Loft bed: photos, types, colors, design, styles, materials, examples with stairs,

A loft bed allows you to intelligently use square meters in a small apartment or zone the space in a spacious room. The upper tier is called the attic and is engaged under the bed. The lower level remains free or serves as a study, sports complex, gaming area.

Advantages and disadvantages

Multi-tier and multifunctional furniture has undeniable advantages, but you should be aware of the features of such complexes.

In the photo, a triple bed with a reading chair and shelves for books.

Recommendations for selection

A bed with an attic is a complex construction that should be safe, durable, comfortable for an adult and a child. In the furniture store you can buy a finished loft bed or order according to your project.

• It is necessary to consider the recommended height depending on the age of the children. The height of children's loft beds does not exceed 160 cm, teenage beds are made up to 180 cm high, the attic for an adult is set above 200 cm.
• Sellers of children's furniture are required to provide a certificate of quality and environmental safety of the product.
• Fastening and accessories of the loft bed should not cause doubts in reliability. On the fastener there can be no trace of rust, chipping, after assembly no shakiness of the product and creaking during use are allowed.
• Attic beds for children should have high boards, bedding is recommended for adult models.

Options for combining a loft bed

The loft bed is combined with different pieces of furniture: a desk, a second bed, shelves for books and toys, wardrobes or a chest of drawers for clothes, a sports complex.

With table

Most often, the lower zone is equipped with a desk. You can use a traditional desk with a cabinet, a light roll-out table, a dressing table with a mirror. Roll-out table, if necessary, frees up space under the attic for playing or cleaning. The photo below is an example of a desktop for a schoolboy with bright red details and a study for an adult from natural wood. The attic in both cases is fenced with a railing 40 centimeters high.

With a play area for children

The game is a way of knowing the adult world by a child. For children, it is important to have a space where they not only play, but also learn to maintain order. A loft bed allows parents to organize a play area, even in a small apartment. The bed is combined with a slide, shelves for toys, mats for outdoor games.

The photo children's room is equipped with a low slide and a sleeping module in the attic in the form of a house.

With a sofa downstairs

A bed with a loft solves the problem of choice: a sofa or a bed? In the studios, the living room serves as a kitchen, dining room and living room, so it is logical to raise the bed up and not attract the attention of guests. The sofa can go complete with a bed attic, or for it leave an empty seat under a sleeping bed.

With two beds

In a nursery for two or in student housing, it makes sense to use the lower floor for a second berth.

With dressing room

Free space under the loft bed or next to it can be used as a wardrobe. The children's dressing room is equipped with drawers and shelves so that even a preschooler can get the right thing without the help of adults.

In the photo a children's room in the English style, an open wardrobe for clothes was placed under the attic.

With swedish wall

Children's health depends on physical development. Exercises on the sports complex develop coordination, flexibility, endurance. The most popular sports equipment for many years remains the wall of the Swedish. It is mounted on the side or on the end of the bed, as a connecting element between the attic and the lower tier. In the photo on the left, a nautical-style children's nursery for a schoolchild, a horizontal bar, rings, a rope, a wall bars are included in the sports complex.

With a crib for a newborn

If the area of ​​the room does not allow you to install a crib for a newborn next to the parent's bed, then you have to use a compact loft bed. In this case, it is better to choose the option with lighting in the attic, because parents have to go down to the baby several times during the night. It is undesirable to use the upper tier for another child, since children can interfere with each other at night.

The size and shape of the bed

Competently chosen size and shape of the bed guarantee a comfortable sleep for both adults and children.

Double bed for adults

To place a double loft bed under the ceiling, reinforced mounts and frame are required, since it is a question of the safety of a sleeping person.

In the photo is a loft bed in a Scandinavian interior, the attic sleeping area is designed for two people and is attached to the ceiling with steel pipes.

One and a half sleeping

Semi-bedroom bed attic is used since adolescence. The standard width of such a bed varies from 120 to 160 cm, length reaches 190 cm.

Single bed

The standard width of a single bed is no more than 100 cm. This size will be convenient for a child or a person of asthenic physique.

Corner

Corner furniture allows you to use every square meter of room. For stability, the corner loft bed is attached not only to the floor, but also to the wall. In the photo on the left is a bed with a classic-style attic with two sleeping places, storage boxes and a desk. In the photo on the right, the perpendicular arrangement of the beds forms a right angle, on the side there is free space for the closet and the stairs.

Low

A low loft bed is suitable for those who feel discomfort while sleeping at a height. In this case, the space under the upper tier will be no higher than 70 cm and is suitable for additional storage. A bed that is located low above the floor is called a half-attic.

High

A high loft bed can be placed under the ceiling by the type of mezzanine, designers offer such sleeping places for youth interiors.

In the photo, the loft bed with a voluminous mattress is located at a height of more than 2 meters, and there is a seating area under the bed.

Colors of beds

When choosing a loft bed for the nursery, parents should listen to the opinion of the child. In this case, it is worthwhile to tune children to bright, pure colors that visually expand the space: blue, peach, green, green. In the segment of adult furniture, brown, gray, and beige colors hold the lead.

In the photo children's room in turquoise color. A staircase with gentle wenge steps leads to the second tier.

Shades of pink and lilac in combination with white create airy marshmallow interiors for young girls.

On the photo is a gray-colored children's set with an orange edging.

