interior. 
The bunk bed, designed in the form of cars, will appeal to boys 
A folding bunk bed is a great space-saving option for games and activities 
A bunk bed with drawers, cabinets and shelves allows you to place a lot of necessary children's things 
A wooden bed with different widths of beds is designed for sleeping children of different ages
Two-tier designs for adults
Bunk beds for adults are most often installed in barracks, camp sites and other places where it is necessary to accommodate a large number of people in a small area. Homemade design is a convenient option for giving.
Do-it-yourself bunk bed for giving - video
In a one-room apartment, a combined model is useful: the top place is for children, the bottom is for adults. But there are many options for loft beds, they are suitable for adults and children. If necessary, you can even install a two-tier structure with two double beds. It will come in handy when accommodating guests.
Variants of double beds for adults and combined models - gallery
If the ceiling height allows, the bed can be made three-tier 
The combined version of the bunk bed with a narrower upper space allows you to accommodate an adult and a child 
Bunk bed with two double beds - great for a large family 
Metal double bed has increased strength 
A folding loft bed saves space and does not interfere during the day 
A sofa can be built into the loft bed for more convenience. 
The built-in loft bed is completely invisible and very comfortable. 
Metal folding bunk bed - a stylish and comfortable interior detail 
The original version of the combination bed for adults and two children in the style of a tree house will appeal to the whole family 
A classic wooden bunk bed for adults and a child will appeal to all the inhabitants of the house 
The corner version of the loft bed with sofa helps to accommodate many guests
What materials will be needed for work
The most popular material for the manufacture of such beds is wood. But other options are also possible:
- plywood;
- chipboard;
- metal;
- polypropylene pipes.
For inexperienced craftsmen, the simplest material is chipboard or plywood. They are easily sawn with a jigsaw, do not require special equipment for processing. The relative cheapness of the material also plays an important role.
Advice. When making a bunk bed from chipboard, make the sidewalls from a single sheet. Any cutouts on them weaken the structure.
Making beds from different materials has its own characteristics.
- Experience is required to work with wood. But the product is durable and environmentally friendly, which is important in the manufacture of furniture for children. In addition, wood is much lighter than chipboard.
- Metal will require equipment for welding, cutting and work skills. Beds made of it are the most durable, withstand the maximum load.
- Craftsmen make furniture even from polypropylene pipes. Maybe such products are not distinguished by their special beauty and sophistication, but they are very easy to manufacture. You only need the pipes themselves, a set of fittings, a hacksaw and a drawing.
Two-level beds from different materials - gallery
Wooden beds - the most environmentally friendly 
Plywood decor is suitable for decorating a children's bed 
For the manufacture of a folding bed, plywood is the best option. 
Chipboard is most often used for the production of bunk beds. 
From metal profile pipes you can make a bunk bed of original design
Bed ladder designs suitable for different ages
How convenient and safe it will be to climb to the second floor of the bed depends on the stairs. She may be:
- vertical - two planks or bars connected by crossbars made of wood or pipes. Sometimes attached, but most often built-in;
- marching. This is an ordinary staircase with steps. It is made from a board with a section of 30x80 mm, takes up more space than a vertical one, but is much more convenient. The width of the steps should be at least 350 mm, the distance between the rungs 200-300 mm. The angle of inclination is about 70 degrees;
- with built-in drawers or cabinets. Since the space under the stairs remains free, it is used as a storage for things, by building drawers on the side or steps, or equipping a wardrobe.
Which ladder to choose? It all depends on who will use it. Both of the first options are suitable for adults and teenagers, marching is more convenient for young children, it is less likely to fall from it.
For children, it is better to make a staircase with a railing and correctly calculate the step width so that it is convenient and safe for the child to climb to the second floor.
The first stage is the creation of a drawing
Before you start making a bed, you need to make a drawing. With it, you will calculate how much material and fasteners you will need. Special design knowledge is not required for this, but some points must be taken into account.
- Leave the distance between the upper and lower tiers such that an adult can sit on the lower bed without risking hitting his head on the upper one.
- Leave enough space between the top bunk and the ceiling for the child to feel comfortable while sleeping. Warm air rises. If there is not enough space, it will be difficult for the child to breathe.
- When designing a bed, consider the standard sizes of mattresses.
How to create a bed plan on a computer - video
If creating a drawing on your own is too complicated a process for you, use ready-made diagrams.
Drawings of various models of bunk beds - gallery
You can make a classic bunk bed with a built-in ladder yourself using the drawing 
A bunk bed made of chipboard with a wardrobe and drawers, made according to the scheme, will appeal to young children 
According to the drawing, drawers can be built into the ladder of the children's bed 
A study table is conveniently built into the loft bed
Making a wooden bed: step by step instructions
To make a corner bunk bed, you will need:
- 4 things. wooden beams 50x100x3000 mm;
- 4 things. wooden beams 50x100x2400 mm;
- 2 pcs. boards 20x100x3000 mm;
- 1 PC. - 20x150x3000 mm;
- 1 PC. - 20x200x3000 mm;
- 2 sheets of plywood 12x1200x2400 mm;
- screws 75 mm long;
- drywall screws 40 mm long;
- 8 pcs. screws in a hexagonal head 6x150 mm with washers;
- 10 pieces. bolts 6x75 mm with nuts and washers;
- 2 pcs. bolts 6x150 mm with nuts and washers;
- wood putty;
- sandpaper;
- screwdriver;
- circular saw or hacksaw;
- jigsaw;
- milling cutter;
- drill;
- roulette;
- level.
When all the materials and tools are collected, get to work.
- Cut the material according to the drawing.
- Please note that the size of the frame under the bed must exceed the dimensions of the mattress by 80 mm in length and 100 mm in width. On the side where the ladder will be attached, add another 45 mm.
- At all external edges, cut off the chamfer, you can use a hand plow. Sand and sand the details.
- On all the details, make markings for fasteners.
- From the cut beams, assemble the upper and lower frames, fasten with screws. Make at least one partition to increase the rigidity of the structure.
- Screw a board 20x150 to the two adjacent sides of the frame with self-tapping screws, to the other 20x200. They will serve as borders.
- For the corner leg support, connect the 50x100 bars lengthwise at an angle of 90 degrees to make the end face L-shaped.
- Drill a hole in the support at the attachment point of the upper tier. Do the same in a frame with a side of 200 mm. Drill them out wider so you can hide the screw head and nut and washer.
- Attach the frame to the stand with screws.
- Now attach the structure to the walls. If the wall is drywall, the fastener must pass through the rack profiles, otherwise it will pop out. Mark the mounting points by leaning the frame against the wall. Align it with a level.
