Prerequisites for the appearance of beds under the ceiling were, first, the lack of square meters in small apartments , and secondly, the desire of people to sleep on full orthopedic beds, and not on folding sofas and armchairs.
And then one day the designers offered the world a completely unique piece of furniture, designed to optimize living space with maximum convenience.
Types of beds under the ceiling
Using a bed under the ceiling, you release a lot of space, because you can safely move around and install any other furniture under your bed.
In this case, there are several different types of fixing the bed under the ceiling - rigid when you can not raise and lower it, and the bed on the guides, along which the bed slides up and down like on rails.
In the first case, your house or apartment should have sufficient ceiling height, as well as a staircase to be lifted onto the curtain bed hanging under the ceiling. In the second one, it is required to install the slide-guides. And if a double bed is planned under the ceiling, the guides should be attached from both sides for reliability and stability.
In the rails to these beds, a mechanism with counterweights is built in to facilitate the process of raising the bed up. The counterweight is connected to the bed by strong metal cables.
The most modern bed models are equipped with automatic lifting mechanisms, when you just need to press the button, and the bed itself will come down to you or rise to the ceiling. Often you can find beds that are lowered and raised on wide ribbons.
Interior design with a bed above the ceiling
If you try with design, the bed can fit into the interior of the apartment very harmoniously. It can even be hidden in such a way that nobody will guess about its location and availability.
If the bed is rigidly fixed under the ceiling, then the room will forever remain a semi-living / half-bedroom. But even in this case, you can very interesting to beat the bed and get a unique design of the apartment.
Pros and cons of beds under the ceiling
The indisputable advantage of this bed is space saving. Plus to this - an unusual design solution and an unusual kind of housing. In addition, you get freedom of action, because you can arrange a bed in any part of the apartment.
Of the minuses - a high cost, especially automatic models with electric drive. In addition, you can never be sure of the absolute safety of heavy furniture hanging over your head.
Before you start fixing the bed under the ceiling, do not forget to make sure that the ceiling can withstand the weight of the structure. Especially it concerns panel houses.
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