All about beds on the balcony and loggia

Simple in execution and light visual solutions are very often the result of painstaking work, where every detail is thought out and ideally matches other interior elements. And this - fully consistent with the description - can be a balcony. Not a barn, where boxes of things are side by side with a suitcase with Christmas decorations and sledges, but a real lounge area or just a cozy corner of rest, relaxation and energy filling with pleasant things. And the bed will help to become this very place for a balcony or loggia.

If you remember the circle of your friends and mentally glance at them on the balcony, you can find a bed at 1 out of 10. And this is still an optimistic scenario. If you look on the Internet and look for photos on the request "bed on a balcony or loggia", a stream of dozens of visual temptations will rush to the seeker. And this in itself is a good reason to organize the same space in your home.

Why is it convenient:

• if the balcony is insulated, an extra bed appears in the apartment;
• a room where you can be alone, sleep well, while giving the rest of the household the opportunity not to walk on tiptoe, is priceless;
• even if the balcony is not insulated, in the summertime you can spend home evenings there with a slight effect of being outside.

The disadvantages of the bed on the balcony can also be found, for example: it takes up all the space, looks strange, you have to endure what has been there for years. However, the consistency of each minus is subject to considerable doubts, especially if the owner is already asleep and sees how his balcony will be transformed with the appearance of a bed there.

The idea of ​​a sleeping place on almost "street meters" is not new, and many people have already forgotten how it could be otherwise - they adore their balconies, which give them the opportunity to take a nap in the daytime, settle there with a book or sleep on a warm summer night and wake up from the singing of birds ... Some, still in doubt, conduct a "test drive": they bring a folding bed or a mattress to the balcony, lie down there, and listen to the sensations.

To begin with, not all decisions are radical. There is more than one version of the bed, which is removed with a dexterous movement of the hand, and the balcony again becomes like "itself". Such ideas, in particular, become an argument for the purchase (or design) of folding beds. These models are somewhat similar to sleeping places on a train. And how to make them more comfortable, you need to choose: basically, the mattress is stored separately and spreads when the folding bed becomes horizontal.

There are other interesting options as well.

• A fold-out sofa with a sliding mechanism. This is a convenient option, because the assembled "eurobook" can take up little space, and if the width of the balcony / loggia is sufficient, then there will be no problems with its installation. And when you need to turn the sofa into a bed, it simply slides forward. This is a comfortable bed for one person for sure, or even for two.

• Podium bed. An option when the mattress is not in a wooden or metal case, but simply lies on a small elevation on the balcony. However, whether it will be small depends on the wishes of the owner. You can make a podium with your own hands. Choosing a mattress by size is also easy. If you need to get rid of the bed for some reason, to free up space, the mattress is simply taken out.

• Hammock. Someone considers this option as a solution for the laziest and sheer self-indulgence, but the idea is there and it is picked up. Many would like to sleep in a hammock during the day, and global alterations on the balcony will not be required.

• Bed on pallets. If there is no money for a transforming bed with a steep folding mechanism, and you don't want to spend so much globally for a balcony, pallets and the same mattress help out. They will become a base for a bed, cheap but stable and quite cute. They can be dyed and even made into trendy prints. You can leave it deliberately rude, but still treat it with the necessary protective compounds.

Of course, it is worth remembering about the chair-bed. Particularly interesting will be the Soviet variations of this furniture, which can be found on popular sites like "From hand to hand". This furniture is reminiscent of the era, which is cited in many fashion interior magazines and Internet resources, which is glorified in a wide variety of interior styles. In addition, the furniture was then made of solid wood, it will be ready to serve for more than one year, even after a small restoration.

People make choices in most cases emotionally. Photos from professional design portfolios or simply eye-catching illustrations of cool interiors look especially inspiring.

We will give 5 tips for choosing a bed.

1. Strictly in size. Buying at random is always dangerous, even if the furniture is later exchanged, the buyer already has time to get nervous at least. Therefore, if you go to the furniture, then with the recorded dimensions on a piece of paper.
2. Functionality is higher than decorativeness. There are unrealistically cool models that are hard not to fall in love with, but the filling of such a bed may be far from decent quality - either the pull-out mechanism will not fit a particular balcony, or the upholstery is not ready to withstand active ultraviolet radiation, but on the balcony you should be ready for this.
3. Can this be repeated. If the ideal bed is seen in a photo on the Internet, besides, it is very similar to a hand-made one, you should not run to the store and look for something similar, but try to do the same. Of course, not everyone can, but it is real to find masters who will repeat it.
4. This is not a whim, but a reasonable desire. If you want to remove the bed in a month to turn the balcony into a greenhouse, it will be a shame for the effort and money spent.
5. Compliance with the style. On the balcony, where the loft style is guessed, a neat sofa with a small floral print and unpretentious chipboard frame will be a misunderstanding.

To create a comfortable berth on the balcony, the design principle of which is in the folding mechanism, much is not required. You need to take: frame and grooved boards, fasteners, slats, accessories, carpentry tools.

Let's describe the step-by-step assembly process.

1. If not a full-fledged drawing, then you will need to make a sketch, with exact dimensions, of course.
2. Assembling the frame is getting started. Floorboards of at least 30 mm are suitable for it. The frame must be glued and reinforced with metal corners for greater reliability.
3. On the side frame walls, with an equal distance from each other, they are attached to the joiner's glue slats, their size is 30 by 45 mm. They will hold the flooring.
4. For the flooring, in turn, sheathing grooved boards of at least 12 mm are needed. The material is laid on the slats, then leveled and attached to the same wood glue. However, you can also use self-tapping screws.
5. The legs of the folding bed must be movable: recline or extend.Wooden beams are used for the legs, but metal rods of the required thickness are also suitable.
6. To fix the folding bed to be reliable, holes must be made in the wall 9 cm deep. How many holes there will be depends on the number of awnings, but door hinges are used for awnings.
7. Now you can attach the frame to the wall for 3 or 5 awnings.
8. The fixed structure is sanded with sandpaper, you need to walk on it several times with varnish to form a smooth surface.
9. The mattress and the rest of the bedding are placed on the wooden flooring.

And as a whole, a beautiful balcony with a bed equipped on it will look like, you can consider three different examples.

• An ideal place for summer bliss on your own balcony. This extension cannot be called small, but it is also large. The decoration is light, focused on scandi-notes in the interior. Light colors are diluted with a small amount of gray and almost black, which in no way detract from the feeling of airiness and absolute lightness of the space. The bed is matched to the width of the balcony, perhaps there are storage spaces inside the structure. Light sources are optimal for such an interior, a small coffee table and stool complement the setting.

• The owners decided to build a podium on the balcony, a large mattress could fit here., but in this case, something like a sofa is made from two parts and two pillows. But you can also take a sweet nap on it. In terms of colors, everything is not bad, but it is also possible to fantasize how the same situation would look only in bright colors, for example.

• A comfortable narrow ottoman, designed for one person, fits well into this blue and white abode. Good choice of colors if the balcony faces the sunny side. Gray is suitable for both blue and white, the designs look calm, balanced. They also decided to place a bedside table next to it, and a whole furniture ensemble on top of a shelf. If the balcony is insulated, the apartment acquires a full-fledged additional room all year round.