Bed podium do it yourself

Podiums, as the basis for the placement of the bedroom, have gained great popularity in our country. The podium bed is a dimensional design consisting of a roomy box (niche) and sleeping sites. There are several types. For example, a sleeping place can be placed directly above the podium or hide under it assembled (transformed). There are still double podium beds. Given the compactness and multifunctionality of such a design, it can be accommodated even in apartments that have a small area. So, about the subtleties of the mounting of the podium-bed with their own hands later.

Advantages

This embodiment of the bed has several undeniable advantages:

1. Saves the useful area of \u200b\u200bthe room.
2. It assumes the presence of spacious niches for storing linen and bedding.
3. Allows you to solve many design tasks for the zoning of the room.

Necessary materials

Regardless of the selected type of the design of the podium bed with drawers for mounting the frame, a powerful wooden timber will be required. Its density and section depends on the load and dimensions of the structure.

As for the fittings, it is selected depending on the number of built-in boxes, as well as the methods of their extension.

For the manufacture of the simplest podium bed, you do not need to have a lot of experience over your shoulders. This option of sleeping space can be afforded even with a small budget. So, for its manufacture, the following materials will be needed:

1. Board with a thickness of 22 millimeters. It will be needed to build a central transverse bar and outdoor panels.
2. One exterior panel 1910 by 330 mm for the side block.
3. Two identical designs from a bar of 1650 by 330 mm: one for the outer panel of the back of the bed, and the second for the head of the bed.
4. Two side planks (1932 by 150 mm) and one rear (1700 per 150 mm) intended for the upper side.
5. Two external boxes panels.
6. Two side pieces of the back of the bed.
7. One transverse central panel in size 1910 per 100 mm.
8. Four sections of the central unit. Dimensions - 270 by 142 mm.
9. One detail for the backrest of the bed (1600 by 330 mm) and one for the inner panels of the side unit (1900 by 330 mm).
10. Two panels for the frame.
11. Eight across backrest (330 per 80 mm).
12. To make transverse side strips, it will be necessary for a timing of 27 per 27 millimeters.
13. For supports that the mattress will be laid, a timber is needed by a cross section of 27 per 46 millimeters.

Materials for making boxes:

1. For the bottom it will take plywood with a thickness of 10 millimeters.
2. To make the walls of the boxes:

• the board with a thickness of 16 millimeters in the amount of 6 pieces (two of them are needed for long-range walls of drawers and four for lateral);
• Chipboard thickness of 19 millimeters. It will be needed for the internal parts of the blocks.

Podium bed do it yourself step by step

Preliminary work:

1. Calculate the size of the bed-podium.
2. Decide with the location of the design. Consider if it is a podium-round bed, it will require more useful area than retractable.
3. On the floor, spread the future sizes of the bed.
4. On the perimeter circuit marking, fasten the bars. They will serve as a benchmark for the construction of a frame.

Installation Tips:

1. It is very important in the manufacture of following the plan.
2. The basis of the bedroom form three different blocks. Their sizes are indicated above.
3. Bed and side block should be connected at right angles. The third last section shares the base of the design into two parts, in each of which the retractable boxes are installed.
4. Burst panels can be removable. This will be required if you wish to make a bed-podium pretractive.
5. In order to freely put forward boxes, they are installed on them with a diameter of about 30 millimeters.
6. Heat and blocks between themselves should be fixed very tight. For this, large bolts with barish nuts will be required. Their options are presented in Figure:

Podium bed: drawings and design diagram (approximate option):

While assembling the product, follow the following scheme:

How to collect blocks

1. First collect blocks. This can be done with a pins with a diameter of 8 millimeters. Pre-for them must be drilled holes.
2. Before connecting the parts parts should be mounted with glue and have time to squeeze the design with clamps.
3. The shortest is the central block. It holds four struts. From above of its two panels should be made of 100 per 22 millimeters. Through them will be held a central plank.

