We assemble a frame for a simple wooden bed with your own hands
Bed - the center of the bedroom, ee the main and most important part. Here we spend time reading a book, relaxing, sleeping and chatting with a loved one. It is extremely important that the bed had a pleasant appearance, harmoniously fit into the interior of the room. Furniture stores offer many options for purchase, but most often the price exceeds the quality. Why overpay when you can do yourself?
The bed is the center of the bedroom, its main and most important part.
To make bed frame with your own hands much easier than it seems. In addition, the homemade bed has several advantages:
With your own hands making a frame for the bed, you will receive the author's product in a single copy, in your power to make it unique.
It is extremely important that the bed had a pleasant appearance, harmoniously fit into the interior of the room.
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Decide on the size of the frame of the bed you want to make. Choose a mattress that suits you.
The mattress is an expensive purchase, but the quality of sleep and rest depends on it. A bad mattress can cause problems with blood circulation and back. Take your choice carefully!
Making a bed frame with your own hands is much easier than it seems.
Try to choose orthopedic mattresses. For a comfortable sleep, it is recommended to buy mattresses with a length of 15-17 cm more than a person's height. When the choice is made, measure the parameters and make a schematic diagram based on the measurements.eWell the future bed.
Be sure to allow for the mattress to fit into the frame, not ler on it like a lid.
With your own hands making a frame for the bed, you will receive the author's product in a single copy, in your power to make it unique.
! Mattress dimensions + 1.2 cm per side = the size of the bed frame.
We will make the frame for a standard mattress 2000 by 1300 mm.
Making the bed frame together with decorating the product with your own hands will not take more than a week, and the new bed will delight you for many years!
It is important to determine the height of the legs - try to imagine from what level you are comfortable to get up. The bed should not be too low, but not high, although non-standard forms of furniture are welcome in the modern interior. Leave enough space for built-in wardrobes under the bed if you plan to keep things there.
Think in advance how togo the sizebut and formss will be the back of the bed.
Decide on the size of the frame of the bed you want to make.
On the shelves is wood of different quality. Try to buy the smoothest boards without knots - a large amount of knocking out wood takes a lot of time for polishing. In order for the bed not to “fly into a pretty penny”, you need to select materials based on their role in making the bed frame.
For the frame and decor, take the highest quality wood, which can be expensive, but it is reliable and easy to process. For legs suitable for the average price and quality. wood, and for rails (they will be needed in the manufacture of the lattice holding the mattress) - the easiest option. We will use pine boards, as a highly eco-friendly and durable material.
For a comfortable sleep, it is recommended to buy mattresses with a length of 15-17 cm more than a person's height.
Some builders use chipboard to replace the slats, because chipboard can tempt with its price. But a bed with the use of such material will not serve you as long as a bed made of real wood.
So, in the store with the help of roulette choose:
| Dimensions | amount | Purpose |
| 2040 * 250 * 20 mm | 2 | side walls |
| 1300 * 250 * 20 mm | 3 | end faces parties |
| 2000*40*20 | 5 | bearing longitudinal supporting for medium carriers |
| 1300*40*20 | 30 | production of rails |
| · self-tapping screws
· materials coverings (protection against insects - stain, varnish) |
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It is important to determine the height of the legs - try to imagine from what level you are comfortable to get up.
For the manufacture of the frame with their own hands requires a certain set of tools. The list is impressive, but the acquisitions will last you many years and will help you create other works besides the bed:
+ bits 8 and 10;
Leave enough space for built-in wardrobes under the bed if you plan to keep things there.
This is where a drawing is needed. Measure the required parameters, mark the cutting line with a pencil. Use a ruler and cutter to cut. When blanks will fully comply with your scheme, proceed to processing.
Remove all knots and hitch with emery cloth. It is better to have several types of sandpaper: with large grains, medium and small. Start leveling the surface with a large sandpaper, then go to the shallow one.
Some builders use chipboard to replace the slats, because chipboard can tempt with its price.
The end boards and the headboard are cleaned with an electric planer - this helps to make a completely flat surface and correct the lines.
Depart from the edges of the end walls of about 110 mm to ensure the correct location of the mattress (when calculating the depth of the mattress about 50 mm) - a horizontal line.
Make a mark on one and the other sides of the end boards - pull back a third of the distance on each side - vertical lines.
For the frame and decor, take the highest quality wood, which can be expensive, but it is reliable and easy to process.
The points of intersection of two lines - the place for fastening the support bars.
On the side walls of the frame measure 70 mm from the top of the board. Using a laser level, draw parallel lines on them.
The headboard of the bed is a big space for creativity.
According to the marked bars will be located along each of the sides. Step back 20 mm from the ends and fasten them.
In order for the bed not to “fly into a pretty penny”, you need to select materials based on their role in making the bed frame.
! To preserve the aesthetic appeal of the bed frame, use screws that do not exceed the size of the boards in thickness.
The primer is needed to make the drawing as smooth as possible and fit well to the headboard.
Screw them from the inside.
Take the future headboard and attach from the front side using the slats (3 pieces).
For the manufacture of the frame with their own hands requires a certain set of tools.
! Check all joints and corners for looseness before finally fixing the structure.
Remove dust from frame members.
! Use a dry cloth.Wet fabric may damage grinding. Irregularities on the slats can damage the mattress fabric.
The end boards and the headboard are cleaned with an electric planer - this helps to make a completely flat surface and correct the lines.
Use the stain and cover the frame elements. Next you need to apply two layers of varnish. We recommend using a polyurethane varnish, as it is less toxic and more wear-resistant. Polyurethane-based clear varnish is self-leveling, which facilitates application. Wait for drying.
To preserve the aesthetic appeal of the bed frame, use screws that do not exceed the size of the boards in thickness.
Fasten all the walls of your bed frame.
Lay the medium-sized supporting bars on the supporting bars (which we attached to the end boards).
Start leveling the surface with a large sandpaper, then go to the shallow one.
!For fastening elements it is necessary to use screws.
The main frame for the bed is assembled. Now you need to lay the slats. Independently select segments of indents between them so that the mattress is easily held. Connect the slats with the longitudinal bars.
The advantage of decoupage - it does not require large expenditures, but it looks like a good design solution.
Next put the legs of the bed. In the inner side of the corners of the frame, fix the bars with dimensions of 40 * 40 mm. If desired, you can make a pair of support legs in the middle, to be sure of the reliability of the assembled bed. Consider the amount of space under the bed and the presence or absence of cabinets, boxes that can be stored there. The sune This affects the height of the legs. Sometimes the attachment of the legs is not required at all, if allowedYut the height of the frame itself and the interior.
Measure the required parameters, mark the cutting line with a pencil.
The easiest way to bring the bed into an attractive form, we indicated in the algorithm for working on the frame - staining and varnishYut color bar, making it more vivid. Varnish can choose matteth - less noticeables wakeatt dust and scratches. Glossy lacquer gives shine to wood, however, it gives all the builder’s mistakes - bumps, cuts, scratches. You can not stop at the usual color of the tree, paint the bed in any of the colors that is in harmony with the interior.
Another option is bed upholstery. To do this, you need to stock up on cloth, foam rubber, construction stapler and staples. You can create a relief or pattern on the upholstery using shaped nails.
Check all joints and corners for looseness before finally fixing the structure.
The headboard of the bed is a big space for creativity. You can make it figured, with upholstery, paint in an unusual way, for example, using decoupage technique. This decoration option is easy to apply at home. Anothere One advantage of decoupage is that it does not require large expenses, but it looks like a good design solution.
Requireds:
There are special wipes for decoupage, which can be purchased at the art store.
The primer is needed to make the drawing as smooth as possible and fit well to the headboard. Primer buying in specialized stationery stores, but the scale of our crafts – This is an expensive option. We take a construction primer.
Lay the medium-sized supporting bars on the supporting bars (which we attached to the end boards).
Decoupage is carried out on white surfaces, so we use white acrylic paint, which we purchase at the hardware store. If you want to get a different shade, mix the colors of white and your favorite color.
There are special wipes for decoupage, which can be purchased at the art store. However, conventional wipes will also work.
The easiest way to bring the bed into an attractive form, we indicated in the algorithm for working on the frame - the stain and varnish retain the color of the bar, making it more vivid.
Work on the headboard can be directly on the frame of the future bed or separately from it, if the design provides for the possibility of attaching and removing this element. In the fasteners will help you again screws.
So, done! If during the operation of the structure the defects are found, it can always be corrected, because you know how the bed is assembled - it will not be difficult to find the creaking element. Making the bed frame together with decorating the product with your own hands will not take more than a week, and the new bed will delight you for many years!
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