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Save Space with Loft Beds

February 17, 2020 By creatingyourspace Leave a Comment

Remodeling a room can be a daunting task, mentally and financially. Sometimes, your creativity can be limited by the size of the room and your budget. If you are running out of space in your home, adding a loft bed may be the perfect practical solution. In fact, loft beds are great for adding extra space to smaller rooms by taking your bed off the ground.

Whether you are in a studio with limited space or renovating a room in your home, loft beds can optimize your restricted floor space. Like a bunk bed, loft beds are designed to allow you to have space underneath your bed. It may sound cliché, but loft beds do not use up your room’s square footage by enabling you to facilitate the room’s height for space. With the space under your loft bed, you can incorporate tons of different room uses. Whether you purchase your loft bed or decide to build your own, here are four ways you can use your loft bed to add more to your room:

Storage

When you think storage, you probably are considering some generic shelving, but you can add so much more design to this storage. Perhaps you can add a bookshelf with display items and your favorite novels underneath your new loft. Treat the loft as a separate entity of the house, and if you build your own, install decorative cabinetry below the loft bed. You can even make your loft bed over the main entrance to the room and decorate it to make it a clever vestibule.

Closet

Instead of just hanging a bar below your loft for clothes, consider installing a walk-in closet below your loft bed. You can have departments for your shoes to be stored and areas to hang clothes. You may want to place a stool in there to use when putting on your shoes. Hanging a mirror underneath can make your new closet space feel like a more welcoming changing room to get ready for your day. Also, placing a vanity underneath your loft will allow you to use your new space more, just remember to install efficient lighting.

Sitting Area

Placing a futon underneath can be a great way to turn this space into a sitting area. Add seating with built-in storage compartments is an excellent opportunity to capitalize on your allotted space. Plus, having furniture that can easily tuck away or work as multipurpose storage can allow you to get the most out of your room. While seating areas can feel like a quaint home remedy, try to make a seating area that you will want to continue to use by having a television or another reason to draw you back. If you are in a studio, you may wish to have your living room couch underneath your loft bed or a table. By adding a table, you can allow this sitting area to be your main area for dining. The possibilities are endless when using a loft bed.

Office

Turn your guestroom into a multifunction office by using a loft bed. Some loft beds are predesigned for this exact purpose. Simply install your desk and computer beneath your loft to give your office some privacy. Just be original with your office; you can have your computer against the wall or even set up a desk for face-to-face interactions with clients. With added storage compartments, you can tuck away different components to your computer for a much cleaner, minimalist setup.

Being confined or limited by the amount of space your home has can be quite tricky for designing a room. Think outside the box by adding a loft bed and freeing up some space. Whether adding an office or a walk-in closet, the space you save with a loft bed can make a significant impact on your home. In fact, studios have been incorporating this design for years. Lofts bed can be out in the open but still provide privacy with their height. If you feel limited on space, considering adding a loft bed to your home.

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Essential Steps To Make The Perfect Bed

March 24, 2015 By creatingyourspace

Oh how beautiful the beds in catalogs are! You know, the catalogs they send that feature page after page of the perfect looking bed. The one that is so inviting you wish you could jump right into the pages and land on the glorious pillows and covers. But once you’re done perusing the photos, and you walk into your bedroom you think, “Well, at least the sheets are clean and the bedspread isn’t wadded up on the floor!” It’s time for a change. Take that ideal bed out of the pages of a catalog and make it your own. We’ve got the few tips you need to pull it off like a pro. Here’s how:

  1. Buy good sheets! Yes, we know, they aren’t flashy and fun like a new comforter, but you simply cannot have the perfect bed without good sheets. You likely already know about thread count, but it’s not the only important factor. Buy high quality, natural fibers. No synthetics. Find a cotton blend that is excellent quality, such as Egyptian, and combine that with a decent thread count. Your bed will feel just like a fancy hotel, and the bonus is that good cotton sheets will also wear in and get softer over time.
  2.  Own at least two sets of sheets for your bed, when you’re budget allows for it. They’re like clothes for your bed and you don’t own just one outfit right?
  3. Purchase three more layers: quilt/coverlet, bedspread/comforter, duvet. It’s so fun to do this part of the shopping!
  4. Once your sheets are on the bed, lay the quilt or coverlet on top.
  5. Then, fold the top sheet and quilt back, 1/4 at the top.
  6. Next, fold the duvet in thirds and lay it across the bottom of the bed. Pretty!
  7. Buy pillows. Don’t hold back. Buy good ones, and buy pretty ones. It’s a bedroom for goodness sake! You need: Pillows in pillow cases, euro shams, and decorator pillows. Stack from back to front – pillow case, sham, decorator. Two rows for a queen bed and three rows for a king bed.
  8. Mix up textures and patterns. Give your bed a 3-D look by using obvious texture. Such as, a faux fur pillow and a ruched bedspread. If you mix patterns, use different scales. So, for instance, mini gingham and a medium scale paisley. One is a smaller pattern than the other and this makes it look interesting!

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