Today there are a huge variety of furniture for every taste, which is able to satisfy the requirements of even the most demanding customer. Recently, the market has been firmly occupied by a convertible bed with a folding mechanism.
What is a folding bed?
As a rule, such a bed can be located in the closet, which can significantly save the space of the room. Especially this design is relevant for small premises.
The mechanism for a folding bed allows you to combine a bed with any modular furniture.
The feature of the bed is that it can be hidden in the furniture, and if necessary, put back. Thus, it seems that there is no bed in the room at all.
Types of transforming beds
A folding bed is located in a niche in the wall, it can be masked with photo wallpaper to your taste.
It is installed in such a way that one of the sides of the bed is located near the wall. The location along the wall contributes to easier opening and is relevant for children's rooms.
What is a folding bed made of?
Any kind of mattress can be placed here, but it is still preferable to choose an orthopedic one.
- Lift mechanism for folding bed
If the mechanisms for raising / lowering the beds are of good quality, the design will almost automatically assume its original position.
Such mechanisms can be of three types:
- mechanical;
- on springs;
- on gas springs.
Such a bed can be a great addition to the interior, however, you can not buy a similar design everywhere yet. What to do in this case? A folding bed is not difficult to do on your own. Thus, you can save a significant amount of money, because everything that is created with your own hands is not only cheaper, but you can take into account all your personal wishes and assemble a design for individual development.
DIY folding bed mechanism
For work, you need a bed and a frame. And, of course, the mechanism for the folding bed itself.
Getting started with the frame. You can choose the shape of the details of the cabinet or any other piece of furniture in the room. The wall to which the bed will be attached must be concrete, otherwise it may not withstand the weight of the structure.
The frame consists of a baseboard and a shelf for an emphasis. There is no need in the back wall as such. It is logical to use chipboard as the material.
We fix the frame to the wall, based on the axis of rotation of the bed and the upper horizontal. The thickness of the vertical walls should be 2.5 cm, horizontal - 1.5-2.5 cm.
Details are connected by self-tapping screws at a distance of 25 cm from each other.
The size of the frame can be any, it all depends on the size of the person for whom the bed is created, on the mattress and free space. By the way, you can use the frame from the old bed as it, this will save materials, time and money.
We make a bed. To do this, you need to acquire two side boards, two backs and a headboard. Durable straps are used to fix the mattress to the bed.
Next, we take the mechanism for a folding bed. We connect with it the bed with the frame.
The easiest way is to purchase a mechanism for a factory-folding folding bed, preferably with a gas spring - this will simply fix the structure in any desired position.
Observing all the rules of installation, you will become the happy owner of a transformer bed, which will not only save space in your room, but also help to make the interior unique.