- Drill through holes in the frame and wall through the profiles and screw in the hex screws to fix them in the profiles.
- If the wall is brick, drill holes with a puncher, and fasten the frame with anchors.
- Do the same with the second frame.
- Assemble the top bunk railing, screw it to the frame and wall.
- From two bars and crossbars, assemble a ladder, attach it to the supporting frames.
- The ladder can be either attached or built-in. For the built-in, make cutouts, they will come in handy when attaching the frames.
- Screw the plywood on which the mattress will be laid to the upper and lower frames. Make the base for it from the rails.
- Fasten the bars to the bar of the supporting frame, lay the slats between them. For strength, it is better to nail them to the bar.
- Now it remains only to putty the heads of the screws, clean it with sandpaper and varnish or paint the bed.
Advice. If you decide to make a bed from chipboard, assemble it on confirmants - euro screws. They hold chipboard much stronger. The slats under the mattress and the rungs of the stairs should be made of wood. It is not recommended to make boxes on the upper tier due to the large weight of chipboard, this will make the structure heavier.
How to make a solid wood bunk bed - video
We make two tiers from one
If you already have a single bunk bed, you can use it to build a bunk bed. In this case, the bed frame will serve as the base. The top frame is made to measure. In order for the structure to be stable, withstand many kilograms and not collapse, the fastening of the frame to the supports must be strong.
In the same way, a bed with a sofa on the first tier is assembled. Only in this case, a frame is made, the dimensions of which must correspond to the dimensions of the lower part of the sofa.
How to assemble a retractable model
A pull-out bed is the most convenient and safe for a child's room. The height of the upper bed is slightly more than 70 cm. During the day, the lower tier slides in, there is additional space for games and activities for children. At night you will have an extra bed. A distinctive feature of the model - the beds are not interconnected, they can be used separately.
This bed is easy to make. All parts are made of furniture board chipboard or chipboard.
- Make the base of the bed from a solid 18 mm thick board, which is attached to the sides with a minifix and two dowels on each side.
- Additionally, strengthen the structure with a metal corner in the head and legs from the bottom of the bottom, on the sides - from above.
- Also attach the sides to the bottom for four minifixes and three dowels each. Connect them to the side walls with a bolt with a wide cap.
- Attach four wheels to the side walls of the bottom. Saw radius grooves under them, place metal plates on top.
A pull-out bed has many advantages: space saving, ease of manufacture and additional space for sleeping. The only drawback of the design is the lack of a box for storing bedding.
The most durable option is a metal pipe bed
The design of the metal bed is simple, but it is very difficult to assemble it. This requires the skills of welding, metal cutting and appropriate equipment.
Manufacturing stages.
- To assemble the frame, use a metal corner 45x50 mm. Cut out sections at the ends of the pipes and connect them to the sides for a tight fit. Use a 65x32 mm channel.
- Weld the frame, carefully making sure that the corners are straight and the parts are parallel.
- Racks cut from a thin-walled pipe with a diameter of 25 mm. Weld frames to them, process the seams.
- Run the sides from metal rods in the form of a fence with a railing.
- Weld a ladder from the pipe and attach it to the bed.
Folding plywood frame construction
Another option for a comfortable, practical and inexpensive bed is a folding bed. It practically does not take up space in the room and is made from available material - plywood.
DIY folding bunk bed - video
As they say, the gods do not burn the pots. Even if you have no experience in making furniture, making a simple version of a bunk bed is quite within your power. Approach the process creatively and in a good mood. Good luck, you will succeed!
Quite simply: the bunk bed, the drawing of which you have to make, will require concentration. The dimensions of any product depend on the size of the room, the height of the ceilings, the availability of free space, blank walls. Yes, and the stairs to the second tier also require space, so you have to add 5-7 centimeters in width to the place where the stairs adjoin.
However, look at the drawings: there are several of them, it is possible that some option will be ideal. Otherwise, resize.
Do-it-yourself bunk bed: drawings in the studio!
For children, there are certain furniture standards: a bed - one and a half meters plus 8 cm, width - 70 cm plus 10 cm, the width of the place under the stairs adds an additional 5 centimeters.
I just want to shout: “Drawings to the studio!” But here just with height it is necessary to understand. The higher - the warmer: the law of physics, so the second bed or the upper tier of the loft bed should not be done right under the ceiling. Children love to play at heights, so make sure they don't get life-threatening injuries if they fall to the floor. And even better, so that only bruises and a couple of bumps remain or without them at all: here the railing will come to the rescue.
It is forbidden to make a low bed!
But you shouldn’t make a low bed either: the height of the child is such that his head is not at all obliged to touch the upper bed, besides, adults also like to sit down on the lower floor with their child. So the drawing must also meet such requirements, so measure the height of the child with the condition that he will still grow. And do not forget about the ceiling: in Khrushchev it is 2500 cm. Immediately take away the thickness of the mattress? This is about 20 centimeters, and only now begin competent calculations. The standard version is 180x80 cm.
Choosing a material
Pine is quite acceptable for one's own hands, besides it is soft and cheap. To build the frame, you will need a beam: 140x18 and 140x30. Plywood is thick - on the bed, and it is better to buy a metal ladder. If there is no plywood, then you can buy chipboard, only laminated. It is harder to work with it, but it is also possible if a power tool is at hand.
DIY bunk bed + drawings and wallet
The base for a children's mattress is 185 by 90 cm, but these dimensions do not have to be taken into account: it depends on how much your child weighs and how tall he is. It is better to buy risers: the market offers steel pipes coated with plastic. Buy fasteners in the same place as plugs so that curious children do not try to unscrew the washers and not ruin the structure.
How to make a bunk bed yourself. Video
- Manufacturing Process Algorithm
- What to Consider
- How to build a solid framework
- Mounting technology
- Option with laminated chipboard
If a second child has appeared in the family, then in order to save space in the bedroom and money in the wallet, a do-it-yourself children's bunk bed is perfect. The process itself implies the presence of the necessary tools:
- Pliers, hammer and screwdriver
- Electric drill or screwdriver
- Level, tape measure, square
- Saws, a hacksaw will do
- Clamps
- Electric jigsaw
Making a bunk bed with your own hands is not difficult if you have certain skills in such work. It is also important to have a good idea of the end result, which is a significant incentive. Knowing where the bed will be located, you can make sure that it fits perfectly into the interior of the children's room. It is necessary to take into account the dimensions of the bed and correlate them with the prepared materials. During the work you will need:
- Four wooden beams two and a half meters long
- Four wooden beams three meters long
- Four boards three meters long
- Reiki or two plywood sheets about twelve millimeters thick (you can use chipboard instead of plywood)
- Screws seventy-five millimeters long
- Eight 6mm hex head screws
- Ten bolts 6mm, seventy-five millimeters long with washers and nuts
- Wood putty
- self-tapping screws
- Two bolts one hundred and fifty millimeters long with washers and nuts
- Sandpaper
- Polyurethane
Manufacturing Process Algorithm
You need to carefully assemble a children's bunk bed with your own hands: it will serve the children well, it will become for them, in a certain sense, another home.
