After buying a house from the master, the question arose of purchasing a bed in the bedroom. The requirements for the bed were as follows:
-The bed should be high
- Beds should have drawers
-Must be a bookshelf
Sleeping place for home animals
-Good mattress
All the beds examined in the store did not fit either in the parameters or in the budget, and then the master decided to make a bed and a mattress on his own.
Tools and materials:
-Plywood;
-Board;
- corners;
-Fasteners;
-A screwdriver;
- Joiner's glue;
-A circular saw;
-Material for the mattress (2 foam, latex and cover);
-Gon;
-Level;
- Electric jigsaw;
Step One: Cutting Material
According to the drawings, the master performs the sawing of the material.
Step two: assembly of boxes
Collects boxes fixing parts with glue and screws. In total, you need to make 6 boxes, three on each side.
Step Three: Frame Assembly
The bed is assembled at the installation site. Joins the two bottom sheets with metal plates. Fastens transverse parts.
Step Four: Headboard Assembly
Gathers the head of the bed. The headboard has long protruding boards at the bottom, for the possibility of firmly fixing it to the bed.
Step Five: Installing Boxes
Installs boxes in niches, fastens front panels.
He paints the bed, fastens handles on the drawers.
Step six: assembling the mattress
The master collected the mattress from previously ordered materials. The mattress consists of three layers of foam and latex. The first is the base 12-cm layer of foam, then the gel layer is 7.5 cm and, on top, 5 cm of the latex base. A cover is put on top of the mattress.
According to the master, the mattress is not inferior to store samples, but at a price it costs 60% cheaper.
The whole process of making a bed and mattress can be seen in the video.