How to make a bunk bed for children with their own hands

It often happens that families in which a few children grow up face the problem of the absence in the children's room of sufficient space for games and entertainment because all available space is cluttered with furniture. Find a way out of this situation quite easily with the help of a bunk bed, which is quite possible to construct with your own hands.

Advantages of a children's bunk bed

Usually in a nursery other than a bed there are other necessary furniture, for example cupboards forclothes, computer desks, shelves for textbooks and books, etc. If the room is small, then between all the listed items of furnitureThere is only a narrow space to squeeze into the door or back.

Bunk beds for children partly help to solve this problem. They are suitable not only for rooms in which live for two children, but also for one older child. First, the extra space will never be superfluous, and he will certainly find an application for it, and secondly, in a vacant place that used to be a bedroom, you can install a desk for school assignments, a computer, as well as boxes and shelves for storagechildren's property.

To make this bed yourself, you need a general idea of ​​how to work with carpentry tools, as well as patience and having free time.

Preparatory stage

To make a bunk bed by yourself, first of all you need to create a project and a drawing of the future structure, taking into account the following important points:

• bed must be sized so that it can fit not only the kid but also the teenager, then itsDo not have to change in a couple of years, when he grows up;

• from the design of used mattresses will depend on the size. If they are purchased ready, then proceed from their dimensions, but if you expect to do everything yourself, then the standard size of one bed is 180 X 80 cm;

• the space between the lower and upper tiers should be sufficient to ensure that an adult sitting on the bed does not touch the upper berth with his head. But too high its location is also not desirable, because in this case the construction will become less stable and, in this connection, not so safe. In addition, under the ceiling, hot air is always accumulated, and the child may experience serious discomfort.

The mattress of the bottom berth should be 30-40 cm from the floor:

• The bed construction should be quite rigid,it is not only a resting place, but also a place for violent games, jumps, somersaults, etc. In addition, in the event that one of the parents takes a seat on it, it should not be deformed under its weight. Also, do not forget about the fencing, especially they are relevant for the second tier.
• To avoid failing the idea of ​​creating a bunk bed with their own hands, the drawings must necessarily reflect the view of the future structure in the interior of the nursery. Thanks to this, you can imagine how it will look, and also decide which side it is better to attach the stairs to the "second floor".
• Do not miss out on such an important point as ensuring the stability of the structure and its reliable fixation on the wall. In this case, according to safety, the bed should be at a distance from the windows and the door flaps open.

Also in the design is important to think over and material that will be used to make a children's bunk bed with their own hands. His choice depends on the availability of various items in the free sale, such as ready planed boards, bars of the right size, because it is difficult to independently process the wood with the necessary processing without having a special machine.

When ordering furniture boards, it is better to ask them to cut them in place according to your patterns.

Tools and materials that will be needed for the operation of the

The list of necessary tools includes those that are available in each house, and those that will have to be purchased specially, on the occasion of making a bunk bed with their own hands. This list looks like this:

• tape measure, building level, square;

• screwdriver, which, if desired, can be replaced with a drill having this function;

• fret saw;

• vise;

• pliers, hammer, screwdriver set;

• sandpaper;

• wooden beam with cross-section from 40x60 and more for making frames;

• wooden beam with a section of 100x50 for the production of bearing racks;

• metal corners for fixing corner joints;

• sheets of plywood;

• board 100x20;

• of the chipboard strip;

• furniture boards;

• fasteners: self-tapping screws, screws, screws;

• paint or varnish.

Sequence of manufacturing of layers

• The work should begin with the manufacture of frames on which the mattresses will be located. They should have a rectangular shape and exceed the length and width by 10-15 cm. The size of the mattress.

• In the process of work you need to closely monitor the perpendicularity of the parties. The bars should be connected as reliably as possible in the corners. The most durable is the connection of the spike-groove, using a special glue, but it can be used only if there is a manual milling tool. If it is not, then it is mandatory to secure the connection from the inside with the help of metal corners.

• The frame must have spacers. If the frame of the selected mattress has the necessary rigidity, then it will be sufficient to install one in the center. If the mattress is soft and will be placed on a sheet of plywood, the spacers will require at least four and they must be distributed along the entire length of the frame with the same intervals.

• When the frame is ready, then on its perimeter it is necessary to fix the sides, which will fix the mattress. The material for them can serve either as a particle board or as a board. This stage is the final step in the process of making places for mattresses.

Assembling the bed body

Producing the racks on which the whole structure will be held, you can go in two ways:

• Make two identical side details using the furniture boards, so that they exceed the level of the second tier by 30-40 cm. To make the work look aesthetically pleasingyou can round them off. Simultaneously, the sidewalls will play the role of obstructions from the side of the product.

Carefully and accurately marking the surface of these parts, they drill holes for connection with the frames of sun beds. The connection is made by means of bolts with round hats.

This option has a small minus. It consists in the fact that the lower bed is fenced on three sides and can cause the child discomfort and a sense of enclosed space.

• Manufacture load-bearing racks from a thick bar. If you go this way, it will be necessary first of all to design two side parts, consisting of bearing supports and jumpers, which will play the role of rims at the ends.

In doing so, do not forget about the plinth, it can prevent you, tightly lean the racks against the wall.

To attach to each other newly made sidewalls and mattress frames, use a threaded connection or special hexagon screws inside.

To simplify the final assembly process, it is necessary to temporarily fasten the support for the deck chairs on the vertical supports while ensuring that they are all at the same height.

Assembly of stairs

For the production of stairs, you can use either boards or bars of suitable size. As crossbeams, the same beam or cuttings from garden tools, which should be cut into fragments of the required length, and then, carefully cleaned and sanded over the entire surface, will work.

It is better to plant the crossbeams on a special glue, pre-drilled holes in the racks for their ends, strictly opposite each other.

After finishing the assembly of a wooden bunk bed with your own hands, it is desirable to strengthen its construction with additional strapping for greater reliability. For this purpose it is better to use boards, which simultaneously will play the role of fencing.

To avoid injuries and splinters, all parts of the homemade bed should be thoroughly polished, making its surface perfectly smooth.

The final stage is painting or varnishing - this is up to each of us.

Further it is possible to establish a bed in the place taken away for it, to fix to a wall by means of reliable self-tapping screws and to begin use under the destination.