The suspended bed is rather courageous and creative design decision. With the help of such a fashionable, stylish and original interior object, you can decorate any decor and bring notes of unusualness into it.
Pros and cons of suspended structures
Like any other furniture attributes, these pendant models have their own advantages and disadvantages.
| pros | Minuses |
|---|---|
| Represent a very original bed. | Due to the reliable fixation of the suspended structure, it is impossible to move it to another place and make a permutation. |
| Significantly facilitate the cleaning of the floor. | Some suspension models may swing excessively and therefore need additional fasteners. |
| Provide the possibility of functional use of free space under the bed. | |
| Light rocking can contribute to a pleasant rest and healthy sleep. | Deprive the ability to install suspended or suspended ceilings. |
| Thanks to a huge selection of models, it turns out to easily arrange even a small room. | When dismantling, defects remain on the ceiling. |
Types of hanging beds
There are several options for fixing structures on the suspension:
- Wall. Due to the fact that the floating model has a hidden mount, it turns out to create a certain effect of levitation in the air, which looks really fascinating.
- Ceiling. The most commonly used type of attachment, resembling a garden swing. Anchor loops are mounted directly on the ceiling or in beams, if the placement is expected in the attic.
- Combined. It is the most reliable and secure type of fixation, which, thanks to both ceiling and wall fastening, provides maximum structural strength.
The photo shows the interior of the bedroom and a hanging bed with a combined type of attachment.
When choosing an attachment, static and dynamic loadings of the overhead product are taken into account, for example, for the installation of baby beds, the combined type of fixation will be the most suitable option when one side of the bed frame is attached to the wall and the other is attached to the ceiling by holders.
Options for fixing the bed to the ceiling
Fastening of a bed on hangers, primarily depends on the type of ceiling.
On chains
It is considered a fairly strong attachment related to the floating bundle. Due to the slightly rough type of chains, they are most often used only in certain style decisions.
In the photo a suspended semi-double bed on metal chains in the room of a teenager.
On the ropes
Ropes or ropes attached to the ceiling using powerful anchors. Also, sometimes for even greater strength, the nodes under the base are smeared with varnish.
On the photo is a fusion-style bedroom with a hanging bed equipped with ropes.
On metal cables or hooks
The most durable and reliable version of angular fixation, able to withstand not a small weight of the sleeping structure and people resting on it.
In the photo a hanging bed, mounted on metal cables in the bedroom in the style of a loft.
Bed forms
Popular types of forms of suspended models.
Round
Requires a particularly thoughtful placement, for example, round designs are advised to use in the design of terraces, spacious rooms or loggias in a country house. This product may have a fixation in the form of one or more ceiling points.
Rectangular or square
The rectangular design is the most traditional form of a berth, which is perfect for any style decision and does not cause planning difficulties. Square, unlike the previous model, occupies much more space and therefore is not always suitable for an ordinary apartment.
Two-level
Beds located above each other, using the same fixture, will be the most comfortable and unusual option for a room with two children.
Unusual shape
In addition to the usual, there are a lot of informal and non-trivial solutions, for example, a hanging bed-hammock, ball-bed, nest, swinging cocoon looks quite original, and products in the form of a real ship or boat will delight any boy. For recreation areas often use an unusual bed on slings, an elegant figure model decorated with a canopy, would be appropriate to place in the room for the girl.
The photo shows an unusual hanging hammock bed in the interior of a city apartment.
Recommendations for selection
To select a truly high-quality product that will fit harmoniously into the surrounding space, consider the following tips:
- First of all, when selecting a sleeping bed, take into account the age category.
- It is advisable to choose beds and suspensions made of natural material.
- This design should be as harmoniously combined with the environment.
- Use only strong and high quality fasteners and other parts.
- When choosing a mattress for this rather heavyweight model, you need to take into account that it was tall, dense and at the same time light.
A selection of photos in the interior of the apartment
For children's suspended beds, the combined type of fixation is mainly chosen, which is the safest for the child, does not swing and can withstand considerable loads. In the bedroom for adults, this model on hangers will not only become a central furniture element, but also allow you to create a romantic atmosphere, especially if it is complemented by lighting. For newborn babies, there are also many design solutions, for example, it can be hanging rocking cradles, made like a wicker basket, wooden, fabric or knitted cradle.
In the photo there is a white suspended bed with lighting in the design of a modern bedroom.
In addition, for transforming a small room, a kitchen-living room or a studio apartment, suspended transformer models are perfect, in the form of, folding, lifting or retractable into the ceiling niche, construction.
Design ideas for outdoor beds at the cottage
Suspended products, complemented by the back and sides, are a comfortable sofa swing, which is perfect for decorating the veranda or loggia on the plot.
In the photo there is a summer terrace in the country with an overhead wooden sofa bed.
In the gazebo in the garden, lightweight rattan construction made in eco-design will look perfect, such decor can be complemented with a mosquito net, which will provide an opportunity to rest and sleep in the bed outside, enjoying the full view of the surrounding nature.
Design examples in various styles
The appearance of the structure on hangers also depends on a certain stylistic direction. For example, in a light provence they often use a berth, suspended on white wooden beams, in an industrial loft, using rectangular beds, decorated with pillows and fixed with strong cables or metal fasteners.
In the photo hanging bed on thin ropes in the bedroom, made in the style of a loft.
Models on the ropes, especially harmoniously look in the marine style, and beds, beds on a wrought-iron suspension will be an unusual and non-trivial solution for the eastern interior. For rustic country, the most appropriate model on the frame of the beam with massive beams or ropes as a fastener. Products on chains will perfectly fit into an eclectic design.
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A hanging bed, regardless of its location, be it a room in a city apartment, a veranda at a dacha or an attic in a private house, is undoubtedly becoming the most special and extravagant central element of the whole environment.
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