Who Invented the Bed? Before there were beds, people slept on the ground or on the floor of their dwelling. Of course, it was inconvenient, so over time, they began to make a bed on a raised platform. For a long time, household items served as a semblance of a bed: chests, boxes, benches. Thus, a kind of economy of space was realized: during the day all these objects played one role, at night another. In ancient Egypt, the bed first became a separate piece of furniture. It was the ancient Egyptians who came up with the idea of ​​raising the bed above the ground - at least, so archaeologists believe. First of all, she appeared in the homes of wealthy people. For such owners, rather complex furniture for sleeping was made. At the corners of the bed, columns went up, on which a roof was attached above the sleeping place. Steps led up to the bed. It was surrounded by curtains. In general, such beds seemed quite comfortable, and when they began to decorate them with decorative elements, embroider canopy curtains, and so on, they also became very beautiful. In ancient Rome, people liked beds so much that they began to be equipped in almost every room. There was a sleeping bed in the bedroom, a table bed in the dining room. Imagine, there was even a study bed for the students, where they could lie down to relax after the lesson or think about some difficult task. So, for a while, the bed became not so much furniture for sleeping, but more like a chair or armchair. Some theaters were even equipped with beds. People could sit reclining on them and watch performances. By the way, this is even in the modern world, the beds are in the auditorium of one of the foreign cinemas. The complex design of the beds, as well as their rich decoration, was also adopted in Rus'. Woodcarving, gilding details richly decorated the beds and made them not just items for everyday use, but luxury items. The mirror above the bed is also a Russian invention. Reflective surfaces made of thin metal began to be made on the "roof" of beds around the 17th century. Beautiful products cost fabulous money! In those days, a comfortable bed for sleeping was available only to the richest and most important people, and ordinary people spent the night on beds and benches. One of the most opulent examples of "classic" bed design is still found today in the bedroom of King Louis (the Sun King) at Versailles. As time went on, beds began to become more practical and concise in execution, and therefore more accessible to ordinary people. So they began to "populate" ordinary houses. People usually made them themselves from beams and boards. Of course, during the transition “to the people”, the beds first lost the roof, then the columns, and, finally, stopped at the base on four legs. Now it is precisely these beds that are familiar to our eyes and cause us the most obvious sympathy, despite the fact that from a historical standpoint this is a reduced and “inferior” version. There have been many bizarre turns in the evolution of beds. For example, in the Middle Ages, in large families, it was customary to make simply giant beds. They were made this way not because there was a lot of space in the houses, and not because people wanted to build themselves super-beds for comfortable sleep. In this way, people saved space - they all slept in one place, and each member of numerous families did not need to organize separate bedding and sleeping rooms. In addition, the houses were not heated then, so sleeping together was also a little warmer. Interestingly, if a guest came to the house and stayed overnight, he was invited to lie down on the same bed, along with the owners and their children. If we continue talking about large beds, then the bed of the courtesan La Paiva, who lived in France, was more than decent in size. The size range of the beds of that time did not know such maximalism: the total area of ​​the bed was 10 square meters. Of course, this "out of the ordinary" product was not made because that lady loved to turn in her sleep. Currently, there are a great many beds, they are very different in appearance and design. But, despite the fact that each person has the opportunity to choose furniture for sleeping that perfectly matches his personal ideas about comfort, many of us do not. Not intentionally, of course: it's just very difficult to navigate in the existing variety. In addition, not everyone knows what is better and healthier to sleep on - on the sofa, bed or something else. But this is another story… which can be found in our "Studio-Comfort". Kopeysk, Glory Ave., 5 A #Custom-made furniture #Kopeysk #Studio_coziness74 #murals

The history of the bed is an interesting study that has been done. It was used by our ancient ancestors and
has thousands of history of many cultures. Archaeologists, anthropologists and historians have studied the documents well and have drawn conclusions from clay tablets, works of art and historical paintings. These discoveries are also made thanks to private collections preserved over the centuries in museums. This story gives us a glimpse into the evolution of the bed over the centuries, the changes in construction and materials used, and how their construction has changed over the centuries.

In 1975, grass-filled pits were found in Hinds Cave, believed to be from the early Neolithic period. Prehistoric images courtesy of Texas.

