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Safety rails for a child's bed can help prevent a lot of unfortunate accidents later on. Learn about using safety rails for a child's bed with help from a former family case worker for CPS in this free video clip.
Whether you bought a new bed, you're moving or you simply want to rearrange your bedroom, one thing stands in the way of your plans: your waterbed. But moving a waterbed isn't as simple as a conventional mattress-foundation-and-frame bed. The main thing is the water. It has to go somewhere, after all. Considering that your waterbed likely holds about a ton, or 1,500 pounds, of water, it's not moving an inch without draining. Fortunately, disassembling your waterbed is more of a hassle than anything. Set aside several hours for the task.
If your sick kid should be lying down but she'd rather trudge around the house in her pajamas, devise a plan to make staying in bed more appetizing than spreading her germs. Create a fun, comfortable environment so she thinks keeping still was her own idea. If you let her watch television, turn it off periodically so she can enjoy deep, restorative sleep.
Queen size clothing does not technically exist in regular clothing terms. Find out about queen size clothing with help from the owner and creative director for Ose in this free video clip.
Many people don't realize that you can do stomach crunches just about anywhere - even while laying in bed. Do stomach crunches while laying in bed with help from a certified Pilates instructor in this free video clip.
Transplanting an onion bed is pretty easy to do and should prove to be stress-free. Transplant an onion bed with help from the owner of a nursery in this free video clip.
Making a headboard out of fondant requires you to follow just a few simple steps for the best (and most delicious) results. Learn how to make a headboard out of fondant with help from a renowned cake artist in this free video clip.
The clean, sophisticated look of art deco furniture requires building a bed frame with materials that are sharp and clean. Shiny materials, such as aluminum, chrome and glass, can work for the bed frame. Continue the look by using a spread of faux zebra-skin, sharkskin fabric or shiny cloth. Antique art deco pieces have beautiful inlaid wood to provide an artistic flair, with several colors integrated in the finish. A newly built piece might have mirrors or tiles incorporated into its design. Each piece of art deco furniture, whether a table or a bed, is really a standalone work of…
The simplicity of a fold-up bed will allow you to accommodate guests easily. Even a short wall in a small apartment is a good place for such a bed. The quality of the hardware and the quality of the mattress will affect the comfort of the bed more than anything. Keep the lines of the cabinetry simple, so the bed doesn’t necessarily stand out. Paint it a neutral color that fits well with other room furniture.
This involved craft activity turns a wooden bed frame constructed from 2-by-8 pieces of wood into an ottoman. If your wooden bed frame is made from wood that comes in slightly different dimensions, you may need to modify this design for yourself. Assuming you have all your own tools, the only hardware you will need to purchase to make this piece are the wood screws and four straight brackets.
The creation of a seashell headboard is an enjoyable DIY project. Whether you have a beach theme in your bedroom or just want a creative way to show off your shell collection, a shell headboard is an effective and simple way to add to your room's decor. When you use simple supplies and techniques, you can create a shell headboard using a mosaic-style design.
Twin beds are the smallest standard-sized beds and measure just 39 inches wide by 75 inches long. A twin bed is a practical, inexpensive option for a young child or as a guest bed when space is scarce. You can build your own twin bed frame relatively easily by using a platform-style layout, which requires only a basic frame and a mattress. An old headboard can supply some of the necessary wood for the frame, which reduces the cost even further.
Create a captain’s bed from an existing daybed frame by using the daybed frame as a starting point. Using plywood, construct storage cubbyholes, or “cubbies,” to fit within the daybed frame. If the daybed has two levels as some daybeds do, remove the lower level frame and mattress, leaving only the twin-sized, larger, first level for the captain’s bed project. A captain’s bed is simply a bed that includes storage compartments underneath. In addition, the captain’s bed may be decorated with nautical objects to add the “feel of the sea.” Enlist the help of the lumber store to cut plywood,…
Children's bedrooms that are on the smaller side greatly benefit from the use of Murphy beds because the bed can be put up and stored in the wall when not in use. This means that when the bed isn't being used, your child has a larger floor space for play. The kids Murphy bed flips up and rests inside a box in the wall, using a large piano hinge to allow the bed to fold up and down. After the bed is built and installed, paint the exposed underside of the bed to match the rest of the wall.
A bed slide is an efficient tool for anyone with a pickup truck. As you drive, the items in your truck bed can move out of reach, and the only way to retrieve them is by crawling to the back of the bed. A bed slide fits over the truck bed and pulls out quickly, giving you access to everything in your truck bed. Most truck bed slides feature a metal construction and can cost more than $1,000. A DIY bed slide costs much less and uses plywood and wood boards as the base.
Many bed canopies have only a single layer of fabric on top. More light passes through the top than through the layers of fabric in the ruffle. This can make the canopy look like it was constructed from two different types of fabric. Line the top of the canopy with a thin layer of foam to create a canopy that is completely opaque. The extra thickness on top gives the canopy a substantial look, but the lightweight foam adds very little extra weight.
American Colonialists wove ropes into a kind of lattice or net on a bed frame. The result is a kind of rectangular hammock that they covered with a mattress and blankets. Rope beds are not well suited for double beds because the ropes tend to sag, sending the sleepers toward the middle. You can make a Colonial-style rope bed if you have the woodworking skills necessary to make mortise and tendon joints.
Structural studs support the exterior walls of a building, as opposed to drywall studs that support interior walls. Metal buildings can use either metal or wooden structural studs -- with wooden studs more prevalent, given their strength and ease of cutting to size. As a homeowner, you're most likely to frame a metal building if you plan to add a storage shed to your yard. Erect the frame on either a poured concrete pad or a plywood floor atop a framework of floor and band joists.
Ikea's sleek MALM bed frame adds modern flair to the bedroom, but provides little storage. Easily add drawers to enhance storage under your MALM bed by using drawers that you already have and are not using, or by building your own drawers using solid plywood and rabbet joints for sturdy construction. Plywood is relatively inexpensive but strong, and rabbet joints add extra strength, but are not overly intricate to construct. Adding plate-mount casters to the bottom of the drawers makes it easy to slide them in and out.
The spread of the British Empire brought a wide variety of new furnishings to domestic decor, including the exotic and seductive Moorish divan. While used in other cultures, "Moorish" became the decorative term encompassing this Moroccan sofa bed and Oriental furnishings of all kinds. Traditionally backless, this seating-guest-bed combination can be constructed from recycled lumber, a twin box-spring/mattress set, colorful fabric and exuberant use of cushions.
Inflatable beds provide you with the opportunity for adjustable comfort levels while sleeping. Inflatable beds can give you the feel of a waterbed without all the hassle that goes into assembly and filling the water mattress. It is possible to create a do-it-yourself inflatable bed that looks just like more traditional non-inflatable beds.
A canopy bed can provide additional privacy and intimacy for its users. It adds interest to a bedroom with its sculptural shape and by dividing the room. Canopy beds can be expensive, but even a novice can assemble a galvanized canopy bed made from aluminum tubing. Given the proper decor, this bed can create an urban or industrial feel.
Jalousie windows are a type of louvered window. The glass panes or louvers are wide and squat, and they're mounted in pivoting metal -- often aluminum -- braces on the sides of the window's metal frame. Opening the louvers to a horizontal plane effectively opens the window almost completely, allowing air to flow easily in and out of a room; opening them only partially forms a vent. Jalousie windows are found mostly in older homes, and replacement parts often have to be ordered online. Broken glass, rusted rivets and operating mechanism failures are the most common problems with jalousie windows.…
A double futon bed gives you a bed for overnight guests. The bed frame consists of small pine boards that you screw together. The pine boards are strong enough to support the weight of the futon mattress, as well as anyone who sits or lays on it. Use the finished futon bed frame as a replacement for the bed in your own bedroom or as a new bed frame for your guest room or office, creating an inexpensive alternative to a store-bought futon.
Trundle beds are beds that include slim frames and mattresses without box springs that leave space below for storage drawers. In some cases the drawer below a trundle bed includes another mattress, allowing the bed to effectively double in size. In others, the drawers are solely for storage. Building your own trundle bed offers a way to create more storage space or add a temporary sleeping space to a bedroom.
Metal frame walls are easy, inexpensive and convenient. While they cannot be used for weight-bearing work, for simply partitioning a space and hanging drywall, metal frame walls are an excellent choice. Layout and stud spacing for metal frame walls are the same as for wood walls, the only key difference is in installation.
A backyard full of lush greenery often serves as a retreat for the entire family, but many people are at a loss as to how to create the look of overflowing abundance that they desire. With plants such as ivy and bamboo, it's possible to dig the beds, insert the plants and allow them to grow naturally. They'll quickly fill in any bare spots, and before you know it, you'll have the bounteous atmosphere you envisioned.
Waterbeds are constructed to distribute the bed’s weight evenly over the surface area of the bed’s base. This distribution of weight rarely requires reinforcement of your floor to hold the bed safely. If you’re dealing with older waterbeds or older floors, some reinforcement might be necessary to prevent the floor’s sagging or collapsing beneath the filled weight of the bed. In order to provide this reinforcement, a series of blocks can be installed between the joists of the floor. The blocks provide additional support to the joists, strengthening them in order to allow for successful support of the filled waterbed…
Fine soil particles develop over time from the effects of weathering processes involving rain, wind and ice. Areas of land consist of soil layers made up of different types of rock and sediment. Soil layers naturally follow a bottom-up sequence, with large rock pieces occupying the bottom layers. Inverse bedding appears in areas where extreme or unusual weather events disrupt the ground’s soil layers.
A flammable mattress can turn a lit match or a smoldering cigarette into a house fire in a matter of minutes. When the Consumer Product Safety Commission enacted a new flammability standard for mattresses in 2006, the agency estimated that the new rule would save more than 250 lives and prevent more than 1,300 injuries. Safety regulations for standard mattresses are different than those for inflatable air beds.
Under-bed storage allows you to keep the clutter of the room to a minimum without adding another piece of furniture. Beds with built-in drawers underneath can hold clothing, blankets or even toys. You could purchase a pre-made bed with drawers at the local furniture store, but be prepared for a hefty price tag. Alternatively, make your own. Even with minimal carpentry know-how, you can create your own queen-sized bed with built-in drawers in a weekend.
When you purchase a mattress and box spring at a local mattress or furniture store, they usually give you a metal bed frame to support it. Although metal frames are effective, they lack in style. Instead of covering an unattractive metal bed frame with a bed skirt, create a wooden box to sit around the bed frame to give it a platform bed look. Making your own box for your bed frame is inexpensive and simple enough to construct in a weekend.
Shakers are a religious group that has a distinct style of carpentry. Shakers believe in minimalism and forgoing the ornate details found on other styles of furniture; they strive for simple beauty instead. Shaker-style furniture is available at furniture stores, but despite the simple construction, it often costs a lot. The solution to obtaining a shaker-style headboard that is inexpensive is to make your own. Even without a lot of carpentry experience, you can create your own shaker-style headboard in a weekend.
A fluidized bed coal system burns coal with a unique firing configuration that actually suspends the coal in the air. The heat produced is then used to heat water if the furnace is attached to a boiler. In this case "controls" refers not to the operation of the boiler, but to the methods that the coal plant uses in order to reduce emissions, recover coal and burn the coal as efficiently as possible, according to government standards and company goals.
Screened beds are sometimes hanging beds: beds designed to be suspended from the ceiling. Like a porch swing, the beds can be hung from ceiling beams, joists and trusses. Even if a hanging bed is not screened, you can hang it on a screened-in porch, and relax while keeping bugs away.
As your child grows from the crib to a transitional bed or a full-size bed, the Ellis crib transitions along the four stages of growth. If your little one has grown out of the crib, the side rails transition to the head and foot of a full-size bed. If your Ellis crib doesn't include the bed rails for the transition, order them from a furniture store or baby product retailer.
Mortise hinges have two flaps attached to a central shaft. Manufacturers and designers often use the hinges on Murphy beds and other types of bed because it has a more decorative look than a basic hinge. Wide openings on either flap are just the right size for different screw widths and head sizes, while the central shaft features round balls on either end. When the bed mortise hinges become squeaky or otherwise damaged, you must make specific repairs.
If you like a little history with your meals, owning Barrington Ironstone can supply it and there’s no need to invite a scholar to dinner to get your authenticity fix. Ironstone has been around since the Earth was formed, so the items in your possession are true treasures that require plenty of TLC. Whether your Barrington Ironstone came from England or you picked up a piece or two at a local antique shop, you’ll have even more respect for it when you learn about its origins.
Murphy beds are designed to fold up against a wall. Many people believe that a Murphy bed must be left with a house when you move out, but this isn't true. Most manufacturers provide detailed removal instructions to allow homeowners to take their beds with them from one home to another. If you don't have the removal directions for your bed, most general instructions will work as long as you look for and disconnect any springs used to help move your bed from one position to another. These can be mounted in different locations based on different models, so a…
Floating drawer bed frames add a touch of style to the bedroom. They provide extra storage space for bedding, clothes or other bedroom items underneath the bed itself. Because a drawer bed uses the space under the mattress for storage, the number of cabinets needed in the room is reduced. This makes a bed frame with drawers in it the ideal choice for small rooms where storage space is limited.
Ikea, a Swedish home goods stores, sells many types of bed frames. If you're looking for a simple design that you can put together without too much fuss, the Ramberg bed frame is one option. Once you have the basic frame set up, you need to install slats to support the mattress. If your slats are missing or damaged, get ones built for the mattress for optimum results.
A sofa to bed conversion is familiar; most people have spent a night sleeping on a pull-out couch when staying with family or friends who lacked a guest room. Chair to bed conversions also exist. The conversions can involve conventional or medical-grade furniture.
A metal bed frame typically has one metal bar that stretches across the center of the bed. This metal bar offers support for the bed and keeps the mattress and box spring from sliding or sinking into the center. Some older frames lack this support completely and with newer frames, you might lose the center support or the leg on that support. Converting a king frame to one with slats requires the use of new center supports that you arrange between the existing rails.
A frame is an integral part of a bed. Not only does the frame support the bed, but it also provides you with support while sleeping. A bed frame is typically comprised of slats that run along the width of the structure. The mattress is laid across these slats and supported in its position on the frame. Brace a bed frame slat to ensure the functionality of the piece, extending the life of the bed frame, as well as your mattress.
Headboards and footboards are decorative elements to a bed that often serve as an anchor for the design of the room. Removal of these elements is sometimes necessary due to damage or a simple desire to redecorate. Because they are decorative and not essential components of your bed, cutting or removing them will not impact the usability of the bed.
Universal Furniture manufactures dozens of beds in different sizes and shapes. A double bed serves for two people, but some find it a tight fit. A queen-size bed provides more space for two people. Extender rails are all you need to change the size of a standard, double bed. Universal Furniture beds, though, are somewhat different because they include wood sides that attach to the headboard and footboard, hiding the bed rails. Converting this type of double bed to a queen bed requires a little more work.
Beadboard paneling is used in many applications in housing construction, from wainscoting to bathroom walls and even ceilings. The distinct striped look of beadboard also makes it a good decorative element in DIY projects. A twin headboard made from beadboard can transform a bedroom, whether painted white or distressed for a classic country look, or painted with colorful stripes for a bright and cheerful accent in a kid’s room.
Fixing a queen-sized headboard to work with a double box spring and mattress isn't a matter of adjusting the headboard. It all has to do with the size of the rails that hold the mattress and box spring, and how they fit against the headboard. A queen headboard is generally between 60 and 65 inches wide, while a double-bed box spring and mattress combination is 53 inches wide. Use headboard adapter brackets, which can give you up to 10 inches of rail width, to connect the smaller bed rails to the larger headboard.
Extender rails let you quickly and effortlessly change the size of your bed. Double beds are up to 6 inches narrower and 5 inches shorter than queen beds. While double beds are an adequate size for guest rooms, the size might not feel comfortable for you and your spouse. Iron beds have rails that support the weight of your box spring and mattress. Replacing the rails with extender rails turns the bed into a queen size.
The Instamatic bed frame assembles without bolts, screws or other hardware. The frame is available in several forms, with or without center supports, headboards and caster wheels. The assembly process is the same for each form. In this instance, consider the top rail and the top of the frame to be the headboard area, with the bottom rail and bottom of the frame being the foot of the bed.
