Classic design, standard solutions, the usual bed frame are getting boring. If you want to radically change the interior, try something new, then a hanging bed is the best choice!
Many associate such furniture with a heavenly holiday, fresh air, and the sea. It awakens pleasant childhood memories of the cradle, relaxes us. Why not install a hanging bed in your own apartment? This bold decision will help diversify the interior, making it unique.
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Advantages and disadvantages of suspended structures
Before implementing any design idea, you should study it in detail, analyze all the pros and cons. For clarity, let's look at the advantages and disadvantages of hanging beds in the table.
| Advantages | Flaws |
| · Original appearance. Ideally emphasizes any style, makes the room extraordinary. | · Complexity of the design. During its manufacture, the requirements for reliability and safety are very high. |
| · Convenience during cleaning. Now you don’t need to lift heavy objects or move the entire structure. | · High price. A ready-made bed of this type is expensive. |
| ·Space saving. This is an ideal solution for a small apartment. | · Low level of safety for children. In a children's room, it is permissible to use only a design with additional sides and fastenings. |
Types
It is not easy to move away from the usual bed. The usual rectangular structures, firmly standing on the floor, are firmly entrenched in our heads. Only creative individuals will easily decide to use a floating bed in the interior. To make its use as practical as possible, you need to learn more useful information. Let's start with the varieties.
The most basic classification feature that divides hanging beds into types is the frame shape. The rectangular shape is the most popular. It is traditional, more familiar to our people. This design easily fits into any interior. It is fastened with four ropes. Usually, the product is additionally equipped with several sides.
A round hanging bed is less popular. Its placement requires a careful approach. Typically, such models are used on terraces, loggias, in the bedroom of a country house. They are attached to one point. Some choose a round shape for a child's room. The product must be equipped with a side along the entire perimeter. A canopy is also often used.
According to the method of fastening, models can be ceiling, wall, combined. The choice of the appropriate method depends on the size of the room, the style of the interior, the requirements of the owner.
Selection criteria in the store
A stylish hanging bed is the most important part of the room's interior. When choosing it in a store, you should consider a number of criteria.
- Frame shape. The traditional rectangular shape is ideal for an apartment, and a round shape for a summer house.
- Mounting method. If you want to have a swinging effect, you should give preference to the ceiling mounting method. In order to more reliably fix the frame, it is better to use a combined method (on the ceiling, wall).
- Frame material. The best choice is natural wood. Wood is practical and durable. It will last longer and withstand heavy loads. Wood is also good for your health. Evaporations from wood will have a positive effect on your respiratory system.
- Quality of fittings, fasteners. The main thing when choosing such a sleeping place is safety. All fasteners, fittings must be of high quality.
- The presence of sides. This point is especially important when choosing a children's hanging bed. Sides will make sleep safe.
- Design. The appearance and color of the product should perfectly harmonize with the color scheme of the room.
Dimensions
An extraordinary hanging bed will become the central part of the room. When choosing it, it is worth paying attention to a number of criteria, among which the main one should be the size. This criterion affects the comfort of sleep, the harmony of the layout, safety. The dimensions of the structure should not be too large, comfortable, roomy.
The size of the bed should be chosen based on four main parameters.
- Sleeping habits: Many people need more space for comfort.
- Own dimensions. Height and weight are taken into account.
- Room area. It will be more difficult to fit huge furniture into a small room.
- The number of people sleeping together.
The ideal length of the bed is twenty centimeters longer than the person's height. It is impossible to determine the ideal width. It will be different for everyone. Some people are used to sleeping compactly, while others need a lot of space. A child's sleeping place should be wide. This will allow the child to get a good night's sleep without hitting the side.
Application in design
It is logical that a hanging bed in an apartment will be installed in a bedroom, a children's room. It will become a breath of fresh air, a new trend in the interior. Such a bed will be able to decorate any environment, give it an extraordinary look.
Having chosen a floating place to sleep, you need to be ready for changes in the usual design. You will have to reconsider the design of the ceiling, the placement of some things. Special fasteners will be installed on the ceiling. They can be masked with plasterboard, decorated with fabric, make lighting nearby. You can put a stylish carpet under the suspended bed itself. You should not put furniture there. It will look ridiculous.
It is not easy to fit such a bed into a city interior. A hanging bed will look much more attractive in a country design. It can be placed in a summer house, on a terrace, right under the open sky in the garden. There are a lot of placement options.
For successful placement in the room, it is important to choose the right style of the product. Furniture in the oriental style will fit into the modern style. In this case, rough ropes are replaced with chains. A beautiful canopy is necessarily attached to the top.
Classic style furniture will look great. This option is suitable for use in an ordinary apartment. Classic furniture is distinguished by its exquisite form, restraint, and versatility.
It is better to choose furniture in a marine style for the children's room. The child will be delighted with pleasant blue shades, interesting ropes, and various decorative ornaments.
How to make a hanging bed with your own hands?
Our detailed step-by-step instructions will help you build a hanging bed with your own hands:
- Determining the location on the ceiling. The sleeping area should not interfere, be close to other furniture.
- Making a frame. You will need wooden boards. It is better to make a rectangular frame. It is easier to manufacture. The frame parts need to be fastened together with metal fasteners. To increase the strength, the joints need to be coated with glue.
We connect the bed frame, coat the ends of the beams with glue, and secure the brackets - Fastening plywood for a mattress. We fix it with glue and nails.
We apply glue to the beams along the top of the subframe, we also coat the support, and attach the plywood - Making the sides. During operation, the structure will swing. This can cause accidental falling. To prevent this, you will need small sides. Cut them out of wood and fasten them with nails.
We attach the sides to the bottom panel with glue, after which we fasten the frame with nails on all sides. - We make places for attaching the rope along the perimeter of the product. We drill holes, stepping back from the edge about five centimeters. We install repair bolts. We attach hooks in the shape of the letter S to them.
We fasten the bed with bolts through the holes that we made before painting, the repair bolts should be positioned vertically - We drill holes in the ceiling, install repair bolts, hooks. We attach ropes to the hooks using a reliable type of knot.
We take S-hooks and attach them to each repair bolt on the bed, attach a metal chain to the end of each hook, lift the bed and alternately attach them to the chain to the ceiling - We hang the finished frame on the ceiling. We put a purchased orthopedic mattress on it. The place for heavenly rest is ready!
We place a mattress inside the frame – the bed is ready, you can rest
Video: Original solution – hanging bed
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