Beds from the Early Neolithic: 7000 BC. - 6000G. BC.
Much of what we know about this period comes from paintings found on the walls of caves of ancient people or from archaeological sites. In the mid-1970s, a team of researchers from Texas led by Professor GarryJ. Schafer and Vaughn Brant carefully excavated the Hinds Caverns in southwest Texas. There they discovered a treasure trove of artifacts dating back over 9,000 years, which were left there by nomadic hunter-gatherers. The researchers found that in these beds people curled up on the grass to sleep. The size of many of these pits suggested that the person would sleep in the fetal position. During the late Neolithic period, a stone bed was discovered in the house of a prehistoric village located in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, UK. The image is subsidized 5000 BC. - 4000 BC Several sites discovered by archaeologists during this period give us a much better understanding of beds, bedroom furniture and life in the Late Neolithic. One of the best preserved of these sites is in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, UK, an island located in the northernmost part of Scotland. The settlement known as Skara Brae was protected by the dunes before it was discovered. In 1850, strong storms washed away part of the dunes, revealing the best-preserved prehistoric village in Northern Europe. The people of this period mainly used stone as a material for furniture and this can be seen in the image. This means that the ancients had the ability to work as a stone cutter and other tools. The ancient beds were huge stone slabs and were most likely topped with ferns and covered in skins for warmth and comfort.

Bronze Age, Egyptian bed made of wood and covered with a golden sheath. The legs of the bed had the appearance of animals and this is a characteristic feature of the Egyptian style in this era. The Bronze Age brought many changes to the appearance of the bed. In particular, there were many projects of craftsmen and carpenters in ancient Egypt after which they began to be used. Simple beds were made for the common people, while the most elaborate designs and materials were used for the rich and for the Egyptian pharaohs. Much of what we know about the Egyptian bed we learned from hieroglyphs, as well as from the found tombs of the pharaohs. The richest wooden beds were covered with a golden sheath.

Etruscan metal frame bed. The platform is made of metal. On top was a feather or straw mattress. Image courtesy of the Vatican Museum during the Iron Age: 1000 BC. - 476 AD The Iron Age was an important and gradual transition from the Bronze Age to many cultures around the world as people began to understand how furniture, tools and weapons were made from iron. The reason for this was the discovery that steel has a melting point higher than that of bronze, which means it is stronger and better. Roman civilization until its fall in 476 made many advances, including varieties of beds. Rich Roman and European beds in this era consisted of several supports under the platform, consisting of an outer metal frame woven together crosswise across the platform to support the mattress. Most of the mattresses used on these beds consisted of feathers or straw. Wool blankets were also used.

St. James seems to be King Charlemagne in a dream. Notice the ornate style of your bed in this
In the 10th century, the Norwegian bed was made from beech. The bed platform consists of wooden slats. The bags were stuffed with straw or hay, these were Viking mattresses. In Scandinavia during this period, the Norse Vikings built wooden slatted beds and used them on their ships.

The bed of the 16th century was made of wood by artisans, and the platform for the mattress was made using ropes through holes along the perimeter of the base of the bed.

The 18th century bed was made from American walnut with drapery and textiles. Image courtesy of the St. Louis Museum of Art: 1700 - 1799. During this period, colonial powers such as England, France and Spain continue to assert their influence around the world. New designs and ideas began to emerge during this era and led to the introduction of many new construction methods. During this period, an alternative form of decoration is proposed and one can see a decrease in the carved surfaces that were so prominent earlier. The beds and bedroom furniture of this era were often embellished with lots of textiles such as linens, curtains, bed drapes. Usually in the 18th century in a household, the most valuable piece of furniture in the house was the bed, and therefore it was decorated in rich and stylish way.

19th century mahogany bed. Inlaid lines and numbers in brass, mother-of-pearl, copper and pewter.
Radical changes in society led to a change in management style, an increase in the working population worldwide and the growth of new wealthy classes gave way to the start of mass production, which led to changes in the design of the bed. Traditional richly decorated handmade beds have ceased to exist. They have been replaced with simple flowing lines. Styles became less decorative. As in past centuries, a more elegant appearance has appeared to the present. Mahogany and satinwood became the dominant woods used during this period. Mass production of bed details became easy and cheap and eventually led manufacturers to produce beds with historically grafted correct decorations (Renaissance, Greek, Egyptian, etc.). Individual craftsmen and designers were unable to compete with these style imitators. The time of cheapness has done its job and put new rich beds on the market for uninformed furniture buyers. Therefore, individual craftsmen eventually had to work with these manufacturers out of necessity to stay afloat.

In 1968, Charles Hall created the modern waterbed design with the help of fellow SFSU students Paul Heckel and Evan Fox. They originally tried to build an innovative chair out of a vinyl bag filled with 300 pounds of cornstarch. The next attempt was to fill it with jelly, but that too was unsuccessful. Hall abandoned the chair concept and tried to refine the concept in bed. As a result, he created a water bed and accessories for it, such as a heater and repair kits. A typical water structure consists of an MDF board pedestal. There are supports inside the pedestal. The installed outer frames are raised around the pedestal. Modern waterbeds use a thermostatically controlled heater to control the temperature of the water. The panels are installed along the transverse frame on the platform of the bed. The lining is inside the bed and the vinyl waterbed is inserted into the frame and filled with water. Waterbeds skyrocketed in popularity in the 70s, but even though they are now considered a fad, they are still sold all over the world from various manufacturers.

The Murphy Bed was created by William L. Murphy out of a need to make room in his 1-room apartment to entertain his guests. William L. Murphy, an American designer, came up with a cot that became known as the "Murphy Bed", which is still sold today. This unique invention consisted of a cot using a steel platform that accommodates one mattress. The size depends on the model. The idea came to Mr. Murphy when he was living in a one-room apartment in San Francisco and his existing bed was taking up too much space. He experimented with a folding bed, and filed his first patent in 1900. These humble beginnings eventually led to the formation of the Murphy Wall Bed, which still exists today and is run by his grandson Clark W. Murphy. "Bed-wall" who is the current president of the company. Despite the popularity of Murphy beds peaked in the 1920s and 1930s, they are still popular today.

Is the Russian oven really Russian? Was she in every hut? And when did beds appear in Rus'? From time immemorial? Think you know the answers to these questions?

We are sure that we know a lot. We were taught at school, we read books, educational films, after all, we watched. Yes, and there is some kind of worldly experience. We argue and argue about ancient history, but do we know what happened 200, 100 years ago? It turns out that literally, wherever you stick your nose, amazing discoveries are waiting everywhere.

The history of the bed and a little about the stove

10 thousand years ago, with a pile of leaves and branches, at best wrapped in the skins of dead animals, the history of the development of the mattress and bed began. These first primitively equipped beds served not so much for the comfort of cavemen's sleep as they helped, by lifting a person from the ground, to protect themselves from cold, dirt and dangerous insects.

Even the ancient Egyptians in 3400 B.C. still slept on palm leaves, which were stacked in the corners of the house.

The oldest known bed made of rope belongs to the famous hero of Homer's epic poem Odysseus. Detailed beds can also be seen at the National History Museum of Wales.

The first beds found in villages in the north of Scotland date back to the period 3200 - 2200 years. BC. Some were boxes just above ground level, made of stone with filler.

The first water bed appeared in Persia about 3600 years ago. It was a goat skin filled with water. Later, Roman baths also used similar water mattresses to relax visitors, which made it possible to attract more customers.

All this cannot and should not cause any objections. Museum collections are bursting with beds, and what, it would seem, is difficult - to throw a bag of hay on the board and sleep on it? 10,000 years of recorded history.

Well .... and now a tub of cold water by the scruff of the neck. Russia, St. Petersburg, the end of the nineteenth century!

The Marquis de Custine, who visited Russia in 1836, writes the following about Petersburg:

“The interior of the dwellings is sad, because, despite the luxury of the front chambers, intended for receiving guests and furnished in the English style, domestic dirt and the deepest, truly Asian disorder peep out of dark corners from everywhere. The piece of furniture that is least used in the Russian house is the bed. The maids sleep in closets, reminiscent of the former doormen's closets we have in France, and the men's servants lying on the stairs, in the hallways and even, they say, in the living rooms right on the floor putting a pillow under your head.

This morning I was on a visit to a certain prince, in the past a great nobleman, now ruined, decrepit and suffering from dropsy. He is so seriously ill that does not leave the box, and yet he has no bed, that is, what is meant by this name in civilized countries.

