How to make a bed from chipboard with your own hands: the advantages of creation

Today, there is a fairly complete range of beds in stores, there are simple and strict ones, with exquisite carving, forging, with various additional functions. But it happens that the desired model is not found, or you want your own individual bed. Most often, of course, the question arises about the price-quality ratio, where the cost of a good bed is overpriced, and cheaper ones lose in quality. In this case, you can assemble a bed from chipboard with your own hands.

The benefits of DIY

To finally be convinced of the correctness of the decision made, we can highlight the main advantages of making furniture ourselves:

• Confidence in the quality of manufactured furniture;
• the project is completely individual, tailored to personal characteristics and habits;
• embodiment of any design, color;
• the material is selected independently, this will allow you to choose inexpensive parts;
• the cost of a fully made bed will be much less than in a store;
• personal growth, increased self-esteem, because not everyone knows how to make a bed with their own hands from chipboard.

There are plenty of advantages, it should be noted. The main thing is to find time to design the drawing and assemble the bed.

We decide on the design and construction

Before we get down to work, we need to carefully think over the drawing of the bed from chipboard with our own hands. First of all, we need to determine the dimensions. The length is not difficult to determine, you need to add 15-20 cm to the height of the one who will use the bedroom furniture. We will calculate the width based on the number of people and their build. Married couples should provide for larger dimensions, children like to come to their parents in bed.

The drawing must include space for the mattress. To make it convenient to tuck in the bedroom furniture, you need to leave about one and a half centimeters on each side. The dimensions for a bed with a length of 200 cm are ranked as follows:

• 80-120 single;
• 120-140 one and a half;
• 140-180 double;
• 180-220 family;
• from 220 three-bedroom.

Sometimes the size of the bed is determined by the available mattress. Here we will choose the material by length and width 50 mm more than the mattress.

Models with a lifting mechanism or drawers are often found on sale. If you want to make a bed with storage space, it is better to choose drawers. It is simpler, and the material will be cheaper.

Special attention should be paid to the headboard, this is the face of the whole product. Here are some design ideas:

• Make a carving with a jigsaw, give it an unusual shape;
• apply artistic painting;
• lattice headboard;
• cover with leather with a foam insert, re-upholster it beautifully;
• sew on small pillows, or several large ones;
• use decorative details.

If you plan to make a children's bed with your own hands, it is better to agree on the chipboard drawings with the child himself. This will help to take into account his features, and besides, the child's imagination can qualitatively improve the project. To ensure that the assembly process brings positive emotions, you can involve the whole family in it.

Necessary materials

The second step involves determining the material to be used. The main part of the furniture will be made mainly from chipboard. This is an inexpensive and durable wood chipboard. To find out how thick the material will be, we will make calculations based on the total weight affecting the bed. But it is better to make the strongest possible base right away.

To save time, it is better to buy laminated material for furniture. The data on the amount of material is given in the table below.

To understand how to make a bed from chipboard with your own hands, you need to have certain skills in sawing from chipboard. Or you can provide a drawing of a bed from chipboard, the dimensions of the part and the material itself to specialists, they will make the cut quickly and efficiently. It is not free, but still cheaper than in the store.

If necessary, you can also make a mattress yourself. To do this, just buy a couple of foam or polyurethane blocks and connect them. Re-sewn bed linen is perfect as a mattress cover.

Necessary tools

Most of the required tools are usually already present in every man's home. Of these, you will need:

• Screwdriver
• Tape measure and pencil
• Screwdriver (bit) for confirmats
• Iron for gluing veneer

You also can’t do without additional fasteners and some fittings:

• Metal corners
• Confirmats and plugs
• Screws
• Veneer for decorating ends.

Now that everything you need has been purchased and cut, you can begin assembly.

Manufacturing process: step-by-step instructions

Before we start working, we need to make holes for the confirmats. There are special drills for this, but you can get by with a regular one. For a 7x70 confirmat, take a 7x5 drill. Where the head and cap of the fastener will go, we will use a 7 drill, for the remaining length, a 5 drill.

Step-by-step assembly instructions

• Fasten the headboard and side rails material with metal corners;
• add footboard;
• strengthen the joints with confirmats. You should get a rectangular box;
• install a support crossbar in the middle, along the sides. For stability, it is better to add an additional leg in the middle;
• attach the bars to the inside of the sidewalls using confirmats;
• we will attach legs to each inner corner, under the bar;
• Lay a lattice of slats along the entire length of the bars and support beam, keeping equal intervals. The quantity depends on the width of the slats and intervals;
• screw the slats to the bars and support. If desired, the planks can be replaced with a solid board under the mattress;
• attach decorative details, if any;
• put down the mattress and make the bed.

That's it, the bed made of chipboard is ready with your own hands, without any particular difficulties.

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