Here it is better to cut off once, but you need to measure it seven times, so that the product matches the interior, is reliable in all respects. The process is simple, but everything requires precision and accuracy.
- You must first mark on the supporting structures of a simple product a location for fixing wooden boxes for laying mattresses
- Then you need to drill through holes for fixing screws, which are needed for rigid fastening of wooden boxes, which are intended for mattresses
- Similarly, it is necessary to make a hole for each screw on both sides of the longitudinal bars
- Then it is necessary, pressing the lower longitudinal bar to the first wall, fasten them with a screw, and do the same with the second wall of the support
- Similarly, install the upper longitudinal bars, which serve as the basis for the mattresses - as a result, the supporting structure of the product will be obtained.
- It is necessary to fix the transverse bars under the future bed for the child.
This operation applies to both the lower and upper tiers. We fix them rigidly with screws to the bars at a distance of thirty centimeters from each other.
- Now it's time to sheathe the frame of the box with boards on the side. Countersunk head screws work best for this sheathing.
- It is necessary to attach the sides-shields, which will prevent the child from falling asleep accidentally
- Rigidly fasten the stairs to the upper floor with screws
Things to Consider Before Getting Started
You need a firm confidence in what the size of the sleeping place will be and on which side to install the vertical ladder. The size of the bed is about eight centimeters longer than the sleeping place, and ten centimeters in width. The ladder increases the size of the product by about 4.5 centimeters.
To choose the optimal bed height, you need to take into account the height of the ceiling in the children's room. Of great importance is the distance between the second and first tiers. There should be enough space for the mother to sit down with the child if necessary.
For racks and stairs, you need bars and a board made of solid wood. The end panels are the same for the entire product, which simplifies their preparation. The side panels are equal in width to the end panels, which gives the bed an aesthetic completeness. The unevenness of their connection with each other ensures the originality of the composition.
Based on the size of the mattresses that will need to be laid on the bed, then you need to increase the size on each side by two centimeters. This will make it easier to fill the linen for the bed. The convenience of the product is the most important guideline in this work.
As for the first tier, its lowest position as a new sleeping place can be set by taking the height that the baby can overcome with almost no effort on his part as the foundation for calculations. Usually it is up to thirty-five centimeters for a child who is not yet three years old. Accordingly, the frame for laying the mattress will be lower by its thickness. But for the second tier, its maximum upper position is set taking into account the fact that an older child, whose bedroom is upstairs, can, if desired, sit down on the lower floor and at the same time not touch the second floor with his head.
How to build a solid framework
At the frame of a children's bunk bed, its reliability comes first, and the aesthetic side remains in the background. The bars must be firmly connected with screws. As a result, two approximately identical frames come out. They complement each other aesthetically.
A board must be screwed to the end and one side, while taking into account the importance of this fastening. It is better to screw in the screws from the inside and make sure that they do not go through the board. For short self-tapping screws, it is permissible to drill large holes using a depth gauge on the drill.
Also, the side is placed on the second frame. Mounting holes are best hidden with putty, after it dries, process it with sandpaper. The length of the leg should be in harmony with the height of the fence. The main thing is that the leg can withstand the expected load.
In the leg, you need to make a hole where the second tier will be attached, and about the same hole in the frame with a side. In the leg, such recesses are still needed that would make it possible to easily hide both the hex head of the screw and the washer. The hole should be of such depth that the screw, having pierced the side and leg, is securely fixed in the timber.
The children's bunk bed has another discreet specificity. Under the first floor, you can arrange a small but rather cozy bed box and put many necessary things there, including sheets and pillowcases for the bed. In this drawer, the child can store his favorite toys. The front panel of the drawer is not as long as that of the bed. Height - fully corresponds to the front panel of the first floor, which aesthetically looks very good, complementing the design of the children's room.
Mounting technology
Whenever we deal with construction, even if it is a miniature construction, the choice of manufacturing technology and material comes first.
The basis of the design is best to put a wooden board. Of course, its quality preparation requires some effort. It is necessary to align using a planer, sand with sandpaper, and then also pull with varnish to extend the life of the product.
It costs nothing to set the location of the racks in the event that the walls are made of drywall. It is important to accurately determine the place where the hole is needed. Here you will need an assistant in order to support the frame from below, firmly pressing it against the walls.
Guide holes must be made by drilling a rack profile, drywall, and also a frame beam. It is necessary to prepare places for screwing in screws with hex heads. Here you can not do without a long drill. The screws must be screwed in so that they connect the necessary elements and fix in the racks. The lower tier is also installed in a similar manner, that is, a frame with a side.
The fence is of great importance in the overall design, since it creates certain safety guarantees for children.
DIY bunk bed
The fence can be made of durable boards that are fixed on vertical posts. Self-tapping screws and here we must try to screw in from the inside. Moreover, it must be borne in mind that there should be an opening in the fence for the stairs leading to the second tier.
A vertical ladder is easier to make and takes up less space than an inclined ladder. First of all, it is necessary to properly fix two beams that will guide the movement of the child during the ascent and descent. The steps for it are securely fixed with 6 mm bolts. Bolts, which have a longer length, must be used when attaching the upper step with synchronous fixation of the ladder to the bed.
Option with laminated chipboard
Of course, the tree needs a lot of pre-treatment. If, instead of wood, in the manufacture of a children's bunk bed, laminated chipboard is used, then in this case, part of the technological operations will remain on the sidelines of the process. Instead, you will only need to process and stick the edge on the chipboard cuts. In practice, you will get a gain in time, the appearance will also win a little.
Laminated chipboard has a good characteristic in terms of wear resistance and strength.
It is necessary to saw laminated chipboard on the street, but the final work, with minimal dust and smell, can be comfortably carried out in an apartment. It is necessary to take into account the difference in the quality and specifics of the material and make some refinements in the manufacturing technology. In fact, they are not very significant. A children's bed from a laminated board will come out several times heavier than from a board, but the product will acquire additional stability.
When using chipboard, you will need completely different tools than in the case of wood:
- Portable hand circular
- For gluing the safety edge - iron
- Screwdriver with bits and drills
- Work gloves and knife
- Ruler, tape measure, pencil
In order to make a children's bunk bed with good quality, you will need not only laminated chipboard as a material, but also an edge, glue, sandpaper, wood is needed only for a ladder leading to the second tier.
