How to make a beautiful and reliable bed with your own hands from wood

It is not always possible to buy inexpensive furniture for a summer cottage or home. But you can quickly make a bed with your own hands out of wood and it's not bad to save on this. Moreover, the size of the products will fully correspond to the size of the room. All you need is a small set of woodworking tools, quality wood and a little experience.

Benefits of solid wood beds

The material from which the bed will be made will further affect the air quality in the room and the strength of the owner's sleep. Currently, furniture for the most expensive interiors is made from solid wood, which is considered a very valuable material.

The selection of wooden beds in stores is huge. Many types, models, types of wood and its shades, allow you to purchase a piece of furniture that most harmoniously complements the previously created design of almost any room. Moreover, if you make the bed yourself.

Wood furniture has many advantages, including such as:

• the presence of a pleasant specific smell characteristic of coniferous wood;
• natural wood does not contain chemical compounds harmful to humans and pets and does not evaporate hazardous substances into the ambient air;
• you can independently choose wood shades for a homemade bed - dark (walnut, cherry, chestnut) and light (maple, ash, Birch tree).

It is better to varnish all wooden parts and assemblies - this will simplify maintenance, improve the appearance and shed the service life of the entire product.

Before you start making a bed with your own hands from wood, you need to draw a sketch, on the basis of which you can make a detailed drawing and put all the dimensions on it. And also purchase all the necessary materials, components and fittings - front and connecting. Don't forget about the mattress. Its size can be decisive.

For those who have never done this before, you can start your introduction to the cabinetmaker profession by making children's bed made of wood... It is much smaller, it will be much easier to mark and cut out the components. The sizes are selected in accordance with the height of the child. If you try, the quality of the work will be quite high. The furniture will turn out to be strong and durable.

How easy it is to make a bed with your own hands out of wood

Before starting work, you need to familiarize yourself with the types and standard sizes of beds for adults:

You also need to take into account the load on the structure - the estimated maximum weight of people who will sleep in bed or rest. And then, taking into account the obtained data, you should purchase boards and bars with the most suitable parameters.

The principle of making a bed made of wood with your own hands is not so complicated. The frame must be made of solid wood, as it is easy to process. And such a product will look great. If you buy quality materials, preferably without knots and pre-processed on a grinding machine, you can save not only time, but also energy.

Diy wooden beds drawings and diagrams

If the bed is needed for a summer residence and will be made in the same place, then most likely all the tools that may be required are already in stock. For example, it will be difficult to do without a circular saw if you need to saw the existing boards lengthwise in order to reduce their width or put them on the slats.

You will definitely need:

• drill;
• a device for setting the drill at a certain angle;
• carpentry square;
• Sander.

And also you need to prepare self-tapping screws with a length of 30, 50 and 60 mm, sandpaper of various grain sizes, wood glue, clamps, wood putty, stain, brushes and water-based acrylic varnish for wood. The sawn timber is cut on the basis of drawings and dimensions.

The stages of work are as follows:

1. Frame making. The prepared boards are fastened with self-tapping screws, which are screwed in at an angle. The ends are processed with a grinder. Check the corners. Painted or varnished.
2. Attaching the supports to the rack bottom. The finished frame is usually placed on its side in order to simplify the process. There should be no gaps between the bar holding the rack bottom and the support. All holes from self-tapping screws are covered with a special putty, and then sanded with sandpaper.
3. Making six legs. Bars 10x10 cm are suitable, the length of which is 10.5 cm.The legs can be straight or slightly beveled.
4. The legs are fixed with 60 mm self-tapping screws. They need two for each leg. They should be screwed in along the guide holes, this will reduce the possibility of wood splitting.
5. Decorative strips are glued to the top of the frame and clamped with clamps. The last step is to attach the slats to the bottom of the frame with nails.
6. Lay down the bed, and put the mattress in place.

This is a version of a very simple bed model without a headboard. It can be made of wood, MDF, chipboard, soft panels of various shapes. The wooden headboard is painted with oil paints or decorated with marquetry.

All do-it-yourself beds made of wood, the photos of which can be seen here, will allow you to create an inexpensive, but very beautiful and cozy interior in the country or in a country house.

Summing up

A self-made bed, couch or crib will help create an original interior for any room.

For a small bedroom in a small-sized city apartment or studio, a model of a bed with a lifting mechanism will be relevant. This will allow to add another one to its main functions - storage of bedding and some things.

Children's bunk beds look very interesting. The manufacturing process is similar to that presented above. It differs only in that two smaller berths are placed one above the other. It is required to comply with the prescribed safety standards and attach the legs to the floor.

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