Wooden double beds

When choosing a double bed, many buyers doubt what material is best suited for its frame. The modern market offers a variety of textured and color designs of the bed. You can purchase products from plastic, chipboard, MDF and even metal, choose a matte or glossy type of coating, choose almost any shade of the palette.

Wooden structures have a number of characteristics and advantages that are not inherent to any other type of products:

• Furniture made of solid wood has high strength. Such a product will serve you for a long time, while maintaining its shape.
• Natural wood is considered an environmentally friendly material., which does not cause any adverse reactions on the part of health.
• This bed is a source of aesthetic pleasure.. Due to the peculiarities of the texture, the product is embodied in a truly beautiful look and pleases the eye.

• Wood fibers have high manufacturability. Despite the density of the material, the bed can always be supplemented with any change, adjust the shape or decorate.
• Wood goes well with other materials. When, on the basis of a natural frame, the bed is made using metal or plastic, this combination opens up a lot of new designs and styles.
• The material has excellent aura and energy.. It is believed that a wooden bed is ideal for a bedroom and is able to provide you a good and healthy sleep.
• The frame of this type is perfectly combined with any textile. Unlike other materials, for which you need to give preference to either glossy or matte bedspreads and pillows, a wooden bed gives you more room to decorate the bedroom.

The disadvantages of this material is not very much, but sometimes they are found:

• As time passes, color irregularities may appear on the wooden bed - dark spots and a change in shade. This problem can be solved by choosing a special painting material and disguising with it all unwanted tones.
• Some complain that over time, the product becomes creaky. This may be due to the problems of its various parts - from the rails to the legs. But in all cases, it is possible to replace the defective element or to supplement the design with the details necessary to eliminate such a problem.
• Natural wood is usually unstable to moisture and insects.. About this nuance should take care in advance. It is necessary to process the tree with special compositions that will save the material from undesirable consequences and external factors.

In order not to get confused among the different types of frames for a double bed, it should be remembered that The tree is classified into groups depending on the hardness of the rocks:

• Aspen, pine, thuja, linden, cedar and spruce are soft breeds..
• Beech, birch, oak, ash, walnut, maple belong to the solid varieties.
• A separate class consists of rocks of increased hardness - acacia, boxwood, yew, hornbeam, etc.

Each variety has several advantages and is designed for a specific use. Soft varieties perfect for machining, adjusting the shape of the frame and thread. A very popular material of this type is pine. The main advantage of such a bed will be a huge scope for the realization of design ideas and low cost of material. Among the disadvantages there is not such a strong strength, like other trees, so you should carefully handle such furniture.

For those who are fundamentally important product strength, more expensive fit models of solid woodFor example, oak.Such material possesses high wear resistance, gives solidity to your bedroom. Modern design options allow you to embody oak models in various colors, which will allow you to perfectly combine the bed with the rest of the bedroom set. Coniferous varieties have excellent characteristics, they are especially recommended for those who decided to make a double bed on their own.

The mass of a double wooden bed depends on several factors:

• The parameters of the frame. According to the standards, the length of the bed should be from 2 to 2.1 m, and the width - not less than 1.6 m. Often buyers order products and large sizes, up to 2.5 m in length and up to 2 m in width.
• The important role played by the density of the tree. Solid varieties have the highest density, so the weight of the entire product is quite large. The heaviest materials are oak, ash and maple.
• The weight and size of the parts of which it is made affects the weight of the structure. Additional weight give high legs, a massive headboard, a wide frame and a large number of rails. Some provide the model with additional details, such as a canopy.

Wooden bed decorations are so diverse that they are embodied in almost all types of bedroom designs. A tree can be combined with a room not only in shape and color, but also even in pattern and ornament. Modern technologies allow you to create a completely matte finish, and laminated. In combination with a suitable mattress, the bed becomes not only a place of rest and comfort, but also an important detail, sustained in a specific style decision.

One of the most popular options for double wooden beds are:

• Laconic style design Minimalism. The framework of such a product consists of a single rectangular wooden structure, this model is devoid of legs and high back. Sometimes wood is used as a pedestal for a mattress, and a small back at the head serves as a shelf for accessories.
• For fans of directions Hi-tech and Loft perfect model with a curved back.In such an incarnation, the tree looks atypical. Often these beds are equipped with lighting devices, which makes the design even more creative.
• Style Fans Country music prefer to use as a pedestal for a double bed planks, imitating rough and unpolished material. But even such a solution can look trendy. Such models are often decorated with textiles using “animal” prints, which further permeates the atmosphere with the spirit of the West.

