In our time, standard panel high-rise buildings with small apartments and low ceilings, there are still houses of the old, pre-revolutionary or Stalinist construction. You can recognize them by the large size of the windows. In such apartments, the space, as it were, is turned upside down and laid on its side, and the cubic capacity often exceeds the area of the room several times. Therefore, they look empty, even at maximum saturation of furniture per unit area.
How can you maximize the available volume and unload the area? For example, divide the room into two tiers and make a bed on the second tier with your own hands. To do this, it is enough to have spatial imagination, minimal knowledge of sopromat, a small amount of money to buy materials and the necessary skills in the construction of structures. You will also need a drill, hand saw or grinder and the usual set of home tools, anchors, wood and metal screws, nails.
You can make a bed with your own hands from metal and wood. A beam of 100 mm or a metal corner of 30-50 mm, which can withstand the planned load, is suitable for the frame and supports. It is better to order a mattress orthopedic, under the sizes.
So, let's take a closer look at how to make a bed with your own hands. First, let's determine the area. If the room in which the bed will be located is small, then one quarter of the available area can be allocated for the device of a luxurious berth. In the chosen place, approximately in the middle of the room, a support is installed, it is rigidly fixed with anchors to the floor. They also make a rigid fastening of the base of the bed to the walls and connect it to the support. The height at which the base is mounted should be approximately in the middle of the wall. The ceiling of the lower tier can be made slightly above the midline, based on the growth of the highest member of the family. The stiffness of the connection between the bed base and the walls and supports should be emphasized. Because such a design is being done for decades and it is worth foreseeing what loads it will have to test in advance. You need to understand that such a bed is a rather rare occurrence, therefore, it will attract the interest of many visitors to the apartment. For example, there were cases when up to six guests climbed onto it, and the lightest of them weighed 90 kg. And what children like to do on such a construction is generally not possible to describe in words.
An additional support point for the bed can also serve as a pillar around which a spiral staircase will be made. This type of staircase is optimal for small areas of the room. Otherwise, the staircase may have any other design.
The bed must be protected. If the family has small children, the issue of railings should be given special attention. You can make handrails on the bed with your own hands from soft shockproof materials, for example, thick cords, braided in a fancy mesh. Or order light metal stops or massive wooden railings from a specialized workshop. It depends on the style of the room. Final processing of the structure pursues not only protective purposes, but also satisfies design requirements. The color scheme and style of execution should fit into the interior of the room. Therefore, it is better to plan in advance the creation of the royal bed with redecorating the premises.
You can also decorate the bed with your own hands. A grid decorated with flowers, marine symbols or a romantic canopy will give this home-made design a finished, original look. In the lower tier, you can arrange a relaxation corner, beating the low ceilings in this room with mirrors and soft scattered light of several lamps. The steps of the stairs can be increased in depth, smoothly turning them into shelves for books.
In a similar way, a baby cot can be made with your own hands. For children, the ceiling height does not matter, so it easily fits into a room with a standard height. On the lower tier, if there is only one child in the family, you can create a play space where the baby can hide from the adult world.This will significantly expand the useful area of the children's room and create a unique space for the little person.