A big plus in this case is the limited number of technological operations in the process. They should only include
- Having a good project with the subsequent transfer of data to a laminated board
- Edge bonding on chipboard
- Careful and even cutting
- Fixing chipboard with self-tapping screws
Fixture and finishing of the bed
Connecting the parts of a baby bunk bed is crucial. It is best to properly connect the racks and side panels at the beginning of the process, then firmly fix the end panels with the side panels. Get a strong and reliable support structure. The frame designed for the mattress just rests on the bars attached from the inside to the side panels.
The upper tier has two boxes as a result: with narrow panels and wide end ones. Meanwhile, at the lower tier, narrow panels from the end will already be outside the box. This is not in vain, because they have a special role. They are fixed with spikes and bolts in the lower part to the bed posts, blocking the junction of two levels, being a spacer, which completely eliminates the displacement of the posts of the lower tier in relation to the upper one. As for the displacement in the direction of the longitudinal axis, plug-in spikes protect against it in the joint area.
In addition, all panels have additional fasteners, they are fixed to each other with plug-in spikes with glue. They can be fixed to the racks using special furniture bolts with decorative heads. Similarly, you need to consider the fasteners of the stairs leading up. The stability of the entire product also depends on it.
Finishing a children's bunk bed has both aesthetic and practical significance. Meticulous polishing of the blanks before they are assembled into a kind of two-story complex helps the new furniture fit into the existing design and increases the service life. The same can be said about painting with enamel with several layers applied. Beautiful, but also useful for wood, which makes the product look even more attractive.
Making a bed from chipboard with your own hands is very simple.
Beds are used in very different ways and every adult understands this. Hedonists prefer to recline on eight-seater negadromes in the company of beautiful odalisques, while a Red Army private dreams of a trestle bed closer to the stove. The middle option is a bed without frills, but multi-purpose. A do-it-yourself chipboard bed can satisfy the needs of people of different classes and inclinations, if you think about its design.
We will make such a bed from chipboard
Chipboard bed design
Nature teaches us: The best solution is always the simplest. Minimum parts - maximum efficiency and durability. An example of this is amoeba, ciliates and other small rubbish. They are able to survive anyone, and did not care about changes in the situation. The base of our bed must be durable and indifferent, so we choose a box-like structure without legs.
If we take an average model with the dimensions of parts adjusted to a standard chipboard sheet, then we will make it for a spring mattress 2000x1400x200 millimeters. Such a bed can be considered a double bed if your belly does not prevent you from tying your shoelaces, and your wife's dress fits into her cosmetic bag.
The bottom of the bed in the photo is plywood - but this option is for mass production. In a single case, it is easier to purchase one sheet of laminated chipboard and one sheet of cheaper - polished. The bottom will turn out to be one-piece, not composite, which is structurally much more profitable.
Chipboard bed details
If you make a bed from laminated chipboard with your own hands, you will have to order sawing from companies equipped with a professional cutting machine. It makes no sense to spoil the materials yourself at home, when it is possible to shift the blame for the failure to specialists and force them to redo the defective fragments.
List of parts made of laminated chipboard 16 mm thick:
- 1432x700 mm - blank headboard. You can give it roundness with an electric jigsaw, or immediately puzzle the sawmillers with this question and overpay for a curly cut.
- 1432x350 mm - footboard.
- 2000x350 mm - 2 pcs. Sidewalls.
From the chipboard sheet, you will still have a bunch of scraps on which it makes sense to practice in subsequent operations, such as gluing edges and drilling.
Details from polished chipboard (no one will see them):
- 2000x1400 - the bottom of the bed.
- 1400x300 - 2 pcs. Partitions, one of which can be ordered in laminate if the sanding is smaller than the standard size (it happens).
Do-it-yourself children's bunk bed: drawings, diagrams, photos
Draw to scale the location of the parts on each sheet and give the drawing to the sawmill - it will be more reliable.
Fasteners and accessories for the bed
Before you make a bed from chipboard, you need to clearly understand its design and determine the degree of reliability of the fasteners. The second picture shows the bed "in section" with partitions. All ties are carried out by means of confirmations and are additionally duplicated with metal corners 30x30 millimeters. The corners must be “sharpened” for 4x16 mm self-tapping screws.
Bed Assembly Diagram
Exactly such corners will serve as an additional support for the bottom of the bed. As you can see in the drawing, they need to be screwed around the entire perimeter of the box - that is, to the backs and sides. Naturally, the level of the upper "shoulder" of the corners must match the height of the partitions = 300 mm.
From below, to the backs and sidewalls, you can (but not necessarily) attach the so-called "hooves" - plastic legs that protect the floor from scratches when moving the bed. They will also allow you to adjust the level of the structure, standing on an uneven floor.
Important! This bed must be placed in such a way that none of its corners "hangs in the air." Under the weight of the spring mattress and the people themselves, of course, it will stand on all supports, but at the same time, the stress in the material will create a threat of destruction.
An insufficiently even or bumpy floor is the main enemy of all chipboard products.
Bed assembly
Our regular friends have already read about the method of edging parts at home. The rest we voice additionally.
An ordinary 16 mm thick melamine edge with an adhesive base is perfectly glued to the end of the parts using an iron heated to three-quarters of the power. Gently iron it a few times and wipe the top with a dry cloth so that the edges stick better.
The edge is somewhat wider than the chipboard and the edges of the glued parts must be sanded with fine-grained sandpaper, after cutting off the excess plastic with a blunt knife. Sharp you can easily damage the laminate, which will not add beauty to the bed.
Confirmates do not fundamentally differ from standard self-tapping screws - the difference is only in size. We drill the plane through, with a diameter of 8 mm, and the end of the fastened part with a 5 mm drill and to a depth of about 60 mm.
The dimensions are indicated for confirmations 5x70 mm, which are easy to buy in furniture fittings stores.
At what distance from each other to fix the partitions - it does not matter. The main thing is that they are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the sidewalls. About a third of the length from the backs - and without a micrometer.
Separately, neither the confirmation screed nor the corners will give you the desired structural strength, so duplicate and do not be lazy. The bottom can simply be put on top, but it is better to put the bed “on the butt” and fix it with self-tapping screws, screwing it to the corners.
Actually, by this moment it is already clear how to make a bed from chipboard with your own hands ... It remains only to put a mattress on the bottom, and something attractive on top of the mattress, like a beloved wife or a teddy bear. But it's up to your taste.
Here we have tried to illustrate the simplicity of making any furniture from laminated chipboard for a person who is not afraid of a drill and a hammer. There is no need to overpay exorbitant amounts when shopping in stores: having understood the basic principle, you can build even the most exotic furniture options with your own hands.
