Attic beds with a sofa: what are and how to choose?

When two children live in a small area, a two-tier arrangement of berths will free up the territory for games and study. If during the day you want to see the room, not for sleep, but for full wakefulness, it is better that the lower tier is represented by a sofa with transformation into a full-fledged sleeping place.

With attic beds and a sofa below, children's rooms are most often equipped. But similar models can be found in the home of adults or one or two teenagers. Sometimes a two-story building is intended for parents and a child.

Sofas, as a rule, have a folding function and become double for sleeping. The various tasks that attic beds have to solve affect their appearance and design features.

And yet, the feature of loft beds is not just a banal arrangement of two berths: above and below. Sometimes it’s a whole complex of furniture, compactly accommodating in a small area everything that is needed for one or two, and sometimes even more children. It may contain a sofa, cabinets, cabinets, a desk and an armchair.

Children are delighted with such complexes, because they have stairs and secluded places, you can have fun frolic, splash out energy, and then relax with pleasure on a comfortable sofa.

Often loft beds are accompanied by an abundance of storage, which is highly appreciated by adults who teach children to order. Indeed, in such a headset you can find a place for every thing.

The market provides the consumer with a large number of loft bed options complete with a sofa. It’s easy to choose the right size, shape, color and stylistic focus.

This will increase costs, but will bring joy from exclusive furniture created for specific children.

Choosing an attic bed with a sofa for young children, you can pay attention to thematic models, in the design of which cars, trains, carriages are guessed. This approach will appeal to kids. But it should be remembered that children grow and furniture will have to be changed pretty soon. Those who do not want to trouble themselves with such chores can immediately choose a more impressive design with a neutral appearance. If she is to use preschool children, she should carefully check the product for safety.

Structurally, loft beds with sofas can be divided into three main groups.

1. Built-in optionwhen all structural objects are fastened together and represent a monolithic set. Furniture cannot be divided and moved, which ensures the safety of children, but creates certain inconveniences for adults. For example, you cannot replace a sofa, which, according to parents, seems less suitable, you can not change the location of shelves or drawers. True, such restrictions are compensated by the significant choice offered in the furniture center at the time of ordering the product. At this point, you can immediately discuss the number of pieces of furniture, color, upholstery.
2. The second option is presented mobile kit. Furniture is built as a designer, but at the same time its position can be changed at the request of users, since it is separate and not bonded to each other.
3. The third option is the most compact, is offered for rooms with a minimum area. It is a convertible sofa. It looks like a regular sofa, which with the onset of night becomes a folding in a special design with an additional upper berth.

In addition to the main types, loft beds with sofas differ in purpose, size, shape and other features. They can be with a niche, with a roll-out additional place. The variety of products that solve various problems is more convenient to consider with examples.

Designs may contain different types of upholstered furniture:

• models with a direct sofa.

• loft beds with corner sofa.

A convenient, robust staircase with a reliable handrail has capacious drawers under each step. Such design can become a storage place for a lot of things nor does it take up much space.

To place a table and a berth in the lower tier, the sofa should be small in size, but have the function of transformation in front of you. This allows you to get a full berth at the time of folding.

As in the previous version, the sofa should be small. The bed of the second tier is located above the upholstered furniture and becomes the roof of the closet. Designs of such a plan may have a cabinet with straight facades or sideways.

In such cases, the wardrobe bed, in addition to a full sofa, may have cabinets, pencil cases, a chest of drawers, shelves and drawers.

In some versions of two-story structures, sofas are not installed along the upper bed, but perpendicular to it.

Triple design with two folding sofas and an upper king size bed. The product contains two equivalent cabinets, shelves and drawers.

Attic beds are available for different age categories. Ladders for young users are different from teenage models. They are reliable, stable, have a solid railing and a gradual climb of steps, while large beds are endowed with devices with vertical rise.

All stairs have the same requirements:

• stability and reliability of the stairs themselves;
• strong connections to the body of the structure;
• steps made of non-slip material;
• minimum traumatic protrusions, corners and protruding mounts;
• for children's options must have a railing.
• The staircase should correspond to the age category of the bed model.

Lifting devices can be of different types, we will dwell on them in more detail.

This type of lifting device is designed for adults as well as children of older and middle age categories. It takes up minimal space and fits models for small rooms. Ladders can be located both from the front of the bed, and from the side. They are not always equipped with handrails.

Unlike vertical ladders, ladders are located at an angle to the bed, making it much easier to climb. Sometimes such models have small railings, but more often do without them. The product can be removable or stationary. Removable models are firmly fixed and pose no danger.

The flight of stairs for such models reaches only half of the attic bed and rests on a small platform, the so-called podium, from which it is not at all difficult to climb onto the upper bed.

The most popular, safe and practical type of climb to the upper bed is organized by a convenient staircase, each step of which is equipped with a drawer or an open shelf. Such designs can be combined (with open and closed cells). They can have the form of a shelf or chest of drawers.

To create loft beds, choose an array of wood or materials that look like wood - particleboard, MDF. The latter significantly reduce the cost of construction, but at the same time they look good and last a long time. They are covered with veneer imitating any kind of wood, even the most exotic.

The iron model looks elegant, withstands heavy loads and is often used for large products.

