The best transforming beds for small apartments with photos

Wardrobe bed in the interior — Built-in bed-wardrobe in the interior of a small room

Owners of luxurious palazzos, the interiors of which are decorated with mahogany furniture, will never understand the multi-million army of inhabitants of small apartments, settled in all Russian cities. Residents of the rural hinterland will never understand them either. All their furniture is a few chairs, a kitchen table, and a bed or two, chaotically placed inside a spacious home. Only city dwellers solve the same problem every evening of spending the night on thirty square meters of useful living space for the whole family.

Cozy little room in beige tones — Comfortable and functional small room for two in beige tones

If you put a regular double bed in a small room of twelve square meters, the free space left in it should be counted in centimeters, you won’t even fit a small table. By purchasing transforming beds for small apartments, our people get rid of the need to drag home bulky furniture. First of all, we are talking about the elements used for sleeping. A bed purchased for a small-sized city Khrushchev-type apartment should be even smaller.

Transformer bed for a one-room apartment — Double transformable bed for a small one-room apartment

Content

Types of transforming beds
Variants of mechanisms of transforming beds
Beds with a spring mechanism
Beds with pull-out mechanism
Beds with folding mechanism
Beds with gas lift mechanism
Types of transformable bed frames
Video: A transformable bed for two children
50 photo ideas for using transformers in the interior

Types of transforming beds

Bunk bed-transformer — Bunk bed convertible

Transformer bed-table — Convenient transformer for sleeping and studying bed-table

The production of transformable furniture in Russia began in Soviet times. The mass production of sofa beds and armchair beds gave people the opportunity to fold a double bed to the size of a sofa, and a single bed to the size of an armchair. The freed up space increased living space, apartments became more comfortable. The price, of course, bites, but it saves free space in the room and money. Buying one thing, you buy two at once. Transformable furniture is produced in the widest range, as evidenced by the table below.

Table-bed in the interior — Multifunctional furniture table-bed in the interior

Sofa bed in the form of a transformer — Sofa bed for a cozy living room for relaxation and for receiving guests

Mechanisms of transformation	Types of transforming beds
Mechanisms of transformation	Sofa bed	Armchair bed	Wardrobe bed	Table bed
Spring loaded	+	+	+	+
Retractable	+	+	+	+
Folding	+	+	+	+
Gas lift	+	+	+	+

Folding bed in the interior — A great solution for a small room is a folding bed

Variants of mechanisms of transforming beds

The mechanisms with which the transformer is equipped are divided into several types:

spring
retractable
folding
gas lift.

Sofa bed for living room — Unusual sofa bed for a small living room

Bed built into a wardrobe for a room in Scandinavian style

Beds with a spring mechanism

Bed-wardrobe for a small apartment — Convertible bed in the form of a wardrobe for a small apartment

Transforming furniture has a multi-purpose purpose, it is easy to remove when it is not needed. One of such solutions was a transforming bed combined with a wardrobe, at night it is used as a bed for sleeping, and in the morning it is safely put away in the wardrobe or with a slight movement of the hand turns into a desk. As they say: necessity is great for invention.

Double transformable bed for a small apartment

There is a fly in the ointment. Many of these devices are useless for a significant part of people, because their basis is a spring mechanism, if their owner does not have sufficient physical strength. For old sick and weak people, this pleasure is beyond their capabilities. That is, if you are a young father of a family, you can easily buy such furniture and even find some pleasure in unfolding and folding such a transformer in your apartment every evening, turning your child's bed into a table in the morning. For weak women, old people and sick people, daily transformation of the bed is beyond their capabilities.

Bed-wardrobe for permanent use — A comfortable sleeping place in a small apartment is a bed built into a closet

Beds with pull-out mechanism

Pull Out Bed for Small Bedroom — Comfortable pull-out bed for a small bedroom

However, today it is not difficult to find a suitable model of a transformer bed on the market, based on the criterion of the degree of complexity of their deployment. Perhaps the easiest to use are transformer beds based on a pull-out mechanism. The ease of use of the unit does not mean that its mechanism is also simple, therefore, there is a high probability that it will not last long.

Beautiful bed with pull-out mechanism — Beautiful children's bunk bed with pull-out mechanism

Manufacturers often recommend transforming the bed less often. Quite a strange piece of advice, because that is exactly why you buy a bed, which can be transformed into a closet every day or, at worst, into a table. Of course, you can choose a bed if you are satisfied with its spring mechanism of transformation, because there is practically nothing to break there. If there is a strong, powerful man in the house, then a transforming bed and its spring mechanism are your option.

Beds with folding mechanism

Children's folding bed — A great solution for a small children's room is a folding bed and table

A good solution can be a transforming bed for small apartments, if it comes with a folding mechanism. They are usually attached to the wall.

original-bed-in-cabinet — A children's bed with a folding mechanism that can be conveniently and easily hidden in a closet

Such furniture has two significant drawbacks. Firstly, such a bed can only be attached to a load-bearing wall of the room. Fragile interior partitions can collapse over time. Secondly, when transforming the bed, you can easily injure your arm or leg.

Beds with gas lift mechanism

Convertible bed for living room — Excellent transformable sofa bed for a small living room

The safest and easiest to use are the gas-lift mechanism for unfolding a transformer bed. Even an old sick person who does not have much physical strength can transform such a bed into a table or a wardrobe, since the entire load during its transformation falls on the gas-lift mechanism. Here it is, it would seem, bought a transformer bed, and with it a convenient gas-lift mechanism for unfolding, live and be happy, but here too there is a small problem or even two.

Bed that transforms into a table — An unusual bed that can easily be transformed into a table if necessary

Of all the transformer beds, these are the most expensive. In addition, the mechanism of gas-lift transformers is short-lived and breaks quickly, so before buying such a model, you need to consult a specialist and choose furniture with his help. When choosing a transformer bed, the material from which it is made is important.

Transforming desk for a schoolchild — Beautiful and convenient transforming table for a schoolchild's room

Types of transformable bed frames

Table-bed transformer — Original transformable table-bed in a children's room for studying and for rest

Unfortunately, today the most common material in furniture production is chipboard. Of course, if you watch the commercials of manufacturers, then there is simply no material stronger than chipboard in nature, which does not inspire much confidence. If you want your transformer to serve you for many years, you should choose a bed with a metal or wooden frame.