Good luck to you.
Bunk bed for children: types and instructions on how to do it yourself
DIY children's bunk bed
A bunk bed is not just a rest and sleep area for a child, this is the place where children will play, grow and develop. Because of her, children will not rarely have disputes about who sleeps on the lower, who sleeps on the upper bunk of the bed. For parents, such a bed is also very beneficial. It takes up little space in the room, compared to two beds facing each other.
Children's bunk bed made by hand
There are a lot of different models of beds. You can always choose an option that you and your baby will like. But such a purchase has one significant drawback - it will punch a serious hole in the family budget. Therefore, it is worth thinking about the possibility of making such a bed yourself at home.
How to make a bunk bed. Bunk bed drawings, detailing, assembly order
This method also has a lot of advantages: the furniture will be made according to individual sizes and sketches, and you can also save a lot on components and the work of the master. And who does not dream of earning the glory of a folk craftsman and craftsman?
Beginning of work
Children's bunk bed
So, before you start making a children's bunk bed with your own hands, you will need to determine the place in the room where it will be installed, as well as purchase a ready-made mattress and measure all the necessary dimensions of the future piece of furniture. But it is worth remembering that the bed is not made for one year, and therefore it is worth buying a mattress and making the bed itself for growth.
After the mattress is purchased, you can begin to draw a plan for the future bed, indicating all the parameters. And do not think that you can do without a drawing and do everything by eye. Such a complicated thing as a do-it-yourself children's bunk bed in autumn is difficult to do without drawings.
Start preparing lumber for the bed should be based on the following dimensions:
- the height of the bed will be approximately 1500 mm;
- optimal width - 900 mm;
- standard length - 2100 mm;
- height from the floor to the lower tier - 230 mm.
A bunk bed is needed not only for the younger generation: in a small apartment or a compact country house, it can solve the problem of adult sleeping places. But on sale there are almost exclusively children's bunk beds, and they are not cheap. Meanwhile, a bunk bed may well be made by hand from available materials by a novice craftsman who has the most general idea of carpentry. All you need is a small workshop in the garage, shed or on the balcony - it still won’t work to build a bed on the floor in the living room. In this article, we will see what and how it is possible to craft if the question arose: but where does he (she) sleep?
You can make a bunk bed for two children, as well as for adults and a child, from solid wood or MDF, see fig. In the latter case, the children's bed is located at the top: it is easier to ensure the strength of the bed. True, it is also easier for a curious offspring to spy on mom and dad from there, so an option with an adult rookery at the top is also possible, see below.
If the bed is only for children, then often the upper tier is combined with a playhouse (pos. 1 in the next figure) or the entire bed with a work area (pos. 2). Corner bunk beds of the "closed corner" type (pos. 3) are suitable mainly in studio apartments to highlight the children's area, because. practically no savings in living space. But as for the sofa or sofa bed with the upper sleeping tier (pos. 4), then it’s overkill: making the stairs retractable is inconvenient for the child; the ladder is fixed in place - how do adults sit on the couch? But for now, we'll deal with beds, which are just beds.
Notable examples
The results of the search for options for self-manufacturing of a bunk bed in Runet give, I must say, quite a positive result - with regard to children's beds. The user will find intelligible instructions, with drawings and bills of materials, how to make this very bed. However, looking closely, you can understand that these are not the simplest, cheapest and most reliable options.
Here, for example, in Fig. drawings and diagram of the assembly of the bed, described in detail on the site "Furniture Circle". It is quite suitable for its intended use. But let's take a closer look at the positions highlighted in red:
To assemble the bed (submattress, lounger, pos. 3), you need to make 12 mortise joints. Not to mention the fact that it is not so easy, the frame of the stock from a 50x50 bar with so many tie-ins will not be very strong. If relatives start a pillow fight on the bed, it can break. And it’s difficult to fix, because. the bed is integrally introduced into the power circuit of the bed. Therefore, the assembly of the product (pos. 5) is complicated: the bed is first made without platforms (tires), the bed is assembled on bolts, and only then the platforms are mounted. The nuts of the bolts are tightly closed; loosen up - you can’t pull it up. And they can get loose, because. the bed hangs on bolts, creating significant concentrated loads on the tree. Conclusion: This bed will only let its occupants grow to adulthood if it is made of high-quality (and expensive) solid wood. Structurally and technologically unnecessarily complex.
The option of a bunk bed for children, which can be made from pine or spruce (see the figure on the right), is also described in sufficient detail even on several sites. The first thing that catches your eye is the high consumption of materials and labor for marking and sawing parts. The strength of a bunk bed made of soft wood can be achieved more easily, see below.
Secondly, the wood for this bed is suitable, although soft, but of high quality, without knots, striations, slant, i.e. also not cheap. The reason is the lamella beds, because of which it was necessary to additionally strengthen the corners, because. lamellas in the main power circuit do not work. Knots and other wood defects, suddenly they will be in the bearing parts, will become centers of concentration (foci) of loads, and the bed will not last long. A mattress laid on slats is, of course, more comfortable, but both doctors and psychologists unequivocally say: it is not good for children to sleep on too soft. Children's bedding should be a little hard. And finally, this bed needs a lot of fasteners visible from the outside.
But don't worry, it's still possible to make a solid bunk bed out of the wood you have on hand. A detailed video in 3 parts, how a person did, did, and still made a good bunk bed from knotty pine, see below:
Video: an example of making a wooden bunk bed
Features of the power circuit
The authors of the constructions mentioned above are by no means hacks or ignoramuses. They quite conscientiously approached the solution of the task before them, knowing about the increased requirements for the strength of a bunk bed. Hitting the floor from a height of 0.5 or 2 m is a completely different thing. Surely they also know that a bunk bed can form a very rigid box. Compared to a massive structure, a box-shaped one holds dynamic loads better, but worse static long-term ones.
But this is exactly what we need for a baby bed! Children, they are light, but wicked. A bed for children should just keep the dynamics better than the statics. This circumstance is often not taken into account by professional furniture designers, unnecessarily strengthening (and more expensive) children's beds. Hobbyist furniture design programs such as PRO100 also calculate children's beds using adult algorithms. We will further understand what can be achieved, given the characteristics of the child, somewhere up to 15-16 years old, as a source of operational loads on the bed.
Note: that’s what you definitely don’t need to do with a bunk bed, so it’s to make it half-hanging with the corners resting on the wall, see fig. on right. The difference between the bearing capacity of building structures, incl. wooden, and the furniture is so large that from the smallest dynamics, either the bed will soon loosen, or the wall will crumble.
Making a bed
The main structural element that provides the required performance of a bunk bed is its bed. If we succeed in designing a wooden bed bed that can support an adult uncle at 85-90 kg of live weight, being suspended from the ceiling on ropes, then such a bed can be either included in any box-shaped power circuit or carry the load on its own.
Bed
The layout of the bed arrangement for a bunk bed up to 2.1 m (7 ft) long and up to 0.9 m (3 ft) wide is given in the figure:
With sides, it is self-sufficient in relation to both statics and dynamics of both children and adults and can simply be placed in a box-shaped frame, the task of which is only to provide overall rigidity. Without bumpers, the frame with the platform and the bottom is either rigidly fixed in a lightweight box, reinforcing it to the required degree, or fits into a pre-reinforced box. In any case, there is no fastener visible from the outside. The platform and the bottom are attached to the frame with 4x(16...25) self-tapping screws with a pitch of 70...150 mm. At the corners of the frame and the junction of beams with screeds, there must be a hardware; the rest are distributed evenly along the contour. Just in case: a hardware, a hardware product is a threaded fastener.
Note: the bottom of the upper bed of a bunk bed is draped from below with any suitable upholstery fabric before installation on the frame.
Bed Design Examples
The best way to use this bed in a children's bunk bed is to tear off the sides from it and include them in the power circuit of the box. The frame itself is a flat box, it will withstand children's dynamics, and small ones will not load it much with static.
How a children's bunk bed is arranged, in which these principles are implemented, is shown in the figure:
The frame is assembled on dowels and glue from any available wood, even from aspen or poplar. Together with the support frames made of pine cranial bars 60x60 (pos. 7 and 8 in the figure), the necessary overall rigidity is provided. The stock is simply laid on the support frames. This approach gives a trace. Benefits:
- Simple design of rectangular parts;
- Any wood materials will go to the frame, incl. plywood, MDF, chipboard;
- The frame is very strong, withstands tipping without damage;
- Freely removable beds give more opportunities to control the sanitary condition of the bed and keep it clean;
- There is no visible fastener, and a hidden one can be used inexpensively.
Note: if the frame parts are made of MDF or chipboard, plastic dowels should be used, and glue should be wood mounting.
This bed is going, so to speak, in the reverse order: det. 4 and 6 are attached to children. 1 with screws from the inside, and then with the help of det. 2, 2a and 3, a frame is assembled on the dowels. After that, the support frames (det. 7 and 8) and the ladder are installed. The bed is ready, you can put the bed and sleep. If it is not planned to separate this bed into two, then det. 1 make double length (2000 mm). Then a detachable dowel connection (inset on the left in the figure) is not needed, and the frame will become even stronger.
A small drawback of this bed is the need for the person sleeping upstairs to climb over the fence (det. 6 in the figure). It is impossible to make a fence split, it works in a power circuit. But make a half-width recess in the fence above the stairs. 6 is possible.
Note: det. 3 cannot be removed from the lower section, they also work in the power circuit.
For grandchildren
Another option for using a bed-box in a children's bunk bed is to leave the sides in it, and remove the headboard and footboard. The sides will provide the proper resistance of the frame to longitudinal torsion, and it is already resistant to transverse torsion due to its small width.
The sides remaining on the frame will further improve the bed, without significantly complicating it. How exactly - see the general view, dimensions and drawings in the figure:
The frame for greater rigidity is assembled on thorn-groove carpentry joints. An extra screed was added to the frame, which made it possible to halve the thickness of the frame, to 30 mm, and instead of a more expensive beam, use a thirty-thirty board spread along. Moreover, the bed turns out to be even excessively rigid, and it became possible to make the bed collapsible without tools. The bed with the backs are connected with steel locks (pos. 10 in the figure); such are sold in furniture stores specifically for this purpose. When the children grow up, the bed can be hidden in the pantry for the grandchildren or sold on occasion.
Note: the sides are connected to the frame with oak dowels 30x8 with a pitch of 120 ... 150 mm on a mounting glue for wood. All other carpentry joints are also glued.
Or maybe a corner?
As mentioned above, a “closed corner” layout bunk bed practically does not save space in the room. In small-sized housing from corner bunk beds, an “open corner” type bed, combined with a bedside table and a children's utility corner, can be useful. The optimal dimensions of a children's bunk bed "closed corner" with a utility block for small ones, see fig. on right.
And for the big ones too
In the same small apartment or, preferably, in a small country house, a bunk bed with an adult berth upstairs can be comfortable. The simplest option is a bed on a welded frame made of steel pipes.
The general view and dimensions of the steel welded bunk bed are given in the figure:
The frame is designed for a standard stock with armor mesh. In a home-made bed for a summer residence (this, of course, will not fit into a house by design, even in a loft), you can refuse to install platforms in locks, weld support frames from a corner from 40x25, fasten them with backrests with bolts, and make the bed described above.
In a small apartment, a multifunctional sleeping corner with an adult bed upstairs will be more convenient. In this case, an adult bed can be made mainly for static loads, from a single sheet of chipboard. Children's sleeping place (places) for the night are equipped below, from where nothing can be seen upwards.
The drawings and material sheet of a multifunctional bunk sleeping block (you can’t just call it a bed) are given in Fig.:
The upper adult bed is rectangular, so it is necessary for its strength. The area next to it with a beveled corner serves as a bedside table. There, the baby can pile toys if it climbs up during the day to isolate itself. Below, adults can sit, have lunch, work at the table, and children can play. In the same place, below, it is possible to equip 1-2 children's night berths with the help of removable soft sides - any of the lower tables or a shelf between them turn into a sofa by installing a foam block covered with furniture fabric. In general, this multifunctional device will come in handy for a bachelor, a young family, and in a cramped apartment, and in the country.
Is it just a tree?
Beds made of MDF or chipboard look, of course, more elegant than simple wooden ones. Especially - bunk (see photo below), whose high backs are difficult to disguise in the interior. However, MDF and chipboard require special care in work and some special tools (electric jigsaw, wood router) - if you scratch the coating, the scratch will remain.
The second - the ratio of the strength characteristics of MDF and laminated chipboard for compression, bending, torsion and shear is completely different than that of wood. In addition, MDF and laminated chipboard are practically homogeneous: select directions in them along the fibers, along the layer, etc. impossible. Therefore, it is impossible to fasten parts from MDF and chipboard with carpentry joints: a spike or tooth will break from a small load. MDF and chipboard are fastened with furniture screws - confirmations. Dowel connections are used if it is impossible to connect with confirmations, for example, for connections that must be hidden. Dowels in products made of MDF or chipboard should be as small as possible, and always only plastic.
Handmade items are becoming more and more popular. Including furniture. This will take some time, so be patient. But there are many advantages in creating the necessary things with your own hands.
