<p>So, I'm going to college next year and my roommate and I are try to decide if we want to loft our beds. They don't call it "lofting," but I don't know an easier term to describe it. They say on their website: </p>
<p>"Lofts may not be constructed or erected in any residence hall room.
However, some rooms do contain beds that can be arranged in multiple configurations. A description of the different configurations is listed below. In general, Traditional and Suite style beds will allow multiple configurations while Apartment style does not."</p>
<p>They also say:
"When beds are requested to be raised to the high position in authorized halls students who are prone to rolling out of a twin bed size mattress should consider bringing a safety rail to attach to the frame to prevent serious injuries from falling from a higher height."</p>
<p>Just to be safe, I would like to get a safety rail. I have looked all over the internet, but I cannot find one. If anyone can direct me to a website where I could by one, that would be great! </p>
<p>that is definitely called lofting. lofting saves space, although quite annoying and dangerous when you are drunk and trying to get into one. also not the best/safest place for shacking someone.</p>
<p>I've never seen a lofted bed in person, but are they like bolted together or something? That didn't look safe at all.</p>
<p>I really wouldn't do that because then people wouldn't be able to hang out on your bed and you would have a hard time watching tv from bed. You'd also need a ladder or something to get up there. It would also kinda look like a toddler's bed with that rail on it. IDK maybe I'm just odd.</p>
<p>Hahaha. Well, i'm not going to have to worry about being drunk or shacking anyone, but it's still scary looking! </p>
<p>Thank you for all of those links. I talked to my roommate and she said she'd be okay with bunking the beds and her sleeping on top, but I still would worry about her! It's kind of crazy that they don't have bedrails to begin with.</p>
<p>I'm really thinking against the whole lofting idea. Maybe we can just do the bunk beds. :/</p>
<p>Lofting beds are great. Not the safest but a very good space saver. You can always invest in chairs, couch, or a futon. For my room, me and me mate did lofts with a futon so we can watch tv. </p>
<p>BTW, if you have rowdy friends when drunk, lock your doors when sleeping. I made the mistake, actually a couple of times where I forgot to lock my door and I was invaded with drunk hall mates: spilling chips all over my room, in my bed, eating all my food, throwing water balloons, sleeping in my room, peeing in my room, and finally, trying to climb my loft while I was in it from the side and topping the entire loft over and me crashing onto the floor from about 6ft high. Good times.</p>
<p>A loft bed is basically a set of bunk beds minus the bottom bed. In it's place you can put a desk, futon, entertainment area, fridge, etc. It saves a LOT of space to loft your bed and it's not that dangerous. I've had a loft bed freshman year and will have one this year--also had one all through high school because I had a small room. </p>
<p>I have my desk, minifridge and microwave under the bed, and by having those under my bed I have room for a futon elsewhere in the room. If the bed was on the floor, I would have no room for the futon. It's not hard to get into the bed, yeah space is kinda limited but you an fit two people up there, even drunk. Or you can just grab your blanket and pass out on the futon or floor. I love having a lofted bed.</p>
<p>yea when im drunk i just sleep on the futon. lofted beds are nice. bunkbeds are annoying. if someone moves in the bed you can feel it. its annoying.</p>
<p>I had a loft sophomore year since I was in a really tiny dorm room. No safety rail, and I never fell asleep. It was also what finally taught me to stop rolling around in my sleep at night; now I don't budge at all (even in the double I have in my current apartment). Just sleep leaning towards the wall and you shouldn't have any problems (other than bumping your head a lot...I never got used to how close it was to the ceiling).</p>
<p>I did love having a desk the size of my entire bed, though. I could put so much crap on there and still have free space.</p>
<p>Just for a little perspective of what a loft bed looks like in a full room...here's mine. I rearranged some things today so the fridge and microwave are no longer under the bed, but it kinda shows how the height saves room. I've hit my head a few times getting up (3 or 4 times in the 2 years of having a loft in college). </p>
<p>It's rarely me and my boyfriend both in the bed--mainly because he's a former defensive lineman and it definitely puts a bit of stress on the bed--but there are other places, mainly his.</p>
<p>I can't watch TV in bed, which kinda sucks but the futon is in the perfect spot for watching TV and I've fallen asleep there many times. </p>
<p>And the bed can be raised/lowered to just about any height--it's got little notches every 3 inches. I could put the bed on the floor if I wanted, and I have it at maximum height right now. The top of the mattress is about 6' hight.</p>
<p>Close up of stuff under the bed: Desk (incl computer, movable drawers, books, DVDs, souvenirs, etc.) and food stuff to the right. And a suitcase that I haven't found a place for yet but it's not in the way anyway.</p>
<p>lofting our beds was pretty much necessary because it created a lot of floor space. we had room for a futon underneath mine, and the fridge, mircowave, and a big circle chair under my roommate's. this left a lot of space in the middle, and everyone in our suite would hang out in our room all the time because it was spacious.</p>
<p>i'm not a big fan of heights, so i really wanted a safety rail, too, but i ended up not needing one because i never fell off. when i was really drunk and could't quite get up the ladder i'd just crash on the futon. also, i slept a bunch of nights in my boyfriend's bed, which was also a twin and was lofted, and it was perfectly sturdy with the two of us.</p>
<p>another option is to elevate your bed so that it's higher than usual (but not totally lofted) and you can store a ton of stuff underneath it.</p>
<p>I had a lofted bed this year, and I wouldn't have done it unless I had to. Our room should have been a single, but was designated a double, so in order to fit our desks, futon, fridge, TV, video games, etc., we had to loft both our beds. My roommate bought the futon, and actually slept on it every night throughout the year. The couple of times he slept on his bed, he complained so much about how annoying it was. Even I slept on his futon because it was so much more convenient, when he was gone of course. Climbing in and out of lofted beds is such a pain. You'll climb in, and then realize you have to get back down to go to the bathroom, turn off a computer or TV, or grab a book to read.</p>
<p>There is no way I'm lofting again this year, me and my new roommate will have much more space since we have two connected singles instead.</p>
