How to convert a crib into a bed?

When a newborn baby appears in the house, the first thing parents do is buy a crib for him. It is in her that the first time a child spends almost all of his time and the most precious days of his life that has just begun. But due to the fact that children grow up quickly, we do not have time to come to our senses how this, the most necessary thing, becomes something burdensome, an object that just stands in the corner and is covered with dust. Someone gives the bed to acquaintances or to shelters, while others keep it if they plan to have children in the future. The crib becomes so beloved by everyone that it is quite difficult to part with it. Modern designers offer to get out of this situation in a rather interesting way. They create a lot of ideas on how to convert a crib into a bed, a sofa, a children's table, a playhouse, a flower stand, a clothes dryer and many other useful things. Actually, in this article we will consider all the options for transforming an old crib, and this will not take you much time.

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Game house from a crib

The most important criterion that we are guided by when choosing furniture is, of course, practicality. But the crib cannot last more than three years, because the child grows up and grows, over the years it simply ceases to fit in it. Thanks to the original design ideas, anyone can give this dear heart a piece of furniture a “second life”. And now more about each of them.

It is not necessary to throw away this piece of furniture when the child has grown up, and now we will learn how to convert the crib into a beautiful playhouse. To create such a miracle, you need:

1. Buy a little multi-colored fabric with your favorite cartoon characters from your baby and use it to decorate a sleeping place in an original way.
2. The foundation intended for sleeping needs to be moved a little higher so that it turns into the roof of your house.

Important! Inside, you can throw more toys, books and soft pillows, thanks to which an atmosphere of calm and comfort will reign in it.

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Original sofa from a crib

It is difficult, of course, to imagine, but you can even make a sofa out of the crib with your own hands. In reality, it will turn out not only convenient and beautiful, but also stylish and modern. In fact, everything is as easy as shelling pears:

1. First, detach the side from the crib.
2. If the base for sleeping is too high to sit on it, then it will need to be lowered to the required distance down.
3. To harmonize the new sofa with the rest of the furniture in the apartment, you can even varnish it or repaint it in a completely different color.
4. Be sure to equip it with pillows and a mattress in color.

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Children's table from a crib

What kind of child does not dream of having his own table in order to sit quietly at him and play, sculpt and draw. So, you can make it from an already unnecessary crib:

• For alteration, you need to remove the front side from it, pick up chairs and accessories.
• The main thing is to carefully choose a chair so that it fits your baby in height.
• The base of the crib must be covered with a convenient material, decorated with original drawings.

Important! It remains only to complete the table with stationery, in particular brushes, pencils and albums.

That's all, the result is an original designer table.

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Bed clothes dryer

The baby cradle can be turned into a convenient and useful clothes dryer in two accounts:

• Carefully disconnect the sides from the crib and put them where you are used to hanging clothes after washing, for example, in the bathroom or on the balcony.
• Since this is not a usual interior item, but a thing that will constantly come in contact with wet linen, it is recommended that the finished dryer be treated with special protective and antifungal agents.

Important! Do not throw out the rest of the crib, since you can build a wonderful bench directly in your yard for exciting evening gatherings.

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Cradle Flower Stand

Thinking about what can be made from an old crib, not many would think that you can even turn it into a stand for indoor plants. It is the place for sleeping that can become a convenient place for arranging flowers. In addition, on this design, you can easily deal with plant transplants.

So, the technology here is simple:

1. You just need to move the base up so that it is at the level of the hands.
2. To strengthen it, you can install several frames from the table.

Important! Such an original design is guaranteed to fit into any interior, especially if it is slightly corrected with varnish and paint.

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Crib Headboard

If you remove two side parts from the crib, you can make a modern and sophisticated frame for the back of a large double bed:

1. It is necessary to carefully detach the sides.
2. Firmly attach them to the head of the adult bed. For work, you will need the most ordinary screws.
3. Before attaching the sides, they can be painted in a suitable shade and coated with a protective layer of varnish on top to make them more shiny and beautiful.

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Kitchen or children's organizer from the crib

Are you tired of constantly putting things in order in the children's room and in the kitchen? Forever not enough space for some important things? The problem is solved very simply! Disconnect the side parts from the crib and attach them wherever you want.

For example, in a children's room for storing toys or hanging colored hangers with clothes. You can use such an organizer in the kitchen as a place to store spices or utensils. From the point of view of designers, this will look original and quite appropriate.

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So we found out how to convert a crib into a sofa, organizer, orphanage, a useful thing for any housewife and even lovers of indoor plants. Thanks to such simple ideas, this unnecessary element of the interior again becomes necessary and in demand.