Surely you have already come across a variety of ideas for creating sofas or other garden furniture from pallets. An interesting solution for application in different directions. But today we will talk about how to create furniture for the home.
In particular - how to make a bunk bed with your own hands.
Why is it better to make a bed and not buy it? There are many answers. Let's start with the fact that when creating, you yourself choose the material, and you know exactly its characteristics: strength, reliability. Upon completion of the project, you will definitely be sure that this creation will last a long time, and will not crumble on the first use.
Creativity plays an important role in preparing for work.
There are times when the buyer cannot find what he needs in the store. This is especially true for furniture: the size does not fit, the design is not pleasant, it looks sloppy and many other reasons. There are two ways out of this situation: place an individual order or make everything with your own hands. By choosing the second option, you do not have to explain to the contractor what exactly you want and pay a huge amount of money for the execution of the order.
You can realize all ideas exactly down to the details.
And, of course, one of the main advantages of creating furniture yourself is satisfaction with the result of your own work. It's nice to know that you did the thing yourself.
By making furniture with your own hands, you win in:
- Price;
- quality;
- design
- Measurement accuracy.
The only downside is that the process will take longer than the purchase.
So if you decide make a bunk bed with your own hands - let's get started!
Choosing a design and construction
There are a lot of varieties of bunk models - as far as imagination is enough. Consider the most popular.
- Traditional
The easiest to make. Consists of two tiers sleeping places ) and stairs. Suitable for a nursery with enough space.
Such a bed does not contain elements of other furniture and significantly saves space.
- With sofa
The sofa on the first tier diversifies both aesthetically and functionally. This model will save more space in room because you don't need an extra sofa. It can be used as a bed or just as a place to relax. Good for placement in the living room.
For the manufacture of this model, you will additionally need a sofa. It will be built into the design.
- With drawers
In this model, drawers or shelves are attached to the stairs leading to the second floor, used instead of lockers. In this case, it will take up a little more space in room than the traditional one.
You can save space with linen cabinets or toy cabinets.
- "Attic"
This option saves a lot of space room. Sleeping place located on the second tier, the lower one is for the working area. Usually there is a table for work, various shelves and racks. This design is usually chosen for older children (teenagers, students). Basically, such a bed is a single bed, but if desired, two will be accommodated on the second tier. You can build it in a corner with two sleeping places On the second floor. An important condition in the design of this model is strength.
The height of the ceilings should be taken into account, since the lower tier should be quite high.
- Three bedroom bunk
There are various suggestions to make a bunk bed a triple bed. If child still small, besides the apartment one-room , you can do it with double bed on the first tier. If this product is for child - you can place both places at the top.
The bed option will depend on the drawing you choose.
- Transformer
Such models are very popular, as they save a lot of space. It consists of a table, cabinets and bed . A retractable table or mattress can be.
If you do not have enough free space in the room, and the child is already going to school, you should think about this type of product.
Training
We have figured out which models are the most “traveling” and comfortable, now we will decide what is needed in order to start building a bunk bed.
First of all necessary draw a drawing. The most convenient option would be to take ready-made schemes on the Internet, and, focusing on them, create your own project.
You will need to take measurements of the part of the room where the product will be located, and determine the size of the structure.
The drawing uses the following data:
- Product height;
- Length;
- Width;
- Distance from the upper and lower tier;
- The length and width of the stairs;
- The space between the stairs;
- The height of the upper tier;
- Width of bearing beams;
- Cabinet sizes.
If you are planning lockers, be careful with the calculation of the distance for their placement.
Photos of ready-made options will help you visually determine how to make a drawing correctly.
materials
When choosing materials, consider your skills and the set of available tools. Chipboard or solid pine is great for work. We will prepare the tools that we will need for work.
You can use sheets of plywood for the base under the mattress.
Depending on whether you will cut the material yourself or entrust it to professionals, we select a set of necessary tools. The best option would be to cut the boards according to measurements with professional fixtures in the furniture workshop. Then you just have to connect all the parts.
We need instruments and devices for measuring, fixing. You can not do the work without a simple pencil.
To do this, you will need: a screwdriver, screws, glue, a level, a drill, a hammer, a grinder for processing the finished product, a blank material sawn according to measurements.
Making bunk furniture is not difficult if you prepare all the necessary tools and remember your existing building skills.
Getting Started
So, all preparations are completed, you can start making a bunk bed with your own hands.
Now let's move on to creating the back.
Make the second tier in the same way.
Using self-tapping screws and the flush method, attach the ladder to one of the uprights.
If necessary, railings can be attached to the top bunk.
If the design involves the presence of boxes, then the ladder should be attached to the outside of the carrier rack . Now attach the drawers to the stairs according to the drawing.
decoration
It is worth thinking about decor before starting production, as it can affect the project. For experienced craftsmen, it is possible to make furniture in the form of a house, car, or boat. You can attach "branches" instead of stairs, along which "young Mowgli" will climb to the second floor.
For an experienced craftsman, the bed turns out to be as if descended from the pages of a book with fairy tales.
A common option is to add a Swiss wall, athletic rings or a rope. Sliding beds have become very popular.
You can embody any design, depending on the imagination and skill of the master.
If you built a classic model of a bunk bed, and only thought about the design later, then use any textile for decoration: pillows, hanging decorations. attach rope.
There are plenty of options that creative people will find without difficulty.
In general, making a bunk bed with your own hands is not so difficult, besides, it is profitable and beautiful.
We wish you success in your work!
VIDEO: Instructions for assembling a bunk bed.
50 do-it-yourself double bed photo ideas:
A bunk bed differs little from a regular one: a frame, but of great height, and two bottoms instead of one. Making it yourself is almost as easy as putting it together. The only difference is the need to independently determine the dimensions of the structure and purchase materials.
How to make a bunk bed for children with your own hands? Judging by the range of products in the store, then wood-fiber material - MDF, fiberboard, OSB is also quite suitable for a children's bed. But, firstly, it is not necessary to use any fiberboard, but only the one in whose passport a low emission class is indicated. And secondly, making a bed from wooden boards is no more difficult, and this material is much safer and more reliable.
Bunk bed made of solid pine (photo)
The most affordable option is an array of pine. The wood is cheap, so picking up the right amount of the first grade is not difficult. Much more expensive oak or beech. It is harder, it is harder to work with it, but an oak product also lasts for decades.
In any case, the wood must be well dried - no more than 18% moisture, and treated with antiseptic agents. It is recommended to purchase planed boards.
