How to make a bed with your own hands from wood at home

Nowadays it is fashionable to make furniture yourself at home, and every year the number of home craftsmen is increasing. Some people prefer to purchase blanks and use them to assemble the necessary furniture, while others do all the work themselves from start to finish. A homemade bed can be very simple or with intricate shapes and patterns. It's not just about skill and availability of equipment - personal preferences and financial capabilities play an important role. In this article we will tell you how to make a bed with your own hands from various materials.

In order for the product to please you and to be able to use it for a long time, you need to approach the matter very responsibly, realizing the limits of your capabilities. It is necessary to select a suitable model and prepare the tool taking into account the material used.

Construction device

Furniture assembly, like construction, begins with the development of drawings.
They can be made competently if you have knowledge of how to make a bed of a simple design. The first thing you need to decide on is the parameters of the bed. The design is based on standard sizes or individual ones, commensurate with the height of the owners. You also need to take into account the interior of the room where you plan to install the piece of furniture. The design of the bed should support the overall concept of the chosen style of the room.

The standard design device includes the following elements:

• frame (transverse strips are connected to longitudinal drawers);
• supports (base for lamellas);
• legs;
• stiffening ribs (lamellas).

The bed can also be supplemented with a headboard, backrest, drawers or stationary drawers for bed linen and other decorative elements. These details are optional, but they add aesthetics and functionality to the product.

Reference! The standard sleeping area for a single design is 90x200 cm, for a double - 170x210 cm.

Preparatory work

Schematic drawing for assembly

Before deciding to assemble furniture yourself, experts advise determining the following parameters:

1. Location of the structure in the room
2. Number of people who will use it
3. Availability of material for the manufacture of the frame and necessary accessories
4. The ability to buy a ready-made mattress or the need to order a non-standard size option
5. Availability of drawings and diagrams for manufacturing

Variety of models

There are a huge number of types of beds, almost any of them can be made independently, of course, if you have the desire, skills in handling the material and the necessary tools. A novice furniture maker can be recommended to choose one of the most common options.

Classic bed

The bed looks familiar to everyone - a massive, stable structure on legs. The design can be either exquisitely simple or elaborately elegant. Carved wood decorations and turned parts are often used as decorative elements. Separately, it can be supplemented with a canopy, which is installed on high carved racks. A four-poster bed looks great in the middle of a spacious bedroom, on a small elevation - a podium.

Provencal style

Outwardly, it is very similar to a simple classic wooden bed, but has a number of significant differences. First of all, light wood is traditionally chosen for its manufacture, and the finished product is painted exclusively in light colors. There are carved elements in large quantities. In addition to originality, this type of bed is functional; it has drawers for bed linen.

East style

The design of the oriental bed perfectly combines healthy minimalism with functionality. The frame is most often located directly on the floor or very low on small legs; only dark wood is used for manufacturing. Perfect for a bedroom, the design of which is dominated by the East in all its manifestations.

All? No, not all.

The world of beds is vast and diverse and, unfortunately, it is not possible to cover it in one publication. For example, you probably know wardrobe beds, sofas and armchairs. But did you know that the folding headboard of a partially extendable bed can also be a coffee table? And that there are accordion beds that regularly serve as bedside tables while waiting for a guest in the family? What about beds without a mattress? In an apartment - not in an apartment, but at the dacha it will be useful, and the savings on a mattress alone are at least 10 thousand rubles. Or, say, a bamboo bed. It looks most luxurious in an exclusive interior, see fig. But, at least technologically, it is quite accessible for self-production.

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Bamboo bed

Well, let's hope that we will have another opportunity to talk about them and various others, and for you to make the bed of your dreams.

Benefits of using wood

When making a bed, different materials can be used: metal profile, figured forged iron, polymer composite and other options. But wood is considered the most popular and presentable.

The popularity of wooden beds is explained by the following advantageous characteristics:

• environmental friendliness, safety for human health;

• natural wood ennobles the interior and brings freshness to it;

• wood always remains in trend;

• the material is easy to process, it is not difficult to care for it during the operation of the product;

• wood fits perfectly into an interior decorated in almost any style, ennobles it, and makes it presentable;

• to work with the material you will need a small set of tools, which are quite easy to operate.

Dimensions

The bed is where a person spends a third of his life, so it should also be comfortable. Individual size is the obvious advantage of making a bed with your own hands from boards. Dimensions are selected based on your own preferences, therefore, your sleep will be sound and healthy.

The easiest way is to determine the length of the future product. Actually, the length is the height of a person plus 30-40 cm. The standard length of a bed is 2-2.2 m. A comfortable width is the size of a person lying on his back with his fingers clasped and his elbows spread to the sides. 20-30 cm is added to the resulting value. Of course, this applies to a single bed; for a double bed, you need to take the comfortable width of the largest family member and multiply by two.

