<p>my friends were asking me this and I had no idea what it is...is it putting ur beds overhead so that u have a space beneath it? I saw this in one of the dorms. Does Stanford do this already in the rooms or do u have to do it urself and how do u go about doing this</p>
<p>Basically, it just means moving the height of the bed. You have to do it yourself, there'll be lofting tools available when you move in. It's pretty self explanatory--take out some screws, move, put the screws back in...</p>
<p>Not totally true. Housing can loft your bed for you - just give them a call.</p>
<p>When you get to Stanford, your bed will be set at the middle position (of 3 possible positions). As an alternative to lofting, you can just raise your bed up a little bit (like 5 inches). This will allow you to put your dresser under the bed so you have more room space.</p>
<p>Lofting requires putting your bed on another set of legs. If you loft your bed, you could put your desk or a futon or something under there.</p>
<p>How soon does the Housing respond to the "Loft" request?</p>
<p>Depends. As you can imagine, they are generally pretty busy during the first couple weeks of school, so it could take any where from a day up to a week. Most people end up doing it themselves because, especially as freshman, they want to get their whole set up completed as quickly as possible and with a big bed taking up a lot of space, you can't do much.</p>