![]() The bottom of each of the four pieces of the a-frame is cut at a 115-degree angle. There are (4) 2x4s that make up the posts on each corner, these get cut to 24". The 1圆 ridge board that goes at the top gets cut to 75" as well. The factory ends typically aren't square so doing this before you measure is a good idea. Tip: Before cutting your pieces to length, it helps to "square" the ends of each piece of wood. So, the two 1x8 side rails will get cut to 75" long and the two 1x8s for the head and footboards get cut to 35". The bed frame we're making is sized for a Twin mattress, which is typically in the neighborhood of 38" wide by 75" long. If they're curved or bowed, it will make the project a lot more difficult. When you buy this lumber from the store, be sure to spend some extra time looking through the pile and try to find the straightest boards you can. You'll need 2x4s, 1圆" pine, and 1x8" pine boards. This project uses very simple and easy to find materials. We recommend watching the video above and following along with the written steps! If you're looking for the perfect weekend DIY woodworking project that'll brighten up your kids' day and get them transitioning to the "big kid bed", this is it! We decided to create a super stylized and really fun version of this and looked to the 'How to Train Your Dragon' films as inspiration for our DRAGON & VIKING theme! You might have seen it referred to as a "shed bed", "house bed", or "toddler floor bed" as well. One of the neat features you see in a lot of Montessori Floor Beds, is the "house" style where they have a frame that comes up and over the bed. ![]() ![]() If you're interested in building something for your kids, keep on reading! They can explore their environments and wake up and move around without the worry of falling off the bed. ![]() Floor beds like this enable freedom of movement, independence, and mobility, and ease the transition. It also happens to be an incredibly fun DIY project you can make for your kids!Īs they grow up and get too big for a crib, transitioning kids to a real bed can be tricky. This is an obvious danger after watching her for just 5 minutes on the bed, and this has a much higher potential for injury than simply rolling off the bed from a traditional montessori floor bed.The kids' Montessori Bed is an integral and super fun part of the Montessori Bedroom. The problem with this hack is that we have created a big danger: the top part that now surrounds the bed are wood beams we are very worried that our baby (who is very rambunctious) is going to crawl/jump/roll/fall and bang her head on the beam. This theoretically prevents babies falling to the ground as they might if it were just a mattress on the floor and allows parents to more cautiously experiment with floor beds. The "hack" we did was simple: put the slat foundation on the floor with the mattress on top and then the sides of the bed become a kind of surrounding guardrail. We just bought the Kura after reading about the the popular trick to turn this into a Montessori-inspired floor bed. I just realized the same thing after spending my whole Saturday on this. I wish I would have heard this before we fought through Ikea for that bed. Until then, this is not suitable for babies. If you have an older kid, this bed would be a lot of fun. Nothing about this bed beats a simple mattress on the floor. Getting in and out of the bed with the bottom and top rail as an adult is a pain (think reading books or snuggling when kiddo is ill). It's hard to find a decent, non-foam, mattress that isn't 14" tall (personally hate foam). We shoulda started with the simple mattress on the floor.Įvery member of our family, including the kid sleeping in it, has nearly gotten a concussion from one side of that bed or another. The thought was the kid would transition more easily from a pack-n-play to a bed with sides and be less likely to roll off and maybe also feel more secure.all this compared to just a mattress on the floor. When looking at floor bed options, we got a little caught up on Montessori maddened and picked up an Ikea Kura bed to set up as a floor bed for our then 1 year old.
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