He lives with his sister, who has left the city. Lonely, in a deserted, empty palace, he spends the night on a wooden bench covered with a carpet and a few pillows. And in this case, the matter is not at all due to the whim of the old man. Sometimes you can see the front bed - a luxury item that is shown out of respect for European customs, but which is never used"

How so!? Custin did not find a bed? In the nineteenth century!? This is some stupidity! What, did the nobles sleep on the floor? And the hussars, there, and all sorts of maids of honor, coming from the balls, fell into a haystack? And Pushkin? Did you sleep on the rug near the door? No, well, that's nonsense, that's nonsense!

That's right, this is a normal human reaction - rejection and irritation, often even anger! "Nonsense, everything is ready to accept, but now this is complete nonsense!"

It's okay. Anger and irritation pass. I'm wondering what will you do next? Just shrug it off? Leave an angry comment out of frustration? I expect you to "surf the Internet" to "wipe my nose" and..... And....!

Here is the comment I received from the respected

“There was no special place for sleeping, the bed took up a lot of space, and this was a great luxury both in the village and in the city. They slept sitting, half-sitting, maximum reclining, Russians, according to Persian habit, well, or Tatar, liked to put pillows around themselves.

In the most impoverished hut back in the 80s of the twentieth century there were about a dozen pillows, there might not have been mattresses and blankets, but "fuck it!". So Muscovy is a floor, a floor, a hayloft.

Back in the 50s, the Mordovian kids of the neighbors slept side by side on the piglets, who came right into the house to sleep. In the summer in Ukraine, right in front of the house, they laid it in a row, pillows and a bedspread on it, they slept right in their clothes.

A large Russian stove in every hut is a fake. This is a luxury item, and in their usual form they appeared in the 60s of the 19th century, although until the 70s of the 20th century the Dutch women were in circulation almost wider, and at the end of the 19th century the bourgeoisie was absolute chic. My grandfather was a stove-maker, so even the beginning of the twentieth century, the Russian stove is not our everything.

In Europe, they also did not sleep in beds. They slept in hammocks, in armchairs, on sofas, which, again, were brought from the Crusades of the 30s of the 19th century. They slept, like us, in the hayloft, on the floor and anywhere.

What happens, a bed and even a stove are not a sign of a civilized society? Yes, it turns out that not everything is so simple. And if the Marquis de Custine does not find beds in houses, this does not mean that barbarians and fools are around. It's not that simple.

I personally do not accept the assertion that there was no place. Maybe it is relevant for a village house, but not for the new palaces of St. Petersburg.

Here's more about Custine's bed:

"Hotels in St. Petersburg are like caravanserais. Once you are settled in them, you are left solely to yourself, and if you do not have your own footman, you will be left without any services. My servant, not knowing the Russian language, could not be of any help to me "Moreover, he became a burden to me, since I had to take care of him. But nevertheless, thanks to his Italian sharpness, he soon found a way out of this situation: in one of the dark corridors of this stone desert, which was called the "hotel Coulomb, "he found some lackey looking for service, who spoke German and was well recommended by the owner of the hotel. I immediately hired him, told him about my misfortune, and the dexterous German immediately brought me Russian iron bed. I immediately bought it, put a new mattress stuffed with fresh hay on it, and placing a cup of water under each leg of the bed, placed it in the middle of the room, which I cleared of all the furniture that was in it. Having thus secured myself for the night, I dressed again and, accompanied by my new servant, left this "splendid" hotel, which looked like a palace in appearance, but inside turned out to be a gilded, velvet-and-silk-covered stable.

What kind of Russian iron bed was brought to him?

Beds in artwork

We will continue to study the production of domestic cinema. How are we used to represent the decoration of houses of the 19th century? More specifically, who slept like:

A still from the film A Few Days in the Life of Oblomov.

What did Ilya Ilyich sleep on? On the sofa. Perhaps the only work to which I have no questions.

Nevertheless, Kyustin mentions the presence of sofas in the hotel room. His sofas are not satisfied due to the large presence of the same unfortunate bugs in them.

And bedbugs should not be ignored! This is now, when you don’t have them under your mattress, as if the demon is with them. There was no such chemistry, nothing! Sorry, I remember these creatures from my childhood. Even in the 80s in the USSR, this was a problem. What to say about the 19th century?!

What mattresses? What blankets? What feathers??? Can not imagine. Here, call me whatever you want, but I can't imagine! Even if all this is there, how to sleep on it? Very, very sophisticated torture.

Tell me, is this how you imagine "Walk the Crazy Empress"? You can't go wild... The collector of dead souls in the provincial hotel of the mossy city N was lucky to taste richer delights!

The furniture for this room was made by the master A. Tur, whose workshop, fruitfully collaborating with V. Stasov, in the 1820-1830s produced and supplied a large number of different furniture to the Tsarskoye Selo palaces.

What do you think? Not a fact, right? Isn't it enough to take a nap for knitting? And they say, somewhere there - royal chambers, a boudoir, a bed 10 meters wide? No. No - here it is - the boudoir and here it is the bedroom.

Bedroom! We look at the bed by the window on the right.

Bed of Paul I from the Mikhailovsky Palace in St. Petersburg

This bed looks like a pharaoh's tomb bed, not a king's bed.

Bed of Nicholas I from the palace Cottage in Peterhof

Temporary, folding bed - yes. But a bed? I choose a bench and a chest.

Camp bed of Alexander I. Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo.

That's right: this stretcher with legs is a camp bed.

On the right side of the wall is the same folding travel bed.

And why is she here? Take a nap in the office? Is there another, normal bed somewhere? No!

Looking at these halls decorated with gold stucco with huge ceilings, you are perplexed. The beds look ridiculous! It would seem, what is easier? After all, what is a bed - the same shop and a mattress on it. Some misery. Not the owner's bed, but the caretaker's temporary hut. The wildest discrepancy between one another!

How so? Ancient Greece, Pharaonic Egypt!? Beds, headrests, mattresses, pillows!?

Decide for yourself, dear reader.

So what am I doing all this

I am not a historian, but a layman. And from the position of the layman I am writing a small article, not a scientific work, deliberately bypassing abstruse citations and boring details. About simple things - a stove, a bed, not Whitemans, not pyramids - so what? The porridge is in our head. Some notions from fairy tales about princesses and a pea and about Peter who brought everything to the savages from abroad. We climb to talk about thousand-year-old antiquities, about Scythians and Tartarians, and in the Moscow region in the 80th year I found both lice and ticks, and in the city, and not in the village. It was a common thing everywhere, it's not about poor hygiene, believe me! Which of the children of the seventies, eighties and nineties is not familiar with DDT? I'm not talking about a rock band, but about soap.

We argue from our own bell tower, with today's realities we climb into antiquity, not accepting elementary things! I am not writing about the administration of natural needs in the absence of the paper industry. This stove, bed - Nikolaev Russia! The time of Pushkin and the Decembrists!

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Let's talk about dream bedrooms. We already know how to draw a bedroom plan and what layout options are, we know how to put the bed correctly and how much space is needed for passage in the room.

And today we’ll only talk in detail about beds: what they are, what materials they are made of, what parts they consist of, and why the size of a mattress is important when choosing a dream bed.

The bed, after the table, is probably the most important piece of furniture in the house for me. In my life I “slept” on sofas, so when the opportunity arose to relax exclusively in bed, I didn’t doubt for a second - that would be the point!

A large dream bed with the best mattress in the world, covered with a beautiful bedspread is the dream of each of us!

Only once in my life I came across customers who wanted to put a sofa in a separate bedroom ... Imagine! How much strength it took me to persuade them not to do this ... “dear mother” - though later they said thank you /

So, back to the beds!

Bed(from Greek κρεβάτι [bed]) - a piece of furniture designed for sleeping when a person is lying down. The bed is usually located in the bedroom, where it forms the basis of this functional area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe home. Wikipedia.

What are they? DIFFERENT and divide them according to the following criteria:

Firstly, by functionality the beds are all divided special and for individual use. We are not interested in special ones now (for example, for hospitals) - we are talking only about domestic use, those for dream houses :).

sketch by Oksana Panteleeva

Secondly, by material manufacturing: wood, metal, plastic, composite materials, lsp, mdf, etc…

And by appointment : for an adult or a child, for the elderly, for people with disabilities.

There are also beds for pets, but we will not consider them now :)))

What is the bed made of?

The bed consists of a headboard, a footboard, a tsarga, the basis and legs.

Tsarga - the connecting parts of the bed, which are attached to each other, to the head of the bed, to the foot of the bed. They are the basis for the bottom of the bed on which the mattress fits. They are also called sidewalls.