How to collect a reference frame

1. First, from the side of the headboard, the side block and the backing section, it is necessary to attach horizontal bearing bars with a size of 47 per 27 millimeters.
2. After that, the support bars should be installed. They will bear all the load. These details must be positioned so that there are three bars on the back and the same on the headboard. One bar must be in the center and two along the edges. The remaining two will be needed to you on the side block. They are placed close enough to each other near the central section.
3. Next, on previously installed carriers, the grooves need to cut the grooves that will be intended for the central transverse crossbar. No need to forget to drill in advance holes for screws with a diameter of 4.5 millimeters.
4. Next, you should firmly fasten the T-shaped stops. They are needed for maintaining in the normal position of parallel front planks. Mounts are inserted from the side of drawers.

Podium bed do it yourself: photo

Assembling a single design

1. Now you need to collect all the blocks into one. First, they should be connected through the support bars by tightening the connections to screws.
2. To fastening were more reliable, you also need to drill in the adjacent walls of the blocks of two holes with a diameter of 9 millimeters.
3. Then you need to insert bolts M8 × 50. They should be fixed using nuts.
4. The central block is connected by 80 millimeters bolts.

Bed boxes

1. I deciding how to make a bed podium, think about the further design of the boxes. Their sizes must correspond to the product dimensions.
2. Guides for retractable structures may have a maximum length of 60 centimeters. If the room is larger, their dimensions should be increased. Consider, there must be enough space for the box to extend freely.
3. For mounting of the retractable structure, you need to collect four strips and bottoms. In this case, the posterior and side walls must have the same height. Since the front plan is designed to fix the facade element, it is allowed already to be done. Separate parts are connected to each other with screws.
4. It is important that the connection is "screw to the end" was quite reliable. For this, all the details are fixed at a short distance from the place of screwing.
5. Then the location of the inside of the guides should be placed. After that, you can fasten them on the markup.
6. Next you need to install ready-made boxes in the podium bed.
7. If a laminated chipboard is used during decorating, then when buying a material, you can order crook on the necessary dimensions.
8. When using a plywood sheet, the entire surface should be pulled by fine-grained emery paper. After that it is pretty progress and paint.

Design work work

1. The front crossbars in the central part have a support in the form of a pair of short bars with a thickness of 31 millimeters screwed to the central section. On the edges there are two T-shaped stops that are fixed on the back and headboard bed. They will continue to install a decorative panel.
2. At the ends of three planks for decorating there are grooves in which flat spikes are screwed. They are mounted on the front crossbars, as well as on the base of the bed.
3. Each spike when assembling should be lubricated with glue. Next they are inserted into the groove. This in the future allows you to conveniently and quickly collect and disassemble the design.
4. When the central transverse bar will be fixed, you can start the installation of edging. First, the length and on the edges of the top edging panels should be marked by the places where the grooves will be peaked.
5. You can then install edging on spikes by connecting the base of the bed with front transverse strips.
6. Next, you need to apply several layers on the boards (at least two) acrylic primers with a wide brush.
7. Then the saddened surface should be polished and packed in two layers. For this purpose, the semi-axis polyurethane varnish will fit.
8. Finally, you need to put on the finished design of the mattress.

Designer Tips

It is believed that such a bed can be installed not only in a two-room, but also in a one-room apartment. In fact, it is not. The fact is that the use of the design with the podium involves the presence of a large space, which consists of the dimensions of the podium itself, as well as the size of the bed or a mattress. If you set all the items of the product in a one-room apartment, then the free space will decrease at least twice, which is very critical for the rooms of a small area. Although, as a designer solution, it can look attractive.

If the apartment has a separate bedroom with a fairly large area, then there can be a podium bed in it. True, in this context, it is usually understood as a design with drawers. Undoubtedly, such a sleeping place looks very beautiful, convenient and comfortable. Only not all people are ready for the larger area of \u200b\u200btheir bedroom ranked bed.

In general, there are quite a lot of modifications and options for designing a podium bed. Several of them can be viewed in the photo: