Design options for the podium for children's rooms

Arrangement in a children's bed-podium allows you to significantly save space, give a feeling of free space and air. At the same time, the bed retains its original function - a place to sleep, and acquires a number of additional ones, depending on the designer's ideas and client needs. A variety of models allows the use of such structures in small-sized Khrushchevs and in country houses.

Under the podium is understood the elevation made on a metal or wooden frame with a sheathing of sheet or panel material

Features of the podium bed in the interior of the nursery

A children’s room should, in essence, be a place to relax, study and play. Therefore, it is very important to think over the space of a small room so that everything has its place. The podium in the nursery is a convenient and compact solution.

The podium is a functional area of ​​the children's room - training or playing as needed

Benefits:

1. Clear allocation of functional areas. The bed-podium, even when closed, visually divides the room into a game and training area. This allows you to place everything that children need in a small area.
2. Practicality. Thanks to its compactness, additional storage spaces can be arranged in a small room. Toys, bedding and clothes can be hidden and the room will be kept in order. Under a hill, it’s easy to hide unaesthetic utilities.
3. Preservation of free space. After waking up the baby, the bed is easy to clean. A room appears in the room for games, hosting friends, or home training.
4. The podium in the room gives it a twist. The nursery becomes an unusual object, its own space of the child, in which it is never boring.

Varieties of Podium Beds

There are many sliding and withdrawable structures on the market, equipped with various mechanisms that have several additional functions. The purpose of such beds, regardless of their design, is to preserve maximum space in combination with multifunctionality.

The design of the podium with a bed is, in principle, quite simple and quite affordable for self-production

Extendable catwalk bed

The podium for such a bed can occupy half the room or be proportionate to the size of the berth.

In the first case, the design can occupy most of the room. In the closed state, the room has a clear zoning: at the top there is a game or training zone, at the bottom there is a space for receiving guests or free movement.

In the room for two children under the catwalk you can hide two pull-out beds

In the second case, the bed becomes part of the wardrobe or rack, takes up much less free space.

Such transforming furniture saves a lot of space, since there is simply no sleeping area in the daytime

The bed in both cases is pulled out of a secluded place for sleeping only.

Pros:

• the ability to hide a berth at a time when it is not necessary;
• under a large podium, you can place two pull-out beds: for a teenager and a younger child;
• the vacated place allows you to make a physical education corner in the nursery, put a tool for practicing music;
• the free space of the podium is perfect for storing bulky items, books, toys and other children's “treasures”.

Saved space can be used as a play area or for installing other furniture

Minuses:

• the height of the podium is relatively small, up to 0.8 m, but it is better to install it in rooms with sufficiently high ceilings;
• the sleeping place should be of an “adult” size, it will be problematic to redo the design as the child grows older.

Podium bed with drawers

This type involves placing a berth on top, and use the space underneath to equip storage places. The design of such beds can be in two versions:

1. The berth is located at the height of a small chest of drawers. The placement of drawers, shelves or cabinets with swing doors here is arbitrary.
   

   A variant of the podium, in which in addition to storage boxes there is also a convenient pull-out table

2. A podium of a higher height in the children's room looks like a kind of second floor. A convenient staircase leads to the top of the stairs, which can also be provided with drawers. Below you can place a dressing room, shelves with books and toys or a training area. This model is suitable for children over 3 years old.
   

   Obviously, two-story furniture needs high enough ceilings.

Pros:

• the sleeping area is located on an elevation, not hidden: the child can lie down at any time;
• the bed is compact;
• the podium bed can accommodate two children if, together with the drawers, equip another sleeping place on the lower tier;
• no need to push and hide a heavy structure every day;
• a sufficiently large space under the berth allows you to hide all children's things and do without installing additional cabinets.

Extendable sections throughout the podium can accommodate a large number of items

Minuses:

• the size of the podium bed requires considerable space to freely pull out drawers or open cabinet doors;
• it is better to store children's toys and things for daily use next to the bed, and put inside those items that are used once a week or less.