You can find drawings of a bed made of solid wood, which you can easily make with your own hands, on the Internet, and you can create your own unique project. In any case, you should start by purchasing a mattress. Making a bed based on its dimensions is much easier than then looking for a mattress that will ideally fit the finished frame.

Tools

Tools Needed: (Don't be alarmed by this list! Your investment will pay off very quickly and then save you thousands upon thousands...):

• roulette;
• a circular saw;
• Kreg Jig set (device for drilling holes at an angle);
• drill;
• wood glue;
• adjustable measuring square;
• belt grinding machine;
• clamps;

• 30 mm self-tapping screws;
• 50 mm self-tapping screws;
• 60 mm self-tapping screws;
• water-based acrylic varnish;
• stain;
• brushes;
• sandpaper;
• wood putty.

Sculpture technique

This type of carving is most often used to decorate bed legs or balusters, with the help of which a canopy or canopy is held over the bed. Three-dimensional figures are cut out with extreme precision and become independent works of art.

When decorating backs, this technique is also sometimes used, but then the figures almost completely protrude above the general background and begin to live their own life.

This technique does not have specific varieties, but differs based on territoriality and belonging to the school of masters. Sculptures of a natural nature are known: plants, trees, animals and birds; human figures; religious images and battle scenes. This type of craftsmanship requires high qualifications, so each pattern is made in only one copy and is considered a real work of art.

Materials

It is better to create parts that “go out” from MDF. Their texture can be different: laminate, precious wood, etc. Choose depending on personal preferences.

MDF boards are not laminated. Therefore, ordinary PVA glue is suitable for assembling the bed. As for the internal parts, they are made of wood or plywood. Their thickness is 1-2 centimeters.

MDF sheets should be ordered from furniture shops. If you purchase them yourself at retail price, it will be more expensive. Furniture makers will help with cutting the material, making an edge from plastic (in a contrasting color or in the same color scheme as the texture - at the client’s choice). The thickness of the edge should not exceed 1-2 millimeters.

The work will also require lumber:

• timber 5 x 5 centimeters (up to 8 meters long);
• solid boards (up to 2 meters);
• construction plywood.

All of them must be edged and planed. Additional processing, with the exception of cutting to the required dimensions, is not required.

If you are planning to make a bed out of wood with drawers, then you should prepare sheets of chipboard. They are affordable. You can safely choose the cheapest materials. This will not affect the quality of the boxes in any way. However, the material is not suitable for decking a lounger because it does not have the proper elasticity and strength.

Varieties

Wooden frame

Wood is, first of all, a natural material; a product made from it will not only be durable and beautiful, but also environmentally friendly. The wooden frame does not become loose over time, does not creak, and looks beautiful and neat when combined with other furniture. Wood is more pliable, easier to process, has a beautiful texture, and there are many ways to decorate it. The production of such a frame does not require special equipment, as with a metal base, so it is technologically simpler to manufacture it. In addition, the paint on the metal base peels off over time and, despite all the treatments, the iron is susceptible to rust. Almost every owner has experience working with wood; the difference will only be in scale.

In addition, if you choose high-quality wood, it will be more durable than fiberboard and chipboard, not even to mention its higher aesthetic value.

Metal carcass

Despite all the beneficial properties of wood, metal frames have also become widespread, primarily due to greater mobility and lower weight. Metal beds are very durable, elegant and beautiful, but if it is an intricate design, then it is not suitable for every interior. In order for a metal bed to fit beautifully into the interior design, you must have the minimum skills of an interior designer or try to get advice from a designer. But if you solve this problem, the result is worth it! A successful design solution for a metal bed will improve and ennoble the sleeping area! Painting such a frame requires special attention, because if the technology is not followed or you are inattentive, it will begin to rust. The durability of the product also depends on the correct choice of metal and its high-quality finishing. The metal frame is lighter, but does not look as impressive as wood and does not have its beneficial properties.

Features of making your own bed with a lifting mechanism

The main difficulty in making a bed with a lifting mattress is the correct installation of the transformation mechanism. They can be spring or gas lift. The main thing is to install the mechanisms correctly, but they come with instructions with dimensions for attaching the lifting structure.

When choosing a lifting mechanism, you need to pay attention to:

• transformation method;
• reliability of the design;
• ease of handling;
• withstand load.

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Mattress base options

Having decided on the dimensions, you can move on to choosing such an important part of the bed as the base for the mattress. Yes, of course, you can do without a mattress, replacing it with a non-removable filler from the same chair-beds and similar furniture, but at home this is extremely difficult to do, so most often beds are made for a mattress

They are like this:

Today it is already considered a relic of the past, but in some places you can still see a flat base. It consists of boards knocked together to form a wooden shield on which the mattress is placed. There are practically no advantages to this design (compared to more modern options), but there are a lot of disadvantages.

