12 of the Best IKEA Kids Bed Hacks From Around the Web
If you’re anything like us, you love a good IKEA hack. From coffee tables to bunk beds, there’s nothing that beats transforming flat-pack furniture into a custom piece. It’s even better when the hack is for a kid’s room. For that reason, we decided to put together a list of our favourite IKEA kids bed hacks!
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Let’s get into the 12 best IKEA kids bed hacks! Feel free to save them to your Pinterest board for future reference, we know you’ll want to make these beds a reality in your home.
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1. The Most Awesome IKEA Kids Bed Ever
We featured this bed in a previous post, but we just had to share it again!
This bed is made up of 3 different pieces of IKEA furniture, all combined to make a loft bed with a slide down to the kid’s room. So, your child could either use the little ladder or the slide to get out of bed in the morning. With the bookshelf and storage unit, the bed also has built-in storage for all of your kid’s books and toys.
2. Minimalist Castle IKEA Bunk Bed
For a toned down look, this simple castle bunk bed is perfect! Instead of a traditional bunk bed, this setup features one bed on the ground and one lofted above a play space. There are also spots for your kids’ books so your kids can read in bed before they go to sleep!
You can fill the play space with anything you like, and theme the entire structure around your kids’ tastes. The best part about having a minimalistic castle bunk bed is that you can use accessories to change the theme whenever! Painting kids’ furniture with chalkboard paint or whiteboard paint will allow them to draw and express their creativity by changing the look of the furniture. If you want to learn about more uses of chalkboard paint, check out this article.
3. IKEA Loft Bed with a Climbing Wall
If you have a particularly active child, this IKEA kids bed hack is ideal for them. It starts off with a basic loft bed, but there is a piece of wood attached that your kid can climb up as if it’s a climbing wall.
You can add storage underneath to create a bit of a play area under the loft bed. When your kid gets older, you could even add a desk underneath to create a teen study zone.
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4. Turn Storage into Stairs
Does your child prefer stairs over a traditional ladder for a bunk bed? If so, this IKEA hack is perfect for their room. You can turn an IKEA Trofast storage unit into stairs up to a bunk bed. The height works perfectly!
Like many hacks on this list, this IKEA hack has an added bonus of creating extra storage in your child’s room.
5. Build Your Kids a Castle
If one of your kids is obsessed with princesses or princes, this is the bed hack for you. The bed sits underneath a lofted reading spot shaped like a fairytale castle! It also uses an IKEA storage unit as stairs up to the loft.
Does your child love a certain Disney princess or even Harry Potter? Theme their castle after their favourite fictional setting to bring some fantasy to their room. For a Frozen-themed room, paint the castle ice blue and paint some ice shards on the wall or the furniture.
To theme their bed after Hogwarts, print out pictures of the house crests and glue them to the bed and paint the whole structure brown. If you’re more artistically inclined, you can paint on bricks or another texture to make the castle look older.
6. Treehouse Without the Trees
How cute is this for a kid’s room? For this hack, perfection in decorating is not needed. It’s meant to look like rustic treehouses. To us, it looks like something ripped right from the pages of a Dr. Seuss book. Under the beds, you can create storage or play areas, doubling the usable space in your kid’s room.
If you have more than two children or your kids like to host slumber parties, you could add beds under the lofts, too. Even a simple day bed or air mattress could transform this room into the perfect space for a sleepover. When your kids get a bit older, you could add a reading or study area to the lofts and move the beds to the lower level. They’re sure to love the personal space when they get older.
7. Double Your Kid’s Space with IKEA Lofts
So many of these IKEA kids bed hacks involve lofting beds to create extra space in your kid’s room. This one is no different! It involves turning bunk beds into lofts for play space.
These beds have been transformed into looking like little homes lofted over beds where kids can play. You can paint these lofts to fit any theme your kids love, which makes it perfect for creative kids!
8. Build Your Child Their Own Fire Truck
This bed is based on a simple idea: kids love fire trucks. If your kid dreams of being a firefighter, why not build them a fire truck bed? You can transform a simple IKEA bed into a real-life fire truck!
You don’t have to go the whole nine yards with lights and hoses like in this example, but even a coat of red paint with some decorations will do the trick.
More IKEA Kid Beds
1. Repurpose Old IKEA Furniture
This IKEA kids bed hack involves repurposing old IKEA furniture and turning these beds and dresser into a loft bed. In this example, the builder used existing IKEA Malm pieces to create a great loft bed for their kids.
It’s perfect for a kid who has sleepovers often or two children who share a room. If your kids don’t need as much clothing storage space, consider placing a bookshelf under the lofted bed.
2. Build a Triple Bunk Bed
If you have three kids in one room, or if your kids like to host sleepovers often, a triple bunk bed is the way to go.
This bunk bed combines three IKEA beds into one bunk bed, making it perfect for a bunch of kids. You could add shelving under the lofted bed to add even more versatility to the space.
3. Combine a Crib and a Bunk Bed
Combine your baby’s crib with a bunk bed to save space in your kid’s room. When they get older, you can switch out the crib with the bed that was originally in its space.
This is perfect if you have more kids than you have space, or if your kids simply love sharing a bedroom! What’s great about this combination is that the crib fits so snugly in the base of the bunk bed.
4. Attach a Crib to Your Bed to Help with Cosleeping
If you cosleep with your new baby, it can be difficult to fit them into your bed. But, if you have a crib in your home, you can attach it to your bed so that you and your baby each have your own space.
This tutorial will teach you how to attach a crib to your bed safely so that the crib doesn’t roll away or detach from the bed. For all cosleeping parents, this IKEA hack is for you!
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