• If the housing area does not allow you to install a large bed, then choose modular model. With the help of component parts - modules, you can design a product that fits your size. Wooden modules will add extra comfort to your apartment.
• An ageless option is considered a bed, the frame which represents single rectangular shape without legs and slim backtight to the wall. This option can be designed and interpreted according to individual tastes. Geometric ornament, which is embodied in the form of carving on the headboard and is repeated in some other interior details, is very popular.
• Famous designs of white wood with carved texture and patterns are the hallmark of a room in style. Provence. The lightness and "airiness" of such a bed can not leave indifferent. It combines simplicity and grace, can be embodied in the form of rectangular and various other shapes.
• Fans Mediterranean design make out a wooden bed with massive carved legs and high frames with handmade patterns.

Whatever style of room and bed you choose, it is important to remember that harmony is made up of details. Therefore, the wooden box must be supplemented with accessories that are suitable for the design of the room. Consider the popular options for the use of such beds in the interior:

• A great example is Eco style. In such a room, wooden furniture is the best fit for the concept of style. Linen and bedspreads made from natural materials with a predominance of unobtrusive pastel colors, such as gray, green, beige, brown, will make your bedroom an island of paradise.
• No less peculiar ethnic design wooden bed.Here the emphasis is on pillows and bedspreads with an unusual ornament. Wooden statuettes on the shelves and bedside tables of the room will be a wonderful echo of the design.

• More than minimalistic style the bedrooms you have chosen, the more unobtrusively the textiles on the bed should be. Plain bedspreads and pillows of soothing shades will create a perfect balance with the interior. Only a few vivid details are permissible.
• When the berth is decorated with elements of woodcarvingIt is important to repeat the pattern on other interior items. An excellent option would be to duplicate the ornament on the closet or boudoir.
• Do not forget to choose bed linen depending on the color of the product frame. You can emphasize the depth of the shades of natural wood and at the same time create a bed in a very original way.

Wooden beds are produced almost all over the world, but the greatest demand firms of certain countries:

• Italian companies such as Selva, Carvelli, Villanova specialize in the production of models for styles Minimalism, Art Deco, Classic.
• If you dream of a modern wooden bed, feel free to contact us. German manufacturers. Popular brands of this country - Alfabed, Former, Tommym.
• Firms from China do not always make minimalist designs. They specialize in the production of classic-style products. Brand products Eurasia and Marino & Fanteri suitable even for a bedroom in the Baroque style.
• Russian beds from the array are performed in a variety of styles. Firm Miassmobili famous for its carved backs, brand Teakhouse produces modern models, the company Deco home will appeal to lovers of olive design.

Masters of joinery do not see any difficulty in making their own double bed. Masters recommend creating a frame of pine wood.

For its manufacture will need:

• A set of carpentry tools;
• 22 planed boards from a pine tree 2 m long, 0,1 m wide, 2 cm thick;
• Screws on 4 and 6.5 cm;
• 15 bars with a length of 2.2 m;
• 5 cm metal corners;
• Joiner's glue.

The overall work plan is as follows:

• To create a homemade frame you need to glue together with wood glue of 3 or 4 bars.
• Using the side panels 2.2 m long, fit the glued blanks and assemble the box.
• In order to form angular locking joints, extort and saw off 5-centimeter fragments on the bars located above and below.
• Smear glue medium and convex segments of the bars, not forgetting about the gaps.
• Turn the frame over and secure the jumper 200 cm long in the middle. The bottom of the jumper should be the same with the box in level.
• Attach the thrust bars to the bottom row. Their length should be 15 cm.

• For additional support of the walls, attach metal corners to the frame.
• The legs of the same material fix glue, screws and corners. The height of the product above the floor varies from 20 to 30 cm.
• For reliable fixation of the center of the bed, fasten it with supports on the central bar.
• When the glue dries, turn the frame over and put it on the legs.
• Mark the lines on the side panel to further fix the boards.
• The central jumper must match the level with the support shelves.

• Lay the boards so that the distance between them is from 2 to 4 cm.
• Mount them with screws on the edges (two for each attachment point).
• Inspect the entire surface of the frame for nicks, adhesive stains and other damage.
• Using a sanding machine with different grit, sand the surface.
• Cover the frame with a primer if you are going to varnish it or darken the surface with a stain of your choice.
• To give the wood a natural texture, walk on it with emery paper after drying the stain.

• Cover the product with several layers of water-based varnish.
• At will you can make a back of any size.
• The final step in creating a bed is to provide a mattress to the structure.

For more information about the process of making a bed of wood with their own hands, see the following video.

According to surveys of Russian users, it turned out that wooden furniture is in great demand in our country. Most people choose wooden-framed double models for their bedrooms.Beds are bought not only directly in furniture stores, but also to order, independently designing the desired design. Wooden furniture, as buyers believe, will never go out of fashion, is not so difficult to care for and is always laconic and beautiful.