Attic beds with sofas are endowed with different dimensions. They can target two or three people. Their parameters depend on the age of the destination, the size of the steps and the completeness of additional pieces of furniture.

The upper bed can have a length of 160 cm to 220 cm. The rectilinear sofas when folded are installed under the upper berth and do not always repeat its dimensions. The length of folding or sliding upholstered furniture of the lower tier is from 100 to 220 cm and contains 1.5-2-3 seats. If the design is equipped with a compact sofa, it is complemented by a wardrobe or table located on the lower floor.

When unfolded, the upholstered furniture turns into a double or one and a half bed, its parameters can be 160x180 (200) cm, 180x200 cm, 200x210 cm. If the loft beds are “overgrown” with furniture sets, their sizes become unpredictable and will depend on the customer’s desire.

The loft bed is hard not to notice in the interior; in most cases, it becomes its dominant part.

In addition to the general design, designs differ in age orientation, and can also be designed for girls or boys, which also affects their appearance.

As examples, we give models of various stylistic orientations.

• Product for girls in the style of Provence.

• Designed adult room with loft bed and sofa.

• The direction of the loft in the teenager's room.

• Stylish bedroom for a boy.

• Country bedroom for four people.

• The design of the loft bed in the style of minimalism effectively used three equal colors - white, black and red.

• Marine themes are used in the rooms of both boys and girls.

• Scandinavian style in the bedroom.

In the selection of the loft bed, the energy of the child is taken into account. In the design of models for fidgets, you can often find elements of the Swedish wall in the form of beams, rope ladders and ropes, and frameless products are selected as sofas. For calm children, classic options that embody restrained beauty and good taste are suitable.

Adults prefer a modern stylish atmosphere and often use high-tech, loft, minimalism styles. Romantic young ladies choose Provence or Shabby Chic.

When choosing decent models of loft beds, many important criteria are taken into account, and one of them is the manufacturer. Preference should be given to those who have already established themselves with the best side in the furniture market. Products of trusted brands are safe and of high quality; they can be safely purchased for your children.

The best loft bed models with sofas include the following.

• Design "Nemo" from the company "Olmeko" in the style of minimalism. A simple but high-quality model that does not have anything superfluous. It is compact, with a vertical lift, well suited for small rooms. It is equipped with a sofa having a “book” transformation mechanism, with a box for bedding. On sale are models of left-side and right-side orientation.

• Product "Flamingo" from the company "Borinskoye" contains a side vertical staircase. Despite the external simplicity, the design is made of solid wood, environmentally friendly and pleasant to the touch. The sofa is upholstered in faux leather, which is easy to care for. When unfolded, it has parameters of 120x200 cm; it can be suitable for a teenager or an adult. The upper bed has a length of 200 cm and a width of 80 cm, which is also a full bed.

• Metal Madeleine model from the Furniture Formula factory made on the basis of a strong steel frame. The bed with double-sided vertical lift, has a reliable protective side. The height of the product is 187 cm, the upper berth has the parameters 95x200 cm.

• Two-module kit Tetris from the Russian manufacturer Moby includes an upper berth, sofa, side cabinet, pencil case, closed and open shelves. The folding sofa turns into a full-fledged berth for the second child. The attic bed with many storage places is beautifully and compactly located in the room, covering an area of ​​no more than two meters. The manufacturer offers different colors that can be enjoyed by boys and girls.

Before choosing an attic bed with a sofa, you need to clearly understand what tasks the product has to solve. The purchase is affected by the age limit, number of users, additional design features, for example, the presence of shelves or elements of the Swedish wall.

Models can be designed for users from one to four people. For the sole owner of the loft bed, the sofa is for day use. If the product is purchased for a child and parents, you should choose a sofa with a double berth.

Adults choose models that support the overall design of the room. For children, a thematic choice is possible - a princess castle for a girl or a ship deck for a boy.

For small rooms, simple beds with clear geometry and a vertical staircase are suitable.. If space allows, you can pay attention to the headset with a built-in loft bed. A multifunctional furniture set will fully satisfy the needs of users in storage areas.

In addition to the targeted features, when choosing loft beds, you should pay attention to other criteria:

• the product should not be too large in relation to the dimensions of the room, otherwise it will dominate the environment;
• the side and stairs must be of a reliable design and ensure the safety of the child;
• mattresses of beds with orthopedic "stuffing" have a positive effect on healthy sleep;
• the product that is bought for babies should not have protruding corners, sharp fasteners and sliding stairs.

Attic beds with a sofa are not only functional, but also spectacular, they can become an adornment of any room. To verify this, we suggest considering beautiful examples of two-story structures.

• Extravagant white furniture with a perpendicular arrangement of berths.

• A cozy children's room in a large common room.

• Children love the design of houses with their private space.

• Simple and beautiful furniture, successfully combining white and red.

• Stylish set with shelves and a podium staircase.

If several children live in the house, it is better for them to choose not just an attic bed, but with a sofa. Firstly, because during the daytime this design turns the bedroom into a full-fledged children's room, and secondly, thanks to the transformation of the sofa, not a double, but a triple design is acquired.

See how to make a loft bed with your own hands in the next video.