To make your stay in a country house enjoyable, you should take care of a comfortable sleeping place. If you visit your dacha only in the warm season, there is no point in buying expensive furniture for your home.. But, you can make it yourself from scrap materials, such as boards and bars.
Peculiarities
The features of a wooden bed for a summer house include:
strength and durability . If you make furniture from hardwood (oak, beech, ash), then such furniture will be wear-resistant and, with proper care, will last for decades;- environmental friendliness . Natural wood is hypoallergenic. It does not release any toxins and does not cause allergic reactions in users;
- aesthetic appearance . Despite the fact that the dacha is not a full-fledged home, nevertheless, here you want to relax as much as possible at your leisure and spend time with health benefits. The appearance of the bedroom plays an important role in this room. A bed made of wood will delight you with its original design and uniqueness. It will create a homely atmosphere of warmth and comfort;
- variety of shapes and designs . If soft wood (birch, pine) was chosen to make the bed, then the product can be given absolutely any shape. This wood is easy to process.
What you need for the mounting system
In addition to tools, mounting the bed requires fasteners. It is important to pay special attention to them, since the entire structure rests on them. You shouldn't skimp on them.
Don't skimp on materials to make your bed.
To assemble a wooden bed you will need: wood screws (several types in length), metal corners with a round rigid edge (they give the bed greater reliability), nails (only for wood that does not crack from them). You also need to prepare clamps that will help ensure a more reliable fastening.
Pay special attention to the choice of screws:
- Measure the thickness of the first and second parts;
- Add up these values;
- Subtract 10 from the sum.
Use quality screws to ensure the strength of the bed.
This way you can get the optimal length of the screw. It is recommended to purchase a little more components.
Material
When choosing wood, you should pay attention to its technical characteristics, texture and texture, cost, and ease of use. It is best to give preference:
pine .
This material belongs to the budget option. Pine has a pleasant aroma, is resistant to mechanical stress and is resistant to negative factors. A pine bed for a summer house is an ideal option in terms of affordable cost and high quality;- birch . Making a birch bed with your own hands is quite simple. This wood can be easily processed with hand and power tools. Birch is strong, reliable and durable;
- oak _ This bed will become the main accent of the bedroom. The only thing is that this option is not entirely suitable for a summer residence, as it will be very expensive. But if you have oak boards in stock and a special tool, you can try to make a strong, durable and high-quality product.
Design
A cottage bed can have a different design, size, and type of construction. This can be a two-tier product for comfortable living in the country with your family .
You can also make it yourself for your dacha: one, one and a half or double bed made of wood. It can be equipped with a lifting mechanism, drawers for bedding and other additional accessories.
As you can see, there are a lot of options for making a country bed. The main thing is to choose the type of design that suits you best and begin the work process.
Tip : the easiest way to make a bed from pallets in the country. This is an economical option that will be comfortable to sleep on. In addition, such products are at the peak of their popularity and are suitable for trendy styles - loft and minimalism.
What style does it suit?
A bed made of timber looks harmonious in different interiors. It fits the following areas:
country _
It would be appropriate to use a round beam here. This interior requires a combination of cozy and warm shades. It is recommended to lay a checkered bedspread on the assembled bed. The headboard of the product can be carved or solid. The bed should stand on massive legs;- modern _ Here it would be appropriate to build a sleeping place from laminated veneer lumber;
- loft _ The easiest way to make such products on your own is from timber. It is recommended to place the bed opposite a brick wall. Other pieces of furniture should also be rough and slightly uncouth to create harmony;
- classicism . The bed should have a high back and strict shapes. A bed in this style is characterized by the presence of a high back, and the height of its frame is located at a distance of 70 cm from the floor. It is better to decorate the headboard of the product with reliefs: triangles, squares and other ornaments. It is better to choose a dark color for the product, closer to black. An excellent choice as building materials would be oak timber;
- provence _ For this, the product should be painted white and covered with a colored blanket;
- high tech . The product must be characterized by unusual geometric shapes;
- eclecticism _ The product should be massive and decorated with a huge amount of textiles. A calm and neutral blanket is laid on the bed. Decorative pillows should be scattered over the entire surface.
