A bed of pallets - a modern solution!
Human fantasy is limitless! And evidence of this - furniture, which today craftsmen and visionaries can make from ordinary wooden pallets. Usually they were used to transport equipment. And then the released pallets lay idle, or the zealous owners dismantled them in order to use them for the dacha fence or picket fence for the flower bed.
But that all changed when these nondescript pallets noticed creative people. And now on the Internet, you can see country furniture: bedside tables, shelves, cabinets, tables and benches, manufactured from pallet And those who can to make exclusive thing "out of nothing", already ready to offer instructions on how to build do it yourself wonderful stylish a bed of pallets.
Content
- 1 Advantages and disadvantages
- 2 The advantages of creating furniture with their own hands
- 3 We determine the design and construction
- 4 Required materials and tools
- 5 Manufacturing process: step by step instructions
- 6 Dressing
- 7 VIDEO: A bed of pallets with your own hands.
- 8 Pallet beds in a modern interior - 50 photo ideas:
Advantages and disadvantages
Unconditional benefits of furniture of pallet is an:
- Ease of manufacture and assembly;
- Small price finished product;
- Use of natural of the materialdurable and quality;
- Originality of the product and its unique design;
- Practicality in the use of simple, almost waste materials.
If we consider the shortcomings of such furniture, the main one will be inconvenience during cleaning, since the dust accumulating under the pallets will not be easy to remove. It is also worth considering that this furniture can not always successfully fit into the interior of the apartment.
The advantages of creating furniture with their own hands
Of course, any furniture today can be purchased at the store or ordered on their own sketch. However do the bedroom wooden bed do it yourself - isn't it special chic! In addition, it is not so easy to buy a beautiful bedroom set, especially for a young family, because such beauty costs a lot of money, which most young families do not have much.
Concerning furniture, made by a home craftsman, it will cost much less. In addition, choose the style, decor, design, you can independently and to make completely exclusive furniture, which guests will admire.
We determine the design and construction
Configuration pallet allows the home master to fantasize, inventing new forms of the bed, where it will be convenient and comfortable. Among the most popular stands out several designs.
- Bed of pallets with mattress box
This design is carried out from one row of pallets and in addition to it is done box where the mattress is located. Depending on the wishes and needs, the beds can be single or double; then two boxes are mounted on pallets.
To make them of two pallet not difficult:
- Turn over the pallet;
- Jigsaw cut down the middle boards;
- Give the remaining letter "P";
- Secure them by closing the sides with three sides, determining the height of the sides;
- Connect the two parts to form a box;
- The resulting structure is strengthened on the podium.
- Bed of pallets with headboard
Not everyone needs a headboard - many prefer to sleep on a completely flat bed. But if such a need exists, then it can also to make from the pallet. In this case, there is an option that does not require the efforts to produce: it suffices to use a narrow long pallet, which must be strengthened on the ground.
In another embodiment, boards are used for the headboard:
- Havegive nails;
- Rpick them up the boards;
- Hclean with sandpaper;
- HPriming and painting or varnishing.
Strengthen boards vertically or horizontally.
- Children's bed with box for mattress and sides
Making a crib is similar to the procedure for making a bed with a box for adults. The only difference is that for children of furniture one is enough pallets The sides are attached along its entire perimeter. In addition, the processing of wooden structures should be carried out with heightened care, especially if you do not intend to paint or varnish it.
- Bed with light
It is made in the usual drawing, and through the holes in the pallets, you need to skip the ribbon with LEDs or mount the lamp lighting. Arrange LED backlight can be at the head pallet beds, on its backs or sides, depending on the ideas of beauty and expediency. Lamp lighting can also be used to illuminate the bed. But it is better to use it in a suspended form or to make out wall lighting.
- Bed on wheels
Usually the place for placing a bed is chosen, as they say, once and for all. Most often, it is located against the wall, sometimes in the middle of the bedroom. But it is not at all necessary to “pin” her to a certain place. Those who do not like to sleep in one place can set their bed on the wheels.
- Fruits of fantasy
Pallet bed do it yourself can be done not only in traditional terms, but also to dream. More often, pallet beds especially impressive look in the room, decorated:
- AT minimalist style, characterized by rigor and simplicity of form;
- Uhco-style, reflecting the natural connection of man with what the earth gives;
- DYerevan style, homely warmth, softness, warmth and beauty, combined with unpretentious simplicity.
Those who have already tried to realize their dreams, offer:
- Hdo not put the bed to sleep on the floor, and to make its suspended;
- Dvspalnuyu bed of pallets turn into a two-level;
- ABOUTArrange bedside drawers or bedside tables, making them part of the overall design.
Required materials and tools
To make a bed from palletYou do not need a lot of materials, and those that are needed can be purchased at any building materials store:
- Poddons 20x80 cm - 3 pieces;
- Rwoodworking;
- HEveryday paper;
- TOraka for wood.
- Shlifting machine;
- ATAlik for painting;
- Lobzik;
- TOsource
Manufacturing process: step by step instructions
In order to make the original bed of pallet, you will not need deep knowledge and incredible skills, however, some skills of handling the tool will not be superfluous.
- First you need to level the wooden surface with an emery paper or a grinder, then wipe everything gently with a damp cloth.
- Then sand the surface, making it extremely smooth and treat with a primer.
- After you need to apply paint, preferably - in two layers. This will make the design more elegant and durable.
- From the prepared pallets to collect the frame for the mattress.
It's all! The rest - in accordance with their own ideas and desires.
Dressing
The final stages of the work of manufacturing pallet beds do it yourself is decorating.
- With the help of a jigsaw and electric burner, you can make spectacular paintings of various subjects and ornaments that decorate the headboard.
- Choose a spectacular color scheme that will create a special mood in the bedroom.
- Gorgeous "royal" bed of pallet can be made by decorating it with a drapery of beautiful fabric and making a canopy.
- A canopy made of delicate fabric can be used to decorate a baby cot.
- The spectacular decor of the bed will be the design of the backlight of the LEDs mounted in the back.
- The bed cover and pillows decorated with embroidery, patchwork, applications of various subjects will be simple and bright.
- A wall-mounted multi-colored hanger, also made of pallet boards, will look original as a decor.
- Suspended light bulbs will create a special atmosphere of simplicity and cleanliness, if the bedroom is decorated in a minimalist style.
- Bright floor vases, baskets, toys will give a special touch to the bedroom in which it is installed bed of palletsmanufactured by do it yourself.
Furniture made do it yourself, it is not often possible to see in the exhibition halls, but from this it does not lose its originality and beauty. The ability to see the beautiful in simple things, the desire to make their lives brighter and more interesting distinguishes those who are not tired of looking for something new.
Her manufacturing will require a little time and significantly reduce the expenditure of the family budget, since price components required in order to make a bed of pallets is small.
VIDEO: A bed of pallets with your own hands.