Modern beds, regardless of the design and material of manufacture, are all made according to the same principle, they all have the same constituent elements ... The only part of the bed that is more and more “missing” from the overall design is the footboard.

In “soft” beds, almost all manufacturers today do not have a footboard.

Very rarely, but there are beds with a missing headboard - but do not confuse the bed as a piece of furniture and the base for the mattress!

The base (often orthopedic) is a separate component of the bed, sometimes in the form of a simple lattice, sometimes in the form of a whole structure with legs. As a rule, the base is inserted inside the bed structure. Although today you can find a base that stands instead of a bed - it was like this for a long time - first the base appeared, then the bed :).

Which material to choose as the best for a bed is probably up to you to decide. Because it's very individual. The material determines the dimensions of the bed and its cost.

It is clear that a bed made of natural mahogany with carvings will cost many times more than a bed made of chipboard.

Just remember that:

• the BIGGEST in size will be a bed in a soft version. Since thick massive soft headboards can be both 10 cm and all 20 cm, and the soft upholstery of the sidewalls will be added to them;
• the most MODEST in size will be a forged bed;
• but a wooden bed can be both large and modest;
• a bed with a footboard will always take up more space than without it;
• the shape of the headboard also affects the dimensions of the bed, whimsical curved headboards can add a lot of centimeters to the overall dimensions.

Single beds are still in high demand today, as their dimensions allow you to put a bed in the smallest spaces. It is believed that the minimum required width of a bed is 700 mm. This value is the sum of the minimum width SLEEPING the place that a person occupies is 600 mm and plus another 100 mm for comfort 🙂

For whom to choose: for a child - in a nursery or teenage room, for a guest room, rarely for an office.

One and a half The beds are somewhere between a single and a double bed. The width of the bed in our realities ranges from 100 to 120 cm. Someone will really say that 140 is one and a half - we bet :). Such a bed is perfect for a comfortable sleep of one person, but two can “fit” completely, with a great desire, especially when there is no choice :))).

For whom to choose: for a bedroom, for a children's room, for a room for the elderly, for people with increased body weight, for people with disabilities.

Double beds are the most comfortable. Their width varies from 1400 to 2000 mm.

For whom to choose: for the bedroom of a married couple.

And now let's move on to the size range of beds. Rather, to the SIZE RANGE OF MATTRESSES, since it is MATTRESS SIZE is decisive when choosing a bed.

Everyone probably knows that there are two systems of size range: metric (meters, centimeters) and English (feet, inches).

Let's try to consider the main differences:

As you can see, there are still significant differences between the European and American sizes. Therefore, when ordering a bed from the USA - be careful - so that Californian happiness will definitely fit in your bedroom :)!

In Russia, the size range is the same as the European one, with the exception that we have single beds on sale and 70 cm and 80 cm wide beds.

Since buying a bed abroad today is not something surprising, I think my illustrations will help you when choosing a dream bed.

Now let's talk about the height of the bed, or rather the height of the base of the bed along with the mattress, the height of the headboard does not interest us now :).

The average comfortable bed height is 45-50 cm. I want to note right away that this is the height of the base TOGETHER with the mattress!

Those. if we choose a mattress with a height of 20 cm, the nominal height of the bed base will be approximately 25-35 cm.

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American beds are all unusually HIGH for us - this must be remembered and known. The average height of an American bed - 63-65 cm.

Antique beds - have a height 90 -100 cm! so love antiques - try to be careful too :))) Why is it so important to know the comfortable height of the bed just for yourself.

First, the appearance of the bed is very different between low modern and high American traditional beds.
It is necessary to select all the rest of the furniture in the room “to match” the chosen bed - one hundred percent.

The height of the bed is the comfort of its use. Today, many people love low beds, and often choose it because of the design and beauty ...

But older people are more likely to ask to put the bed higher - as it is much more convenient for them to sit down or get up from such a bed!

For children, on the contrary, it is necessary to choose low beds, so that if the baby falls, he could not hurt himself much. But we will talk about children separately and in detail ...

Separately, we must remember that beds for people with disabilities should be generally special and as comfortable as possible for use!

The height of the mattress, its rigidity, the material of manufacture - you select exclusively on your own! It's very, very personal! The only thing I can say here is that if you and your husband have a very big difference in weight, then give preference to buying two different mattresses, and “connect” them with a mattress topper on top - it has been tested on personal experience, and I thanked the German mattress manufacturer a thousand times, who told me years ago to do just that!

