How to make a house for children in an apartment?

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

We all know how sometimes there is not enough personal space. In adulthood, we now and then face the problems of queues, traffic jams, curious noses that do not interfere with their business. However, the same can be said about children who simply need their own play space, in which no one will distract and touch them. And there will always be little secrets that you want to keep from your parents. If you want to maintain independence, and just please your child, then a house for children will be a good option. You can bring a children's tent to the apartment or come up with something else.

Square

The main parameter that should be taken into account when choosing and thinking over the layout of the future children's room will be the size of your apartment. After all, depending on it, you will have to place an entire playground in the house.

A house for children in an apartment should be chosen taking into account how the family as a whole lives.

• Do you huddle in a small odnushka? You can safely forget about wooden structures or large plastic houses.
• Does your child have their own room? There are options here, but usually children are not allocated large areas, so yousome option built into the wall will do.
• Well, if you are ready to give your child most of the living room, then you can create a real two-story play center for him with slides.

Tent

So, this is the easiest option for creating a house for children in an apartment if you are on a budget and limited by the size of the room. Such a house will take approximately 1.5x1.5 meters in the room. Of the minuses can be noted:

• Blow through. If your floor is drafty or just cold, make sure your child doesn't get blown away.
• It is better not to leave very small ones in it. Due to the unstable design, a child can easily knock down such a house on himself.

But it's not so bad. There are ways to mitigate these two issues. And along with some of the benefits, you can get a great shelter in which the baby will do his business.

• Cheap. For a very modest amount, you will give the child a sense of personal space.
• Compact. Such a house can always be folded so that it becomes flat. After that, he cleans up under the sofa or behind the closet, without taking up space in the apartment.
• You can always put an insulated cover on the floor of such a tent.
• With a little extra money, you can get a wigwam that is stable and won't fall on your head.

Thus, a tent house for a child in a small apartment will add personal space for a childand will be an excellent economical option.

Tent+

A slightly advanced version of the tent will be houses with additional pipes and courtyards. This is a good combination that includes a playpen for a child or a tube that you can crawl on. It does not bring practical effectiveness, but many children like it. Especially if you fill it with balls. As you can see, installing a cheap children's house for a child in an apartment will not be a particular problem. However, many parents prefer more durable options. After all, an initially made house can eventually turn into a whole room. But we will talk about such opportunities a little later.

Plastic

If you have some free space, the next option is for you. Houses for children in an apartment, the photos of which are presented just below, are installed from plastic. This makes them very strong and stable, and therefore durable. In addition, they are easy to care for and wash, and their low weight allows you to transfer the structure to any place without much effort. If necessary, this shelter can be taken outside (to the garden), and even the rain will not bother him.

The disadvantage may be rapid fading and loss of aesthetic appearance. In addition, the dimensions of such houses are very small, and there will only be space for one highchair. While in the same tent, the child will crawl to the point of insanity.

Tree

If you are an ardent supporter of environmentally friendlymaterials, then you have no choice but to buy a ready-made solution. Moreover, such a design will not always be a house.

By making a wooden house for children in the apartment, you will prepare good soil for the child to have his own corner and personal space. Such buildings are durable and reliable. The only thing is that they are not recommended for very young children because of the likelihood of injury. In addition, such surfaces require regular maintenance and cleaning from dust.

There are two types of wooden houses.

1. The first one is a typical house. With doors and windows. It can be placed both outdoors and indoors, securely screwed to the walls. Of the minuses: such buildings are not mobile, and you must understand for sure that it will stand not for a year or two, but much more.
2. The second one is more of a play area. There are different variations. For example, it can be a two-level bed with a sleeping place on top and a work / play area below. Or, on the contrary, leaving a bed below, you can arrange a playground, a wall bar and a slide from above. But again, if there is free space in the apartment.

DIY

In addition to paid options, there are always ways to install a playhouse for children in an apartment on your own. In this case, you will not be required to over-invest, but you will also have to put in a lot of effort.

The easiest option is to make a house for a child in an apartment out of fabric. Or rather, from the well-known sheet.