For a bunk bed you will need:
- wooden beam for racks - 10 * 5 mm;
- timber for stairs - 4 * 6 cm;
- board for spacers and sides - 10 * 2 cm, 15 * 2 cm, 20 * 2 cm;
- plywood for the bottom or a set of rails with batten holders - the latter option is preferable.
Fasteners - screws, self-tapping screws, screws, metal corners, glue.
To clean the edges and edges, you need sandpaper, and to seal - a plastic edge or thermal tape.
Of the tools you will need the following:
- screwdriver or drill with an appropriate nozzle;
- jigsaw,
- hammer, screwdrivers, pliers;
- square, tape measure and building level.
Schemes and drawings
Making any design of a bunk children's bed with your own hands begins with a drawing. Moreover, this drawing must be done independently. Ready-made diagrams and drawings of do-it-yourself bunk beds are not always suitable, and here's why.
- The determining parameter for the size of a do-it-yourself bunk bed is not so much the width and length as the height. If it is assumed that children will sleep on it for several years, then the sizes are selected with a large margin. Most often, these are standard ones - 90 * 190 cm. Alternatively, you can measure the mattress to be used and determine the parameters of the sunbed by its width and length. In this case, the length of the bed should exceed the length of the mattress by 8 cm, and the width by 10 cm.
- The height is determined by the height of the ceiling in the room. The child on the second tier should not only sit freely, but also move. In addition, the ceiling hanging directly above the face is very unpleasant. At a minimum, a seated child should not reach the ceiling with his raised hand.
- Between the first and second tiers, the distance is selected based on the same principles. The easiest way to do this is for an adult: sitting on the second tier, dad does not touch the bottom of the top bed with his head.
- The distance between the bottom of the lower bed and the floor is at least 30 cm.
- When calculating the ratio, you need to take into account the thickness of both mattresses.
Drawing is required. Moreover, schemes of two sun loungers, the facade of the structure and the end face are required. It is necessary to draw a diagram, given the scale, and in as much detail as possible. According to such a drawing, it is much easier to calculate the required amount of materials.
If you use a ready-made do-it-yourself bunk bed scheme found on the pages of the site, you need to make sure that the dimensions indicated on it are suitable for the nursery. They can only be changed proportionally: you cannot simply increase the height of the bunk bed by 30 cm and place the lower sunbed higher. Any change affects the stability of the structure. This requires compensation both by adjusting other parameters and the overall strengthening of the framework.
Do-it-yourself drawing of a bunk bed
Manufacturing and assembly process
We make a bunk bed with our own hands. Before assembling the product, the timber and boards must be kept indoors for several days so that the tree acclimatizes. In this simple way warping and drying of the material is prevented.
You can cut the boards yourself, or you can order a cut to size at the place of purchase.
- The first step is to make frames for the beds. To do this, a bar with a section of 5 * 10 mm is fastened in the form of a rectangle according to the size of the lounger. The best fastening is by the tongue-and-groove method with wood glue, but this option is only possible if there is a milling tool. If this is not possible, the connection is made on metal corners.
- A spacer is installed in the frame from the same beam or board 10 * 2 cm, after cutting it in width. Depending on the expected load, the spacers can be from 1 to 4.
- The sides are screwed to the frame: from a board with a section of 15 * 2 cm for the lower bed and 20 * 2 cm for the upper one. Self-tapping screws are screwed in from the inside and make sure that they do not go through the side.
- Make 4 racks for the frame. To do this, 2 bars with a cross section of 5 * 10 mm and a length equal to the height of the bed, together with the fence of the second tier, are fastened two by two so that they form an L-shaped profile. At the same time, the self-tapping screw is sunk into the tree, and the recesses are puttied and sanded with sandpaper.
- At the height of the first and second levels, holes are made in the finished supports for the mounting screw. The same holes are made in the frames of sun loungers.
- It is recommended to fix the structure to the wall. To do this, the upper level is fixed to the vertical risers with screws. Then the product is applied to the wall to mark the fixation points. At this stage, you can not do without an assistant, since the mount must be rigid. Holes are drilled in the wall at the level of the second tier, then the corresponding holes are made in the bed itself so that it passes through the beam of the frame and racks. The structure is pressed tightly against the wall and fixed with screws.
If the bed is installed differently, then the fastening to the walls is not performed.
- The first level is mounted - metal corners are used for reliability.
- At the second level, bumpers are made: boards measuring 20 * 2 cm are fixed on racks. Self-tapping screws are screwed in from the inside, the holes are closed in the manner described above. On the site where they plan to install the stairs, the sides are not fixed.
- For stairs, two 4 * 6 cm beams are fixed on the bed frame - both upper and lower. Install the crossbars, fixing them with self-tapping screws.
- A plywood sheet is laid on the frame - the bottom, or the slats are fixed on the lato-holders.
If necessary, the structure is sanded, opened with a matte or shiny varnish. The edges are closed with thermal tape or plastic edge.
How to make a wooden bunk bed with your own hands (video):
DIY metal bunk bed
The construction of a metal bunk bed for children with their own hands is even simpler than a wooden one. But it is much more difficult to assemble it: it requires a welding machine and some experience in handling it.
- For the frame of the lounger, a metal corner 45 * 50 mm is used. The product is cut to size - with a hacksaw for metal or a grinder. At the ends of the corners, sections are cut out for a tighter joint and connected to the sides - a channel 65 * 32 mm. Parts are welded, checking the parallelism of the elements and the magnitude of the right angle.
- There are no sides in the metal structure.
- Vertical racks are cut from a thin-walled pipe with a diameter of 25 mm. The sunbed frame is welded to the racks. All welds light up
- Sides for the upper tier, headboard and footboard are often ordered in the workshop: forging, hot or cold, allows you to get not only durable, but also a beautiful product. However, they can also be assembled independently from a pipe of the same diameter and rods. In any case, the sides on the second tier in the form of a single curved railing are not suitable. The sides should be made according to the type of railing with transom filling.
Manufacturing video
- Most of the do-it-yourself videos on making bunk beds show only some moments of assembly. The lion's share of them is removed only for the purpose of familiarization.
- Amateur videos are more often shot by experienced home craftsmen: here you can learn a lot of useful things. But only interesting or important moments from the point of view of the performer are shown here. Processes that he considers trivial or well-known are little covered.
- The most informative source for a beginner is the instructions for assembling a finished wooden bed. Here, the material includes not only the installation sequence, but also a description of all the required parts, an indication of dimensions and illustrations for fasteners.
Using the instructions and more detailed video material, it is quite possible to make a bunk bed.
A homemade do-it-yourself bunk bed is a practical and attractive solution for a nursery. Its design is quite simple, so it can be made even by a novice master. And it’s even easier to arrange to the taste of the child.
Instructions for assembling a finished wooden bunk bed (video):