Firstly, the mattress deforms very quickly and loses its useful properties. Secondly, a dream with such a reason is not the most pleasant. Thirdly, the mattress is not ventilated, which is why it can become damp, which will lead to the appearance of various parasites in it or the onset of rotting, which is also not very pleasant.

Step-by-step instructions for making a “floating” double bed

Final processing of the product

After the installation of the bed frame is completed, you should begin finishing the surfaces. Start processing by sanding each part with sandpaper, with the coarsest-grained sandpaper, gradually moving to finer-grained sandpaper . Surfaces should be treated so that they are completely smooth to the touch.

After this, the sanded surfaces should be thoroughly wiped with a dry cloth to completely clean them of dust and dust. Do not use a damp cloth for this: due to exposure to moisture, the smoothness of the wood will disappear, and you will have to start sanding the surface again .

Now cover the entire bed frame with stain. Its color can be whatever you wish; there is a large selection of this material on the market. The saturation and depth of the final color will depend on the number of layers applied: the thicker, the darker.

After the stain has completely dried, varnish the surfaces.

The choice of glossy or matte varnish also depends on your own preferences. When finished, leave the varnished bed for a day to dry.

How to make your own bunk bed at home

The stages of making a bunk bed are exactly the same as in the case of a conventional design, the only difference is that the two sleeping places are located one above the other.

Bunk bed made of natural wood

As a rule, a bed of this design is intended for children, therefore, during its manufacture and installation, special attention should be paid to such points as:

• the quality of the materials used - they must be able to create a durable and reliable structure;
• Fastening the bed to the floor, and also, if necessary, to the wall, should prevent the possibility of tipping over during use.

For your information! To climb to the second tier, various staircase designs can be used (attached, attached, etc.), which depends on the location and availability of free space, as well as the designer’s creative abilities.

Homemade bed from pallets

Modern youth with unconventional views on life know how to find beauty in the most unusual things. When working on the interior design of an apartment, the emphasis is on convenience and comfort at the lowest cost.

A bold solution in this case is to make your own bed base from old wooden pallets. To do this, you will need a minimum set of materials, tools, skills and facilities.

Four pallets should be placed close to each other on the floor and secured together with connecting strips. Two trays are installed vertically at the head of the bed and firmly attached to the wall. Now you should place the mattress and secure the restrictive beam around the perimeter. Cheap, cheap, simple and in step with fashion.

DIY children's bed. Drawings and photos

Before starting work, decide on a drawing of the bed model that is suitable for you. Next, get to work.

1. Mark the wood with all the necessary parts for the future bed. This can be done using a simple pencil. When the furniture is ready, traces of the stylus can be simply washed off.
2. All marked parts are cut out using a jigsaw. Make the cuts evenly, watch the movement of the tool. Use tape to seal all cut edges.
3. If the headboard of the bed or sides suggest some complex carved shapes, use improvised objects to draw them - plates, glasses, etc.
4. Cut the metal corners, focusing on the length of the sides. Then drill holes in them for the screws.
5. Next, the corners are attached in such a way that a mattress can later be installed on them. Their function is to increase the strength of the frame.

   
   Children's bed made of wood Children's bed in the form of a car

6. Place the future bed on its side to make it easier to attach the remaining parts.
7. All corners, decorative elements, legs and other surfaces are carefully processed with a grinding machine, and those parts to which it does not have access are sanded.
8. If you plan to coat it with varnish or any other means, it is better to do this while the bed is disassembled.
9. When all the parts are sanded, processed and dried after varnishing, we assemble the bed using a metal tie - it’s more reliable.
10. Next, we assemble the metal drawers, install guide elements to the bed walls, and wheels to the drawers. Two large drawers are considered a universal design. Lastly, we install the mattress and cover the sleeping area. Your baby crib is completely ready with your own hands - you can invite your child to try it out.

Children's bed made of wood

Children's bed

Crib house - a cozy fairy tale

We all remember the unique feeling and mystery of huts made from blankets. So why not pamper your baby and improve his crib by “building” his own house for him, in which he can sleep so comfortably?

To do this, during the manufacture of the back of the crib, we will make some adjustments.

Namely, by making the railings a little larger, first cutting off their tops at an angle of 75° using a hacksaw or a miter saw. We attach the base of the “roof” of our house to them. It is better to secure the connection with tenons, but given the complexity of such a product, self-tapping screws are also suitable, the main thing is not to forget to glue it.

The last step will be to attach the ridge beam, which will connect the base of the frame of our “house”.

Thus, the baby will receive a personal “fairy tale” made by the caring hands of his father, and the blanket thrown by his mother will serve as a reliable roof.

