Do-it-yourself podium in the apartment: execution technique, necessary materials and tools, step by step instructions and expert advice

The organization of the elevation (podium) in the living room is a unique and at the same time practical solution that was encountered by ancient Roman architects. This structure allows you to greatly change the external perception of any room and create a division into zones that are endowed with their functions. This creates convenience and comfort for every resident.

But before starting such work, everyone wants to understand the principle of construction and understand the technology of construction. To make a podium with your own hands in an apartment is real. Before starting work, it is worth taking care that the entire tool is at hand.

What does this design carry?

A do-it-yourself podium (photos of examples are in our article) plays a role for the premises. According to external data, this is a step that can reach a height of 25 centimeters. Although, if necessary, this value increases, it is worth taking care of the reliability of such an erection. Basically, it plays a decorative role, although today skilled people make it a practical setting.

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What allows us to make a self-made podium in the apartment:

• Create zoning of the entire area. With the help of a lift, the entire interior visually changes, emphasizing something. Because when something is above everything else, then the look first of all falls there. This change in living space is suitable for different rooms. When the living space has limited squares, then this solution is optimal.
• Make a change in the proportions of the room. The apartment can be anything, so sometimes with the help of the construction of the podium, irregularities and other inconveniences change.
• Make an increase in usable area. When creating a podium with your own hands in an apartment, boxes for storing linen are mounted in it, which is very convenient and practical.
• Hide communications. It is convenient in this design to drown the wires, the wiring system from any equipment, and so on.
• Get the light. Light ribbons are installed on this design. They serve as decor. Creating a backlight is an opportunity to emphasize the style of the interior, and sometimes the allocation of a recreation area.

Podium furniture

This is another direction when it is made as a sofa or chair, and sometimes an entire bed. The latter method is the best, sometimes it is advanced from such an installation.

What should be the podium?

If we conditionally divide all the podiums, then we can distinguish monolithic and frame. The first option is created from durable materials. Most often it is cement, gypsum or foam concrete. They can be found in private homes in the kitchen or bathroom. Such structures are not erected in apartment buildings, because there is a load on the structure, which is not always permissible. Making a podium with your own hands (monolithic) has its positive aspects:

• Reliability of a design.
• Long service life.
• No difficulty in construction.
• Any finish is applied.
• Does not react to moisture.

In addition to the positive aspects, there are always some negative points:

• A lot of weight.
• In such a podium there is no place to store things or something like that.
• When laying communications, they are bricked up, which is inconvenient.
• The height of such an erection cannot be more than 10-15 centimeters.
  

The article has a photo of the podium in the apartment, made by hand. A good example always carries a lot of useful information for the builder. What is a frame structure? This option is the most common and often erected. A frame is made, which is then sheathed with any available material. What is useful in such a podium, do it yourself in an apartment made?

• It is easy to create boxes for linen and remove communications.
• No difficulty in construction.
• The design is not heavy, therefore suitable for any home.

How to make a podium in the apartment with your own hands? In the process of construction it is worth taking care of reliability. For this, additional structures are used - lags. In addition, it is worth choosing the material itself and the finish correctly. When the structure is being built in a humid room, then you need to select the appropriate material. In another situation, a variety of materials can be used. Some wood materials will have to be further treated with special substances. As soon as a choice is made in this direction, you need to decide where the podium will be.

What rules do you need to follow?

How to make a podium with your own hands? It is worth knowing how to choose a convenient place. Various indicators influence this:

• For the podium to fit into the room, the ceilings should be at least 280 centimeters high. Otherwise, such a design will be ugly and uncomfortable. It is important that the podium does not appear in the center of the room, because it will simply interfere and spoil the whole perception.
• Do not mount such a structure in the passage zone in an apartment or house.
• In order not to disturb the perception of the room, it is worth making a podium taking into account its design.
• Sometimes they make such a stand in the length of the wall, but on condition that the room is rectangular in shape.
• You need to mount the elevation under the bed in a berth.
• It is the rounded shape that allows you to create a pleasant atmosphere in any room.

All recommendations allow you to create a podium under the bed with your own hands in an apartment well located and functional. Do not forget about the recommendations.

How to start the construction?

It is important to prepare for the process. One simple option is a wireframe view that is complemented by storage boxes. But the bed will be fixed on this elevation. Thus, it is easy to delimit the space. In order not to be mistaken with anything, a drawing is preliminarily made, on which all sizes are actually displayed. What needs to be measured?

• Height, width and length of the initial structure.
• The sides that will fix the mattress.
• Supporting logs, namely their number and size.
• The parameters of the bed itself.
• How many and what will be the steps.
• Will there be new components (if yes, then the severity of their pressure on all supporting structures).

What do you need to have on hand to build such a structure?

• To erect the panels and the central cross bar, you should purchase a wooden beam with a cross section of about 22 millimeters.
• Side panels.
• Boards for creating some structures - backs and headboards.
• Boards to create the upper blocks of the bed. They differ from the previous thickness.
• To create boxes, sometimes you also need to purchase boards. Initially, it is worth understanding how much this material is needed and what section.
• Panels for drawers and top block.
• Particleboard for the internal organization of space.
• Plywood, so that was what the boxes themselves are made of.
• Material to make the base. It must be durable.
• Fittings for each item.

All this is not so difficult to acquire, many have something at home. After everything became clear with the material, you need to prepare the entire tool to begin work.

Instruments

What can you do without?

• Hacksaw (if possible, it is better to jigsaw).
• A screwdriver, but she will be long, so a better screwdriver.
• Construction level and tape measure.
• Hammer, better big and small.
• Pencil.
• Stapler for building parts.
• Ruler.

All this is enough, but individually it is quite possible to expand this list. After you need to start the construction process.

Execution technique

There are key points that you must complete to erect a frame podium in an apartment or house:

1. On the floor, do all the application in order to understand how it will look.
2. Logs are installed. Their number and size depends on how the podium will be. If large, then the whole structure needs to be strengthened.
3. Each stage is checked using the building level.
4. Create and install wall frames under the drawer boxes. It is necessary to strictly observe all proportions and sizes.
5. After that, you can sew up the ends, for the boxes using prepared plywood.
6. To make the boxes move easily, do not forget about the gap between the floor and them. Lock the guides.
7. Create a place to sleep. Much is required here, but at the same time everyone should take into account personal needs and desires.
8. Make steps.
9. Put the backrest for the berth and fix it. Often it is trimmed with leather or suede for beauty.

Conclusion

The bed podium is the most common design for today. It brings comfort to the room and convenience during sleep. Sometimes an additional wall is erected or just a screen is placed so that the sleeping place is separated from the common space. But at the same time, do not forget about the general style. The final decision is made at personal discretion. To erect such a design is not difficult, as monolithic, but subject to the preparation of all the necessary tools and materials.