Bed of chipboard. Advantages and disadvantages

Double bed with bedside tables made of chipboard in the interior of the bedroom on the second floor

When you are looking for home furniture is very difficult to find the perfect option. Beautiful and high-quality bed will have a high enough price, and buying cheap copies, you risk spending money to the wind. Low cost often means the appropriate quality of the product and soon it will lose its appearance or, even worse, it will simply fall apart. But there is an opportunity to save without risking anything - by making a bed with your own hands from chipboard.

Single bed for a teenager do it yourself

You will not be limited in the choice of forms and design, you can make as a standard version of the product, and something unusual. It is only necessary to consider the basic dimensions of the mattress, commercially available.

Simple and comfortable do-it-yourself bed with drawers

Elegant bed-podium with an unusual headboard for individual sizes

Before you buy the material and start making your own hands, you should decide on the design and type of the desired product. Beds are classified by parameters: single, double, one and a half; according to the type of construction: the headboard and back of the footboard serve as a support, the product is supported by the legs or the bed frame itself. There are also models with additional drawers for linen, bunk of unusual shapes (in the form of cars, locks, etc.) and transforming beds. Carefully following the instructions and drawings, you can make any of them with your own hands.

Cheap furniture from a chipboard for the nursery - a wardrobe, a bed with drawers and shelves

Advantages of a berth from a chipboard:

- low cost of necessary materials (it is necessary to purchase sheets of chipboard and accessories);

- availability of manufacturing the product (no special skills and tools are required);

- bed drawings can be made independently or find a suitable option on the Internet;

- unlike natural wood, which is loved by small insects, chipboard furniture will not become their prey;

- on the surface of the material there are no knots, holes, and other defects characteristic of wood;

- high strength to mechanical stress;

- Chipboard does not exfoliate and does not crack;

- you can get an exclusive thing without overpaying for it;

- the finished product will be combined with your interior;

- confidence in the reliability, quality of the bed.

Safe and beautiful children's bunk bed for a small niche, hand-made

Despite the fairly wide range of advantages, there are several disadvantages:

- the presence of harmful formaldehyde resins (class “Super E” is considered safe for health);

- instability to high humidity;

- when repeatedly assembling and disassembling the place of fasteners quickly deform;

- non-aesthetic appearance (the flaw is easily fixed with the help of decor).

Children's bunk bed with a workplace and a comfortable ladder, made of chipboard in two colors

How to choose the best bed option from chipboard?

Self-made bed with a lifting mechanism and bedside tables made of chipboard

Any bed has in its composition a frame and a base on which the mattress is placed. Bed frame is divided into several types:

1. Two support backs and two side panels.
2. Four side panels and hinged backs.
3. Side panels without backs.
4. Legs on which the base and backs are fixed.

Base frame for a double bed with a wide headboard

Kohl you are not experienced in creating furniture with your own hands, for the first time do not choose too complicated, time-consuming design. The most easy to manufacture and reliable operation will be a bed of chipboard without legs. If the number of parts is minimal, the assembly process will be much easier.

Small children's bed made of chipboard - a simple and easy way to make a bed with your own hands

To make the base strong, a double bed must have at least thirty lamellae. The optimal space between them is not exceeding the width of one lamella.

Bed framework from a chipboard with lamels for a mattress and a beautiful back

If you decide to make a bed of chipboard without backs, the wall that will serve instead of the headboard should have an easily washable and non-washable coating.

The pledge of healthy sleep lies in comfort, so you should remember about the mattress. It must be made of high quality, safe materials.

Comfortable and high-quality orthopedic mattress for a bed with two backs

How to make a bed of chipboard with your own hands?

Bed podium from a chipboard for the small room, made by the individual sizes

Begin the process of creating a bed of chipboard should cut material according to the size of the drawing. This can be done at home, if you choose a simple model, and if you are afraid to spoil the chipboard sheets - from the manufacturer for a small fee. When all the parts are ready, you can begin assembling the box.

The scheme of cutting sheet chipboard under a single bed

A standard box has a rectangular shape and is the main element of the product. Overlap the sidewalls to each other, fixing them with a metal corner and small screws.

Rectangle shaped box for future bed

If you make a bed with your own hands from a chipboard for a child, the box will be small, and the sleeping place for adults should be strengthened in the middle between the sides. This will give additional strength to the structure, in the future will not allow it to deform.

Bed of chipboard with lamellae, reinforced in the center of the frame

When the box is made, to the bottom you need to attach a sheet of fiberboard, which will serve as the bottom of the department for storage. Sheet parameters are equal to the size of the box itself on a horizontal area. Access to the resulting space can be provided by raising the mattress or if you make compartments for the boxes in the case.

Bed with a lifting mattress for extra and compact storage of off-season items

In order to give your bed a more refined appearance, sheathe all external parts of the box with colored sheets of chipboard. It is necessary that the height of these parts be several centimeters larger than the basis of chipboard - thanks to this, the mattress will not move down.

Chipboard color sheets for beautiful and bright furniture

Then between the sides of the chipboard perpendicular to the width of the box set the lamellae, prepared according to the required parameters. They can be simply put or fixed with screws.

Bed from a chipboard with lamels, independent production

Ready orthopedic metal base under the mattress with slats

The next step in making a bed yourself is to attach the back. At the head of the bed it will be higher, and at the foot of the foot below, or it may be completely absent. These parts need to be edged with furniture edge.

Single bed with attached headboard and side-restraints for the mattress

Children's angular bed sofa with three high sides sides and drawers

To avoid the appearance of scratches on the floor, attach plastic feet to the bottom parts. With their help, it will be possible to adjust the level of the structure if it is located on an uneven surface.

Adjustable legs for bed frame

It is not so difficult to make a bed of chipboard with your own hands, the main thing is patience, desire and some free time.

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Unusual high bed of chipboard in two colors with their own hands

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