Tips for Choosing and Assembling the Best Bunk Beds for Your Kids
It’s no secret that bunk beds don’t fit through doors. While many furniture stores will be happy to charge you an arm and a leg to get the installation done, you can really save a lot of money by building it yourself. And let’s face it: It’s just more fun. You get to feel proud of your creation afterwords.
The first step to setting up the right bunk bed is to find the perfect bed. You can find bunk beds at your local furniture shop, at IKEA, Ethan Allen or any other retail outlet. However, since you’re assembling the bed yourself anyway, you can also shop online.
Shopping online gives you a huge amount of selection. You can choose from full over full bunk beds to small bunk beds for kids. You can find just about any kind of wood and a wide variety of styles. The world is your oyster.
Before you pick a bunk bed, make sure you measure the length of your ceiling. The last thing you want is to receive your bunk bed only to realize that your ceiling is too low to support it.
Once your bunk bed has been shipped to you and you’re ready to assemble, start by gathering your tools. You’ll probably need a screwdriver, a wrench and possibly a drill, but not much else.
Open the instruction booklet and read through the assembly step by step. Lay out each piece of wood according to assembly sequence. Place the pieces of wood that will be assembled first closer to where the bed will eventually be and the rest of the furniture parts further away where they won’t be interfering with the construction.
Run through where each piece of wood goes in your mind before you begin assembling anything. Once you’ve got a clear mental picture of how everything fits together, then begin the assembly. Follow the steps outlined in the instruction booklet to a T.
Play some good music while you’re constructing the bed as you’ll probably be at it for a few hours. There might be a few hiccups along the way, but as long as you’re following the instructions you’ll be able to figure it out.
Then at the end of the day you’ll have a perfect bunk bed for your kids at an affordable price. Everybody wins!