<p>As I was dorm room shopping I had this crazy idea of lofting my bed and putting a small comfy reading/comfy chair and a small, short bookcase that I could also use as a table to put my laptop/food/maybe even the coffe pot on. Is this crazy? Doable? </p>
<p>I was there for orientation and I felt like the room wasn't too small, but I was wondering if anybody ever did anything like this.</p>
<p>our beds couldn't be lofted, but it was tall enough for a mini fridge/storage underneath. Other buildings allowed you to put the 2 beds together (bunkbeds) but not one tall bed with space underneath.
Might want to check with your school before you plan on being able to loft your bed.</p>
<p>what building were you in?
I am in Craige...</p>
<p>sorry! didn't realize this was a school-specific section of the board. Just clicked on the "new posts" link at the top, and responded w/o realizing you were talking about a specific school</p>
<p>margsala: My daughter lofted her bed, and put her desk underneath it, and a bookcase also--at the back. Worked perfectly. Last year, she was in a room where her bed was just underneath a dormer, so couldn't do it, but her roommate lofted her bed and put a futon-type chair underneath her's-- seemed to work well, too. So it's definitely doable (and if you don't mind heights!) ;)</p>
<p>Just don't sit up in bed too fast or you'll hit your head on the ceiling! :)</p>
<p>My d had a trunk with a tv and stereo on it as well as a comfy chair underneath her bed, she put the desk at the end of the bed to use as a ladder. Warning some beds are wobbly and squeaky!</p>
<p>Atlmom is correct about the wobbly thing. They encourage you to put a lofted bed in a corner of the room, so the two walls can provide additional stability. If you are in a room with central a/c and heat, I would make sure you don't put your bed under a vent. My d was constantly getting respiratory infections high-lofted under a vent. She improved dramatically after she lowered her bed.</p>
<p>(And she did smack her head a few times as VH mentioned...lol!)</p>
<p>Btw...You can raise your bed a variety of heights. Some people raise theirs just high enough to get the dresser underneath and they add other shelving for storage next to the dresser. I call this low-lofting (vs. high lofting near the ceiling) for lack of a better descriptive word. With this configuration, they locate their desk/desk hutch and a comfy papasan or futon in the open area. It's a pretty efficient use of space without having the bed near the ceiling. Also,my d was talking about leaving one bed ground level, and tucking it against a corner wall with the other bed low-lofted, perpendicular to and overlapping the lower bed, along the other corner wall. The person sleeping ground level would be able to have their head in the open with just their feet under the lofted bed and the person sleeping in the low-lofted bed would be able to get into their bed much more easily than a high-lofted bed. And there would still be some room for storage under the low-lofted bed. Just another idea for everyone to consider.</p>