<p>Are you allowed to loft (and not bunk it) your bed if your in a double?
How high off the ground are the lofted beds? --- whats the highest furniture inches wise that could fit under it?</p>
<p>ill appreciate your answers
please and thank you :)</p>
<p>If you go through the service approved by the university, yes you can loft your bed. The dorm chest of drawers and desk fit under the bed, which frees up floor space in your room or some people put a futon under there.</p>
<p>The “down” sides of lofting are that you can’t use the area under your bed for storage (if you get bed risers, you can put a ridiculous amount of stuff under your bed in those plastic rubbermaid bins.) And, of course there are the implications of having your bed 4+ feet in the air on nights when having it closer to the ground may be a bit more appropriate…</p>
<p>@Terps9, before you decide to loft your bed, check one out that has already been modified. I found it kind of creepy, … and it will cost you (about $100). I won’t sleep on one …</p>
<p>But how much space is available underneath of a lofted bed?
because I have my own dresser ate home and i want to make sure it would fit under it so I could have that for storage and the dresser provided.
and how high can it be lofted?</p>
<p>They’re all lofted the same height.
I’m only about five one and I can stand completely straight under a lofted bed, with a few inches of clearance.</p>
<p>And check with your roommate before you bring a second dresser into a double. See if they’re okay with not being able to move around in your room.
My roommate and I barely had enough room to move with what they provided, and we had our beds bunked. Another dresser plus the two beds being separate would have basically made it so you could take one step in any direction. We did have a smaller room (actually a larger single that they put an extra bed in and didn’t tell us should have been a single so they didn’t have to refund money.) but you don’t know what size room you’ll end up with.</p>
<p>And even if you are in a regular sized double, some rooms have odd beams or otherwise interesting places where the wall juts out or the window/heater are in the way, so it makes room arranging even more challenging.</p>
<p>Rather than bringing another dresser from home, you’re much better off to bring a stack of storage containers (that can be moved around or stacked in your closet) more easily.</p>
<p>how would a stack of storage containers be any different than a dresser?</p>
<p>The dresser is to compensate for the underbed storage that would have been under my bed if it was not lofted.
----The way i see it is that if my bed were normal, then I would not consult my roommate regarding what should/shouldn’t be put underneath of it. </p>
<p>Along with the dresser i wanted to bring a love seat or chair to put under the bed as a study space. </p>
<p>Is occupying the area under my lofted bed with my storage and a study space considered “bad manners” as a roommate?
—because i figure that the lofted space under my bed is technically mine to use.</p>
<p>is that a bad mentality to have?
should i really consult my roommate on how i use the space under my bed?</p>
<p>Because the only reason why i would want to loft my bed is that i assumed that that space underneath of it would be “mine” to use. But if thats not the case i dont see a point to it – why be inconvenienced if theres no benefit to you?</p>
<p>–im not being argumentative, im just wondering if i have the correct mentality here</p>
<p>I asked my mom and she was on the same page of thinking as me.</p>
<p>could i get some peoples input on the issue i stated in the last post ^</p>
<p>the blunter you are the more ill appreciate it :)</p>
<p>It seems like you are thinking “this is my side of the room and I own all the space here to do as I please.” Not really true, imo. You have to think of the whole room as shared space, so in a way, it’s selfish to loft your bed and fill the space underneath it to your satisfaction, because you’re still just taking up more space, even if it is vertical space. Here are my comments on lofting:</p>
<p>First, <a href=“http://www.bedloft.com%5B/url%5D”>http://www.bedloft.com</a> is the only authorized place to get your bed lofted by. I did this last year for my son, who was in a standard two-person room in Easton Hall. Here are my comments on the experience:</p>
<p>1) The loft was extremely high imo. My son is 6’ tall and it was hard for him to sit up on the bed because it was so close to the ceiling. This also made it hard to get into.</p>
<p>2) His roommate had risers, which provided him with a lot of underbed storage space, without the awkwardness of the real high loft.</p>
<p>3) DS’s desk was under his lofted bed, which made for a lot more floor space, which is really the intent of lofting.</p>
<p>4) Even with lofting, I do not believe an additional dresser and chair, as you described would be a comfortable fit, since you don’t gain any floor space that way. </p>
<p>5) One issue that we didn’t predict that lofting one bed and not the other created was that it was difficult to find a place to put the television where both people could view it. It ended up on DS’s dresser.</p>
<p>6) Less is more when it comes to dorm rooms. Don’t bring everything you own and overfill the room. That is bad manners in a way. I recommend moving in with less and then figuring out later if there is space for an additional chair. Bedloft.com also has underloft futons available but that’s something you clearly want to figure out in conjunction with your roommate before getting it.</p>
<p>7) Looking back, I think the room would have been more comfortable for both of them if we had done risers on both beds so they were at the same level and they both had underbed storage.</p>
<p>8) The one thing that having one bed up high did was give a semblance of privacy.</p>
<p>Hope this helps…personally, I think risers are the way to go.</p>
<p>TEHEEE…</p>
<p>You want to fit your desk, stack of containers, and a love seat under your bed without going into communal area?</p>
<p>How big do you think these dorms are? </p>
<p>People loft for one reason…to have more room because otherwise you are falling over each other. </p>
<p>Maybe, you haven’t thought about it, but you will most likely be bringing in two bulky pieces…fridge and tv! Additionally, anyone who has lived in the dorms know you will need fans…heat rises…not going to be very comfy on the top bunk when your fan is underneath on your desk. </p>
<p>I have seen dorms with the small futon style love seat, but the way they get around this is BOTH roommates LOFT.</p>
<p>If you intend to bring a loveseat or a chair, I strongly suggest you make sure that it will fit under your bed WITHOUT the desk. Seriously, our DS has been at UMDCP for 2 yrs now, and every yr., you see a parent hauling a chair or sofa out because it didn’t fit!</p>
<p>Our DD is going to Tech and she wanted us to get her a chair…we compromised. Target sells these great ultra suede padded butterfly chairs with a carrying case that can fit in a closet or under a bed in cool colors…that is what she is taking, and her roommate is also taking one.</p>
<p>Don’t be like someone going grocery shopping before lunch…EYEs bigger than their stomach!</p>
<p>Finally, I also agree, you seem to have a draw the line down the room 50-50 attitude. Maybe that is not your intention, and I hope it isn’t, but realize on day one, at sometime your folks are going to leave and it is just going to be the two of you. You don’t want your roommate to feel awkward because they might step on your side of the room.</p>
<p>Well generally, the room under your bed is yours (unless the beds are bunked), but the fact that you’re lofting to make room for things that would be just yours is a bad mentality.
Everyone I’ve seen with a lofted bed has their desk under it, and usually their. dresser.</p>
<p>The only exception is when there’s a futon underneath, usually facing a TV under the other person’s bed. Basically the roommates decided to make it communal space.</p>
<p>The problems people are seeing is that 1) you are trying to bring too many things into these rooms. They just aren’t big enough. You cannot fit a desk, a dresser, and a love seat under a bed. Look at any regular twin bed, try to imagine if you could fit those things on top of it, next to each other. Since you can’t, logically you can’t put these things under it.
You will be spilling over into space that is not under your bed.</p>
<p>2) You are already starting out with a “this is my side, this is your side” mentality. If you loft your bed, you’re expected to put some of your furniture under it. It’s just polite. No, it’s not NEEDED, but your roommate will hate it whether or not they voice this opinion. If you put your dresser and desk under the bed, of course it’s your space, but you can’t get mad at your roommate for standing in it.
If you bring extra furniture with you and put it under your bed, you’re basically saying, “This is mine, don’t touch the most comfortable thing we have in our room because it’s mine.”</p>
<p>Yes, my roommate bought an extra chair after we bunked our beds, then she turned around and said “It’s yours because you took the top bunk. Now you have somewhere to sit without climbing up.”
It was that extra bit of consideration that made her immediately more of a friend than a roommate. Your roommate has the power to keep you completely out of trouble, or get you kicked out of housing. You don’t want them to think of you as a toddler who still has problems sharing.
Later on in the year, I took the blame for something that would have resulted in her parents pulling her out of school. She did something similar to the RA’s for me. But both of us could have easily turned it around and gotten the other person kicked out if we weren’t on good terms.
I even had a friend who’s roommate did something horrible to him while drunk, but the next day when my friend came back his roommate handed him a handle of vodka.
You don’t want your roommate on your bad side because people have seen bad things happen when they’re not. Like getting someone kicked out of housing, for example. </p>
<p>Also, don’t rule out that you won’t have a triple or quad. It happens to tons of people. If that’s the case, one roommate putting their desk and dresser under their bed is almost required, while the other two have to have bunked beds.</p>
<p>have you seen the lofted beds? you should check out this link if you haven’t. they have dimensions and photos.</p>
<p>[Residential</a> Facilities - Beds](<a href=“http://www.drf.umd.edu/buildings/beds.cfm]Residential”>http://www.drf.umd.edu/buildings/beds.cfm)</p>
<p>That link^ is for the beds lofted by the university for Triples and Quads. If a student opts to loft a bed that the university didn’t loft, the link is the one I posted earlier. <a href=“http://www.bedloft.com%5B/url%5D”>http://www.bedloft.com</a>.</p>
<p>^ I love the bedloft business model. They “rent” things for the full retail <em>purchase</em> price … to captive “customers” :(</p>
<p>i think i may have come off wrong lol
i meant the chair/love seat to be for both my roommate and I as an area we could both utilize —
the only thing i was deeming as “mine” would have been the extra dresser - or storage space - that would have been underneath the lofted bed.</p>
<p>and i was not intending to fit a desk, a dresser, and a couch under a twin bed haha
i was thinking of the L formation meaning it would be the same with both of the provided dressers/desks on one wall, and the two beds in an L formation the only difference being one would be lofted.</p>
<p>i appreciate your input.
after reading your comments i realized i was having a “my area” mentality – i never actually thought of the WHOLE area as a communal space (its a much better way to view it)</p>
<p>i think i might x out the lofting idea.
I thought it might be a little inconvenience dealing with the height of the lofted bed.
But, after reading your accounts it seems like its not just a little of an inconvenience, its a huge one. </p>
<p>And it seems to me that the bed risers don’t run the risk of antagonistic attitudes flaring up over limited space.</p>
<p>but since the lofting idea is x’ed out…
that means no study space so i have a new question lol</p>
<p>is there a space in the hall or dorm building for the purpose of a late night study session (i wouldn’t want to stay out in the library until the wee hours of the morning for safety reasons)</p>
<p>and if not do you guys have any suggestions – is it perfectly doable just to study on your bed?</p>
<p>For specific study spaces, it depends on exactly which residence hall you’re living in. Honestly, you’ll come to realize once you get here where you can work best. There are lounges in the halls, and often (usually? always?) dedicated “study lounges.” Many people study in their rooms (either at their desks or on their beds), but some people find that they get distracted easily when there. It depends on how you study now, and where you find you can work best once you get to UMD, to be honest.</p>
<p>There are lounges on all the floors in the standard freshman dorms. I don’t remember DS saying he studied there, but that’s certainly an option. Studying on your bed is certainly perfectly acceptable, comfortable and normal. The only issue for both (that you avoid by going to the library or to the study areas for your major (where available) is the noise that accompanies being on a hall with 40 other people of various stages of maturity, if you know what I mean. ;)</p>
<p>Haha…D would tell you that sadly there are not THAT many stages of maturity shown in the freshman dorms!!!</p>
<p>^ This is where your choice of roommate (should you decide to pick your own) is so important. I actually found one who agrees there will be no TV in the room …</p>
<p>I should point out that each floor in the high-rises has a study lounge built in, however, about 3/8 in my old building had been converted into quads where four people lived.
Also the first floor lounge is also the lobby/where the drunks wait for the elevator.
Of the four remaining lounges, two were regularly quiet (by that i mean 4 or 5 nights a week) but were not immune to people bursting in and being loud. </p>
<p>I should also point out that I lived in Elicott (the gemstone dorm)</p>
<p>Honestly, though you shouldn’t ask people how you should study. Even if something isn’t the ‘accepted’ way to study, if it works best for you, do it.</p>