A bunk bed comes extremely handy in these situations considering you only use the same amount of floor area as if there was only a single bed in the room considering the other bed is on the top of the first. Children cabin beds cannot be placed in the same manner considering there would be no more space for the storage any more and that really ends the purpose of having a children’s cabin bed.

You should keep in mind though that your child should by no means feel the lack of the fun factor simply because you had to choose a bunk bed over a cabin bed. There are ways to decorate and improve bunk beds as well. Just because there is no storage room doesn’t mean you shouldn’t turn a bunk bed into a car for boys or into a doll house for girls. Use your imagination, some wood and colours and create a cabin bed lookalike. Let your children help you decorating it and make it a days of fun for an entire family. With a bit of creativity the end product will be just as much fun as a children’s cabin bed.

You should probably search for the good-priced cabin beds instead of simply cheap cabin beds. This is true for all other things you buy – no matter whether you are buying a small double bed or just sheets for your bed. The former implies that costumers will look for high-quality beds at the most convenient price, rather than just shop on price. Shopping around, especially on the internet, you really should be able to discover some first-class cabin beds at sensible cost. Online vendors avoid the expensive cost of usual showrooms and a paid sales staff. This way they save money which can reflect on lower prices and some extra discounts they are able to offer.

You must inspect second hand beds and buy used cabin beds only if they were built by a trustworthy manufacturer. Beds should also be checked thoroughly after the acquisition to make sure that they remain in great condition and that any possible defects are noticed and repaired instantly.

In the end we can establish, that a cheap, affordable cabin bed should always be an option, especially if you always keep in mind you should look for a good deal within well built cabin beds using high class materials.

However, as already stated in the beginning, you must always keep in mind you are shopping a piece of furniture your child will spend a lot of time in. Not only at night, because as you know, a cabin bed is very useful for your child even during the day.

Cabin bed types

A pine cabin bed frame is the most common choice because it is the most practical and natural material of all. Metal bunk beds are pretty rare, those made of pvc and upvc are probably the second most common material. A pine cabin bed is easily maintainable and gives the room a very healthy and natural look. You can easily decorate it, but as I always say – have in mind it is the piece of furniture your child will spend a fair portion of his life in so make sure you use only materials that are based on natural materials and are not hazardous towards health. But naturally, you should have that in mind when decorating any piece of children furniture, not just beds.

Childrens Wendy Cabin Sleeper Bunk Frame

This type of bed is slowly, but surely taking over as the most common and popular children’s bed.

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Although a cabin bed looks like a children’s bunk bed there are a few differences that we need to mention. A bunk bed is primarily intended to save space when you have two children sharing a room. The basic idea is to put one bed on top of another and go with height instead of putting them next to each other and using valuable floor space that can be used for so many more useful activities or perhaps some other pieces of furniture.

This is the main difference in comparison to a cabin bed where there is only one bed on top of a structure that contains closets and drawers instead of the bottom bed and the space between beds. Both types also require a ladder or steps to make climbing to the top bed easier.

Pine Bunk Beds for Kids

There is not much difference in the types of material that is used to make a cabin bed or a bunk bed for kids. The most common type of material is wood, especially pine. Aluminium is also used sometimes, while metal is used very rarely. Wood is a natural material and is as such highly recommended for kids rooms.

Although both types of beds are similar in the way they look, there are not many opportunities when you would have to choose between them. If you have only one child you will certainly not look for a bunk bed for kids considering there are two beds and you need only one. And when you have two children and a lack of space you will probably not stuff two children’s cabin beds in their room but rather buy a bunk bed and save space.

A pine cabin bed is most recommended

But it is not just common sense that recommends a pine cabin bed for your child. Sleep experts often suggest that the human body feels best surrounded by natural material and it has been proven in the past that pine is the most suitable type of wood for a cabin bed frame.

You do not have to leave it as it is in natural look. You can always paint your pine cabin bed with different colours, but always make sure that you are using child friendly colours!

Cabin beds for small children are mostly dedicated to the safety of your child. The space below the bed is generally equipped with many drawers so you can have your baby’s clothes very close when you need them. The decoration does not play the most important part at this stage, the cabin bed for a baby must be practical more than anything else.

As your children grow, there is less need for the extra storage space. They get less dirty, so you need less clothes, you do not need diapers any more so that extra space below the bed can be used for more playful purposes. We have already discussed many different motifs that are popular for girls cabin beds and those that are most common with boys cabin beds so I will not go over that again.

Considering the similarity between both products, I am certain that those looking for bunk beds for kids will also find our tips and suggestions useful.

Stompa cabin bed – top notch quality!

I have always been a fan of stompa cabin beds and they haven’t let me down yet. Solid build is upgraded by numerous clever, practical and beautiful designs that really use the potential of cabin beds as much as possible. I have no official rating sistem here at cabinbed.net, but it doesn’t really matter, because the result would be the same no matter what the grading sistem would be:

Stompa cabin beds get the highest possible grade.

Stompa cabin bed - Rondo 2

You want your cabin bed to be safe for your child to sleep in, play in and climb all over it. Stompa people have all these aspect very well covered and in our opinion they are a step in front of their competition.

The other fun feature of cabin beds is the magical world you can create for children. The most popular designs for girls are pink princess beds and for boys pirate ships and castles. But the most important thing is that you don’t have to decide whether your child will have a practical cabin bed with lots of space for drawers and shelves or a more fun design mentioned above. Nope, you can combine both features and have both fun and good use of space.

After all, the most important thing is that your child feels comfortable in his room and if you can add some functionality to it all – well, that’s what’s so special about cabin beds

My name is Matthew and I’m from Bristol, England. I’m 10 years old and have just recently gotten my very first pirate children cabin bed. It was a birthday gift from my parents and it was perfect. Is’ shaped like a pirate ship and has windows painted on the side drawers. It even has a large parrot attached to the leg-side part of the frame. Sometimes I like to take the drawers out so I have space underneath the bed so I can pretend to be a real pirate.

Cabin bed for gilrs

Considering I have many children and therefore many cabin beds, we have become experts on how to decorate them. The cabin bed that first belonged to my oldest son is now not really in a condition to be used anymore, but I still remember that he decorated it in a castle like style with a moat and a bridge drawed on the side of the bed.

After him it seems all my kids developed artistic skills by learning to draw and paint on their cabin beds.

Cabin bed stencil art

A nice way to decorate those dull looking cabin beds is using stencil. You can buy them at most furniture and even hardware stores. There aren’t any made only for beds (at least I haven’t seen one yet ), but those meant for walls can easily be used. You can also make stencils yourself by cutting a desired shape out of a large piece of cardboard or firm paper. After you acquired your stencil simply attach it to the side of the cabin bed and spray or paint  the desired color over the stencil, leaving a stencil shape on the frame. Make sure you use children friendly colours that don’t contain any hazardous chemicals.