Color picker

The design of a children's room with a podium and pull-out beds involves the use of calm shades and depends on the size of the structure. Visually, the podium can be perceived as part of the floor or piece of furniture; you should not make a color accent on it so as not to overload the space.

The design of the podium should harmoniously fit into the overall interior of the children's room

• The design design must match the style of the interior.
• The color and configuration of the podium should be identical or close to the main palette of furniture in the children's room.
• It is better to give preference to light shades of wood, pastel colors of acrylic coating of facades.
• An elevated bed is not considered a separate area, therefore it should be framed as a piece of furniture in a single color scheme.
• Decorative design techniques can be used very different.

In a small room for decorating the podium, it is better to use light colors

Against the background of light walls, a wooden podium will look good

A large podium provides more room for decoration. The color scheme in this case should not contrast with the floor, a slight difference in shades is possible. If the design of the room is made in bright colors, then the podium can be beaten in the theme and combinations of primary colors.

Spacious podium with matching finishes for the rest of the room

Podium Bed Forms

• Rectangular This form is traditional, convenient and practical. Place a podium bed along the walls. The junction with the walls can be triple or double. An additional cabinet or chest of drawers can act as a third adjunction.
  

  Rectangular podium with pull-out beds in the room for small children

• Corner A model adjoining only two vertical surfaces is called angular. If the berth is located below. then on top it’s quite possible to make a game space. If the bed is on top, then drawers are made in the basement.
  

  Corner podium with wide pull-out bed in teenager's room

• Square. Halving an elongated room in half is easier with a square podium. This way you can evenly distribute the space into several important areas. Equilateral geometry allows you to symmetrically arrange two children's beds and allocate convenient places for storage.
  

  Square podium in a rectangular room for two children

Podium Functionality

The main task of the podium in a small room is to combine functionality in a small space.

• Free place. A small elevation in the room with the ability to hide the beds and immediately store things frees the room from additional furniture.
• Division of a room into zones for different purposes. A sports corner, a desk, a game and living area - everything has its own place. In such an unobtrusive way, the child is more easily accustomed to order.
• Running the room on two levels makes the room attractive to the child. Complex space can be decorated in different ways, depending on the stylistic decision. A decorative partition and gentle steps will act as additional places for games.

A platform placed along the short wall of an elongated room will visually expand the room

A separate podium with a bed visually changes the proportions of a square room

If the podium occupies a large area, it makes sense to make storage hatches in it

Selection of podium sizes and materials

When choosing a suitable model, it is worth paying attention to several important points.

The dimensions of the podium are determined by the chosen design and dimensions of the room

The size of the pull-out bed is preferably chosen immediately according to the height of an adult. The size of the entire structure depends on the size of the berth and the number of storage boxes.

In the podium for the children's room it is better to make small narrow boxes so that the child can use them independently

The massif of a tree in itself looks magnificent. Therefore, it is enough to grind and varnish.

For the manufacture of using wood, timber, furniture panels or chipboard. The floor load should be no more than 700 kg per 1 sq. M. area.

The minimum dimensions of the podium are limited by the size of the mattress

Photos of the design of a nursery with a podium bed in the interior

Before purchasing it is important to visually imagine how the model will look in the interior. The manufacturers have 1-2 beds in the showrooms, while voluminous podiums in the rooms are shown in the photo in the catalogs.

There is also a small nuance. Photo studios and shops have higher ceiling heights than in ordinary apartments. To find out whether the selected model is right for you, you need to add the height of the podium and the growth of the highest member of the family. In the children's room you have to do the cleaning or spend time with the children, doing this is bent uncomfortable.

Dark wooden lacquered wooden podium in contrast to white furniture

White catwalk bed with drawers in teenage girl's room

Scandinavian-style hanging podium for a bed by the window of a room

A competent and practical version of the bed with a podium will allow the active child to fully develop and relax.In additional storage places, children's things will be hidden, the crib can be removed and hidden, while freeing up additional space for active games.

Video on how to make a podium with your own hands

Podium in the interior of the nursery - 50 photos