How to turn your bunk bed into a loft bed
You’re no longer sharing a room. Or maybe you never were; you were just lucky enough to have bunk beds for the occasional sleepover. For whatever reason, if you’ve decided you’d like to turn your existing bunk beds into a loft bed, your effort will be rewarded with lots of extra floor space for a desk or a dresser or a bean bag chair or a ….
Most of this project consists of removing parts that are already on the bunk bed.
If your bunk has slats and posture boards (purchased prior to 2016)
Step One: Remove the mattresses from both beds.
Step Two: Remove the posture boards from both bunks.
Step Three: Remove the slats from the lower bed only.
Step Four: Install the slats from the lower bed on the upper bunk.
Step Five: Place both posture boards on the upper bunk, one on top of the other.
Step Six: Replace the mattress on the upper bunk.
Step Seven: Remove the front rail of the lower bunk. (This is the only part you will need to store.) The back rail remains in place.
If your bunk bed is an all-slat design you simply remove the slats and front rail of the lower bunk and store these parts!
Most of this project consists of removing parts that are already on the bunk bed.
If your bunk has slats and posture boards (purchased prior to 2016)
Step One: Remove the mattresses from both beds.
Step Two: Remove the posture boards from both bunks.
Step Three: Remove the slats from the lower bed only.
Step Four: Install the slats from the lower bed on the upper bunk.
Step Five: Place both posture boards on the upper bunk, one on top of the other.
Step Six: Replace the mattress on the upper bunk.
Step Seven: Remove the front rail of the lower bunk. (This is the only part you will need to store.) The back rail remains in place.
If your bunk bed is an all-slat design you simply remove the slats and front rail of the lower bunk and store these parts!
- Lisa Alberico