Well, we talked about beds ... We learned about the size of beds, how they differ in different countries, learned that there are very high and very low beds, and ... probably .. chose a dream bed!

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All illustrations for the article were prepared by decorator Oksana Panteleeva. Please respect and do not copy without attribution!

At present, it is impossible to imagine a children's room without a crib or cradle, which today are integral attributes of a nursery and, as a rule, are acquired by parents even before the birth of a child. However, this order of things simply did not exist a couple of centuries ago.
The baby, as a rule, young mothers laid the baubles next to them or fenced off some space of the room for these purposes (most often with a curtain). In the latter case, the curtain was designed to, in modern terms, provide the baby with a "personal space" for sleeping. Children's bedding until the seventeenth century remained a luxury that only the most privileged persons could afford.

First childrencribs- These are cradles or cradles. A cradle, or a cradle, is usually the name of a hanging crib; it swayed, fixed under the ceiling. Light unsteady (body), a cradle woven from pine shingles, hung on bird-cherry shackles to the eyelet and had a step for swinging. An ochep is a flexible pole attached to a ceiling mat. According to the legends of some indigenous peoples of Siberia, the gods lowered the first man from heaven in a cradle swinging on a golden chain. And each new little man seemed to "descend from the sky" in his cradle, suspended from the ceiling. Sometimes a children's bed - a cradle - was a kind of "hoop", hung around the corners on ropes. The cradle could swing not only on ropes, but also with the help of a stand.

Floor cradle "Roly-Vstanka"
And in the folk life of the city, there was another form of cradle - a floor cradle, which swayed according to the principle of "vanka-vstanki".

In the old days in Russian peasant families, when the child was out of infancy, he was transferred from the cradle to sleep in the bed where the parents or older brothers and sisters of the baby slept.
The first beds for newborns were made, of course, from wood, and their manufacture was of a handicraft character. The first cribs for newborns also had some functionality. For example, many samples that have survived to this day are endowed with a special functional stand, which involves rocking the crib from side to side. Such cradles were most often made from different types of wood, they were produced, as they say, at home.

As soon as the baby grew up a little and learned to sit down on his own, for safety reasons he was immediately deprived of a cozy place in his own cradle and shifted to a small crib, which was also made of wood and stored under the base of a large parental bed. Later, for the greatest convenience of storage, such cribs began to be made on special wooden wheels, which made it possible to move the crib for the newborn under the parent's large bed or to another place with less problems.
In the eighteenth century in European countries, handicraft carpentry of baby beds became a profitable business and gained mass popularity. Such beds were not cheap - all reliable historical sources agree on this, so not many parents could afford to have such a luxury in their own home. Many functional developments in relation to cradles are also associated with the eighteenth century, the totality of which, by the beginning or middle of the next, nineteenth century, made it possible to come close to the creation of those prototype models of modern cribs for newborns, to which we, modern inhabitants, have long been accustomed.

However, while the process of making cribs remained the work of lone craftsmen, the prices for this piece of children's furniture remained very high, and, consequently, cribs were considered a luxury accessible only to the elite. It is not surprising that in many families, cribs for newborns were passed down, as they say, from father to son, and had the status of a kind of family heirloom. As a rule, cribs were used as a sleeping place for many toddlers in turn: as soon as the child grew out of the crib, a newborn took his place.

By the beginning of the twentieth century, there was a surge in the popularity of cots for newborns. This is due, first of all, to the development of industry and the placement of cribs on the production line. In the twentieth century, the concepts of “children's room”, “baby crib”, “crib for newborns”, and so on, so familiar to the modern understanding, became famous. The appearance and functional refinements of cribs for newborns have undergone a significant evolution, but in the twentieth century, as well as in the twenty-first century, the main qualities of a crib were and are considered to be their strength and comfort.

Currently, the production of cribs for newborns is subject to fairly strict safety standards, which are updated year by year, keeping pace with the development of the most massive baby crib industry. The latest developments in the production of modern baby beds are subject to mandatory testing for durability and safety for babies. But, despite this, today's parents, like hundreds of years ago, should carefully monitor the safety and comfort of the baby, even in the most modern bed for newborns.