Take two chairs and put them against the wall. Turn your backs to each other and move apart at a distance of 1-1.5 meters. Now you can cover them with a sheet. You will get an impromptu "headquarters". To facilitate the task, you can use, for example, the corner between the sofa and the wall, then the three sides of your tent will be ready. The fastest and most convenient option would be to use a book table. In this case, you can always expand the "children's house" in one motion

Cardboard

We looked at the easiest way to create a playhouse. However, with a little effort, you can create a more accurate representation of the playroom for your child. Suffice it to recall a vivid example when one Filipina made a toy kitchen out of boxes for her daughter. A do-it-yourself house for children in an apartment is a good way to spend at least a little time with your child.

1. So, in order to create at least one room, we need some materials. For example, one refrigerator box may suffice, but it is better to use packaging from LCD TVs. For example, let's take 6 identical TV boxes with a diagonal of 80 cm.
2. Cut off the upper and lower parts that pack the equipment and leave a bare parallelepiped.
3. Cut one of the edges on each of them and get six identical corners.
4. We fasten them together with adhesive tape and a stapler (preferably industrial). We get two high corners. This height should be just enough to hide with the head of a child 1-1.2 meters tall. Leftjust choose how you will place your building:

• Near the wall. This technique will increase the area of \u200b\u200bthe house. Drive nails into the wall and hang a couple of wooden slats on them. You can attach cardboard to them with glue and small nails.
• If you decide to fasten the two corners together, then you will need something to make the structure more stable. It is best to install the floor and roof from the same cardboard. If in the previous version everything was attached to the wall, then here we get a parallelepiped completely closed on all sides.

After you install the whole structure, cut windows and a door in it. You can leave it hanging on its hinges or replace it with a light curtain. In order to give the house a more aesthetic look, use foil or just cover it with plain paper, and decorate it with drawings with your child.

Note to carpenters

If your hands are growing out of the right place, you can put together a playhouse for children into an apartment on your own. Without a doubt, wooden indoor playgrounds are very expensive, even if you build them yourself. But the price for them is still not justified. How to make a house for a child in a wooden apartment?

1. Choose a place in the house where the playhouse will be located.
2. Ask the child what he wants. Draw associations with real-life projects in stores.
3. Make a diagram and count how many and what elements you needneeded.
4. Take measurements and calculate the dimensions of the elements.
5. Now go to any furniture factory and just order a cut according to the parameters that were calculated. So you will have to pay only for the material, and not for the work of designers-constructors.

Given modern construction and the fact that it is quite problematic to find straight floors and walls in apartments, do not plan to fix a wooden children's house to the wall. This might work for an ordinary Swedish wall, but not for a large building. So be sure to include adjustable feet for leveling.

Another way to make a house for children in an apartment is to buy a regular bunk bed. Let the child sleep upstairs, and the bottom part can be curtained with a sheet to get a proper shelter.

Price

Whichever option you choose, the question of price always remains open. Of course, a playhouse for children in an apartment cannot be compared with outdoor counterparts, but it may also require a solid investment.

• Free. You can make a room using improvised materials. Often this brings a lot of inconvenience to parents, and the mess throughout the apartment is guaranteed.
• Up to 1500 rubles. For this price you can buy ready-made folding options. They are compact, but very fragile.
• From 1500 to 2500 rubles. They practically do not differ from the previous version, except for one quality - stability. They can use metal elements to increase the reliability and strength of the structure. There are doors that open or roll up.
• From 10,000 to 25,000 rubles. This option will require you to have quite a lot of space. Plastic buildings already look like real houses and differ in size, colors and functionality.
• But wooden structures can already be both very cheap and cost fabulous money - depending on how they are assembled.

Conclusion

In any case, the choice is always yours. Whether it's a makeshift free tent or a complete playhouse, there's a price to pay for everything, be it money or work and effort. But most importantly, remember who you are making the house for. Be sure to ask the opinion and desires of your child. He might be more interested in spending time with his parents putting together and gluing his own shelter than just getting him a tent and forgetting it.