Put maximum effort, care and love into your product, and such a bed will give your child good dreams, and you – joy and satisfaction from the work done.

Of course, what we have described does not reflect all the subtleties of the process of making a children’s bed with your own hands. During your work, you will encounter many obstacles, and you will have to figure out the nuances more than once. However, we hope that the instructions for making simple furniture that can increase paternal authority to a new level will be useful to both the young father and the head of a family with many children.

Video: DIY crib

Requirements for a master

To make a bed, several conditions must be met, and all of them are equally important; the absence of at least one of them causes an unsatisfactory result. In this case, it is much better not to start work at all. What criteria must a home furniture maker meet?

1. Have practical experience in carpentry work. Don’t flatter yourself with the thought that 2-3 articles read will make you a master; theory can never provide the knowledge and skills that can be acquired in practice. You must make independent decisions in difficult situations, feel the tool, not be afraid of woodworking machines, etc.
2. Have tools and equipment. Do not think that the quality of handmade work is superior to the quality of mechanical processing. You will never be able to get the same smooth, clean, and smooth surfaces as with a four-sided router, circular saw, or sander. You must have a minimum list of woodworking equipment. To make wooden furniture you need appropriate equipment
3. Have a great desire and free time. Even experienced masters are sometimes disappointed, but you shouldn’t just tune in to a minor key. Prepare for problems, do not retreat when they arise, but analyze the reasons for their occurrence and make every effort to solve them.
4. Have material resources. They are not so large, but for a good bed you need to purchase lumber of at least first grade, use only high-quality paints and varnishes.

   
   High-quality lumber is not cheap

If you have positive answers to these questions, then you can start making the bed.

Useful tips

It is sometimes believed that using ordinary nails in the manufacture of furniture is no longer modern and impractical, but this is not so. Nails can not only become the cheapest element of fittings, but also make the carpenter’s work easier, without requiring any preparatory steps in the form of drilling.

Probably, few people realize that ordinary pallets from building materials can be used as a basis for a durable wooden bed.

They benefit not only with their cheap price, but also with their good quality, because poor wood is unlikely to be used for transporting and storing heavy bricks.

In addition, over time, such pallets are used for their intended purpose, the wood can shrink and dry perfectly, which is its undeniable advantage.

Pallets can be brought into a more decent appearance by sanding and connected to each other with long self-tapping dowels. To give them a minimal aesthetic appearance, they can also be painted and varnished. In order to make a full-fledged double bed, you will need only four of these construction pallets, and from eight or more pallets you can build any kind of podium.

You should not use chipboard to make bed legs : as already mentioned, this material, despite its widespread use, is not suitable for making parts that can withstand heavy loads. If you take this lightly and make the bed legs from wood chip material, at best they will begin to delaminate and the bed will constantly creak, and at worst they may simply not withstand the weight.

The bed itself is intended not only to support the mattress, but also must have properties that would evenly distribute the load between it and the bed frame. The boards on the bed should be laid loosely according to the lamella principle, and the plywood panel for the mattress itself should already be placed on top.

Slat boards are best laid transversely rather than longitudinally, because this is how they bend slightly downwards in accordance with body movements.

Wood preparation

Before starting work, the wood must be cut to size, the ends and corners sanded, and possible defects and irregularities removed. This point should not be neglected, because otherwise wooden beds will look like an awkward home product.

The procedure is as follows:

1. Cut all the bars and boards according to preliminary markings. Sand the cut areas, clean the corners and the entire surface to make it smooth.
2. Treat all structural elements with a wood primer before assembly so that there is protection even in hard-to-reach places and fasteners.
3. Impregnations and pigments for wood are used if it is necessary to enhance the structure of the fibers. They prevent rotting processes, strengthen the base and increase the service life of the finished product.
4. If smoothness and uniformity are important, it is better to use stains. They should be applied in two layers with a brush or nap roller before final installation of the entire structure.
5. Varnishing is carried out at the final stage of installation. Be sure to wait a while for the surface to gain strength and for the unpleasant odor to disappear; Furniture can only be used after its final demise.

To prevent the bed from creaking, when assembling the frame and installing other structural elements, the joints must be treated with wood glue, which will strengthen the fastening and provide the necessary “layer.” If this is not done, squeaking cannot be avoided.

Wood processing

Primer Wood impregnation

Paint application Varnished

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Structure

Regardless of models, size and height, all beds consist of a base and a mattress. In turn, the base is a strong, stable structure consisting of:

1. frames;
2. supports for slatted bottom;
3. slats;
4. legs;
5. backrests;

In addition, the design may include other parts that increase its functionality and efficiency of use. Metal or wood is used as the material for the base. Let's look at how to make a wooden bed yourself.