Simple building materials, accessible schemes, two days of intense creative work and here before you is a podium bed, built by own hands. Anticipating enthusiastic exclamations and curious questions, we kindly reveal the secret of making the podium bed yourself.
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Bed podium in the interior of a small room
The stylish podium bed today is an unsurpassed leader among furniture for a small living space. This is due to the small overall dimensions of the bed, a strict geometric shape and the possibility of using it as an additional area. Moreover, you can make a podium yourself.
Models of a bed of a podium
There are several models of podium beds. However, all of them are oriented to erecting the podium, as a convenient element of the interior for the zoning of living space.
The first model is a constructed podium, on which the mattress of factory production is laid and fixed.
In this case, the interior of the podium is used to store household items and things. The second model is a sliding bed design. In this case, the podium can be used as an additional compact workplace or for rest.
In any case, the podium bed allows you to save a little space and create an exclusive kind of bed. If you are dreaming in order to save space to make such a bed, then initially you need to think over the option of arranging the podium itself.
Selection and calculation of material for manufacturing
The selection and calculation of the necessary material for making the podium will be based on its functionality and subsequent decorative design. Regardless of the chosen type of bed, the catwalk is made of a wooden beam with a thickness of 27x27 mm for lateral side panels and supports for the location of the mattress.
The width of such a frame will depend directly on the size of the room. The height of the frame should be higher than the mattress by 5 cm. The subsequent set of building materials will depend on the type of bed - either it will simply be a mattress laid or the built-in sliding bed construction. The assumed design of the bed can be a finished model or manufactured independently.
Making a simple podium bed
The most simple, from the point of view of the cost side, can be considered a variant of the model with a built podium and mattress laid on it.
The first stage of making the podium will be the layout of the space for installation and future location. The process of creating a podium in its own way is similar to the process of laying a wooden floor on logs, with the only obvious difference that the resulting surface will be used to install the bed.
The simplest and most democratic version of the device can be a podium consisting of a horizontal sheet of chipboard mounted on stable legs and a purchased mattress located on top. Such a podium can be made and assembled in one day.
In this case, the sheet of chipboard is attached to the collapsed perimeter of the boards. On the perimeter of the marking with the help of self-tapping screws. The frame thus obtained will serve as the basis for the installation of vertical pillars from the bar.
Simple, primitive and ... boring! Having seen your invention, you will not feel all the charm and monumentality of the exaltation. Therefore, a more refined option may be a variant of the podium bed with drawers located inside.
Making a podium with drawers
The catwalk with drawers for the bed is mounted in a traditional way. This is the fixing of the bar along the perimeter of the structure and the subsequent laying of the boards. At the same time, the dimensions of the room must be taken into account. The height of the carcass should be done 5 cm higher.
The board is chosen to be 22 mm thick. The boards will be required for the manufacture of the outer panels of the podium and the central cross bar. For internal parts of the podium blocks, several sheets of EAF with a thickness of 19 mm are required. Assembling the support frame for the mattress is carried out from the inside of the unit. First, the supporting bars 47x27 mm, placed horizontally, and then the supporting bars are installed.
On the supporting bars, the load must be distributed evenly. Therefore, one block is placed in the center and two at the edges. The bars are fixed with screws. How to simply install a podium in a small apartment will show you the proposed video.
To produce the walls of drawers, a board 16 mm thick is required. Details of the walls of the drawers are prepared and collected. For the bottom of the boxes, a plywood thickness of 10 mm is used. The dimensions of the inner boxes must be consistent with the size of the inside of the podium.
Details of the blocks of boxes are smeared with glue and collect the construction. Clamps are used to dry the construction of the boxes. Although, why not use it to make a box under the bed, the proposed video? How to use the available materials for making a drawer.
Retractable bed design
If you plan to arrange a sliding bed design, then it will be necessary to take care of the retractable system. For the sliding system, it will be necessary to install guides and rollers.
The catwalk of the catwalk for the sliding structure is made in the traditional way. The difficulty will be to make a double bed with your own hands. But then again comes to the rescue video from professionals.
Made by own hands a bed - the queen of a bedroom can be decorated with a decorative headboard.
This can be a headboard, a pillow, a headboard or a simple soft finish. Such an impressive panel can be decorated with accessories of any type or install fixtures, but this is a separate story.
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