Photos in the interior of rooms

The loft bed, due to its functionality and attractive design, can be located not only in a bedroom or a nursery, but also be organically present in any living room. In the photo below, a sleeping attic is located above the living room in a minimalist style. The lower part of the bed forms the ceiling of the living room, lined with wooden panels.

At the cottage because of the small living space the attic is located under the roof of the attic or above the kitchen by the mezzanine type.

Loft Bed Design Options

The idea of ​​combining several pieces of furniture in the same complex makes it possible to experiment with the design.

In the shape of a ship

The loft bed resembles a double-deck boat. To give the loft bed a resemblance to a sailboat, designers use natural wood, steering wheels, pirate paraphernalia.

In the form of a car

The loft bed in the form of a car will delight any boy; you can stylize the car as an attic as well as the lower tier.

Bed-plane

For children keen on aviation, there are bed models with stylized airplanes. In the photo below the attic railings are made in the form of the silhouette of an airliner.

In the form of a house

The attic in the form of a house is suitable for quiet games and reading before going to bed.

Bed-lock

A loft bed in the form of a castle will enable the boy to feel like a knight, and the girl a fairy-tale princess. Similarities with the Middle Ages are achieved by the presence in the design of windows in the form of loopholes, stylized towers with characteristic protrusions, pointed flags.

On the photo is a loft bed with an awning in the form of a fairytale castle. If necessary, the awning can be removed for washing or repair.

With canopy

Beds with canopies create an atmosphere of calm and comfort. The canopy is sewn from dense or translucent textiles. Cloth can be draped as the attic, and the lower level.

With an image

Photo printing of actual prints or favorite characters of books and cartoons on the loft bed will give individuality to typical furniture models. Digital printing does not fade in the sun, does not flake, and is harmless to children.

Over the door

With a lack of space in the room, the loft bed is placed above the door, freeing up space for other furniture. In the photo below, the bedroom bed is suspended from the ceiling with iron chains, for reliability, an additional attachment to the wall was made. The attic is decorated with wrought iron railings and a vintage lamp.

Examples of loft beds with stairs

Stairs for the loft bed should be stable, with comfortable crossbars. Ladder when resting on the body of the bed should be fixed in the upper part due to the staples or grooves. Rope ladder can be rolled into a compact roll after climbing into the attic. Ladder in the form of a rope or rope are traumatic for children, it is better to use them in a youth interior. Stationary stairs are safe and convenient, but they occupy additional space. To compensate for this disadvantage, such ladders are made with storage boxes.

Usually the staircase is placed on the side of the loft bed, with this arrangement it will not take up much space.

In the photo there is a white loft bed in a classic style, an extra bed on wheels is installed under the tabletop on the lower level.

Examples of beds in various styles

The bed attic is made both in large quantities, and by the individual order for different interior styles.

Loft

In the loft, the ceilings should be above 3 meters, so the bed with the attic will solve the problem of optimal use of the room vertically. For loft materials are used with coarse textures: ferrous metal, bricks, plastics. The loft bed frame is decorated with large metal rivets. The railing and the sides of the bed are made of transparent impact-resistant plastic or thick glass. The loft is practiced free arrangement of furniture, so the bed can be suspended above the living area and highlighted by LED lighting.

Provence

Provence is a style of home comfort with vintage notes. The loft bed in Provence style is made of natural light-colored wood with antiqued treatment. Bed linen, canopies, curtains with small color patterns will support the theme of a village house with a long history.

Scandinavian

Scandinavian design is characterized by natural materials, muted colors and a rational approach to furnishing rooms. The photo below is a laconic loft bed. To visually increase the height of the ceiling in the living room, under the attic set point lighting.

Chalet

For the chalet suitable wooden furniture with minimal decorative processing, the emphasis is on the natural texture of wood.

Classical

Furniture in the classical style will always be in demand in the modern world, it is distinguished by proportionality and strict elegance.

Sea style

Maritime style borrowed decorative techniques from the interiors of cabins and ship rigging. The basic colors for this style are white, blue. For decoration of bunk beds, designers use round holes in the form of portholes, rope railings and lifting ladders.

What material is better to choose?

The durability and cost of a bed with an attic depend on the material of manufacture.

• Metal loft bed is stable and reliable connections. For the manufacture of loft frameworks, carbon (instrumental) steel is used, giving it the desired shape. Painting the framework with anticorrosive compounds increases the service life of metal furniture and maintains its attractive appearance for a long time.
• Wood is a versatile material for furniture production. The frame of the bed from solid oak is comparable in strength with metal frame. Linden and spruce beds are more affordable, but such wood is not resistant to rotting and mechanical damage. When choosing a wooden bed you need to pay attention to the absence of chips and burrs on wood.
• LDSP stands for laminated chipboard. This material is widely used for the production of budget furniture. The advantage of LDSP for the manufacturer lies in the simplicity of processing and resistance to the fungus. The lack of material for the loft bed is friability, screws are poorly kept in the slab, especially after re-assembly. The lifetime of furniture from chipboard is not more than 10 years. LDSP can release harmful substances.
• MDF in density and environmental friendliness exceeds chipboard. For the production of this material, small wood chips and resins are used, which brings it closer to natural wood. A bed made of MDF is 1.5–2 times more expensive than analogues made from laminated chipboard.

On the photo is a bed with a loft on a metal frame in the style of minimalism. Orange details soften the strict forms of the product.

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A loft bed will be the best solution with a lack of living space. If necessary, you can convert a place under the attic, freeing up space or changing furniture. Due to the variety of models, such a bed will find its use in any interior.