Drawing
Before you start making a bed with your own hands, you need to meet a number of requirements. First you need to select consumables based on your needs and financial capabilities. Next, you should consider the type of bed construction, its size, design, and color scheme. According to your preferences, you need to draw a sketch of the future product. Its presence will facilitate the manufacture of individual elements and further assembly of the bed .
You can make a drawing on your own, armed with a pencil and a piece of paper. The second option for creating a high-quality drawing of a future piece of furniture is to make it using a special program on a computer. And it’s even easier to contact a furniture company and order not only the creation of a drawing, but also the subsequent detailing of individual elements using special equipment and machines.
Attention : before drawing a sketch of the future bed, it is recommended to purchase a mattress for it in advance. This way it will be more convenient for you to calculate the size of the sleeping area.
Bed dimensions
Drawing of a double bed
Depending on the parameters of the sleeping place, the beds are:
- Single . The optimal width for resting 1 person is 85–120 cm, length is no more than 2.2 m
- One and a half . Width – up to 1.6 m, minimum length – 1.9 m. Suitable for free sleep of 1 person or rest for a mother and a small child
- Double . From rectangular shapes - 1.6 m by 1.9 m to almost square - 2.3 m by 2.2 m. This design comfortably accommodates 2 people
Another option is bunk furniture, where 2 sleeping places are located one above the other on a metal frame. Most often they are used to equip children's rooms, where this is the only way to save space.
Tools
Having selected and purchased lumber and made a drawing of the product, it is necessary to prepare the tools for the work. For this you will need:
a screwdriver or electric drill (if you don’t have them, you should stock up on a set of universal screwdrivers);- electric jigsaw;
- Sander;
- hacksaw;
- meter, pencil and ruler;
- sandpaper.
Materials you will need :
- lumber (boards, beams, slats);
- varnish, stain, paint;
- brushes;
- wood glue;
- fasteners: screws, fittings.
How to make a wooden bed?
Armed with everything you need, you can begin the work process. Making and assembling a bed for a summer house is as follows:
First, the legs are made from timber with a section of 10 by 10 cm. For decoration purposes, the legs can be given any shape, from hexagonal to round.
The height of the legs can vary from 15 to 25 cm. We fasten them by retreating 5 cm from the edge of the side walls.- Next, we screw the ceiling support rail .
- Using glue we install the back of the product .
- Now you can start laying the slats . They are placed at a distance of 5 cm from each other.
- The final touch is laying the mattress .
We looked at the simplest option for making a bed for a summer house.
If desired, you can make more complex models with lifting mechanisms, a podium bed, a transforming model, and the like.
Wood finishing
After making the bed, it needs to be given an aesthetic appearance. This is done using stain, varnish or paint. Before covering the product with stain, it is worth thoroughly cleaning all individual elements with a grinder or sandpaper .
Next, apply stain and cover the bed with two layers of varnish. Some users prefer paint. Although natural wood has a unique texture that should not be hidden under a thick and opaque layer of paint. The only thing is that it is allowed to paint beds white for country or Provence styles.
Tip : at the dacha, a table-bench, a tennis or billiard table, a simple table for a dacha or a table in a gazebo, as well as a folding picnic table can also be useful.
Preparatory work
Schematic drawing for assembly
Before deciding to assemble furniture yourself, experts advise determining the following parameters:
- Location of the structure in the room
- Number of people who will use it
- Availability of material for the manufacture of the frame and necessary accessories
- The ability to buy a ready-made mattress or the need to order a non-standard size option
- Availability of drawings and diagrams for manufacturing
Photo
Despite its apparent simplicity, such a bed gives you the opportunity to express yourself:
