<p>Which should I try to get? I am thinking bottom is the way to go. </p>
<p>Or lofted or debunked? Hmm..the choices.</p>
<p>None don’t get either.</p>
<p>IF you are going to bunk, bottom.</p>
<p>But I would say keep them unbunked and not lofted.</p>
<p>My bed was lofted, which I kind of enjoyed. Saved some space because my dresser fit under it. Personally, I’d be fine with lofted or just on the ground, but bunks aren’t my favorite.</p>
<p>If you do bunk, remember that your roomie’s friends will probably use the bottom bunk as a place to sit when they visit! However, you do get the advantage of being able to get into and out of bed easily and put things on your bed while you’re not sleeping.</p>
<p>Bunking limits underbed storage (one bed instead of two).</p>
<p>The room is about 14.5’ x 9’.</p>
<p>Would not bunking leave enough floor space for desks and stuff?</p>
<p>I have no idea about your school, but some beds are adjustable and can be raised up to about 4 feet off the floor. Then a dresser can fit under there in addition to your luggage or other things you might want to get out of the way.</p>
<p>Nine feet doesn’t seem very big, but people have been sharing these small spaces for a looooong time and managing.</p>
<p>I guess I’ll just have to wait and see how the room actually looks and how the beds can work…
meh, I’m getting there a day early, so I have first pick. 
We’ll most likely end up rearranging…I frequently rearrange my room here at home.</p>
<p>Everyone rearranges!</p>
<p>The way my school has the rooms set up makes no sense at all. The beds on parallel, against opposite walls of the room with the desks at the feet (and in the all girls dorm, against the closet). You literally can’t use the desk with that set up!</p>
<p>Lucky you for being there first. That’s how it’s gonna be with me. I’m getting there a week and a half before my roommate.</p>
<p>I had a raised bed once (and wasn’t even a bunk bed - just hard to unloft).</p>
<p>Anyway, imagine trying to get into your raised bed at 3 am after a night of drinking. If it’s 5 feet up or higher it is going to be a nuisance.</p>
<p>I remember having to ‘high jump’ into bed, and sometimes, when not getting far enough from the edge, having to death grip the sheets and pull myself up to stop from rolling back to the ground.</p>
<p>Definitely the bottom bunk. If you have the top bunk, getting to bed when you’re drunk as h*ll is really hard to do. Also, if you’re on the top bunk, then if you have to puke after said drunken night out, then its pretty hard to hold it in while you have to climb down and go to the trash can. You will probably reach the trashcan too late. Unless you keep a barf bag somewhere on the top bunk.</p>
<p>^ Another thing to add. People are gonna want to sit on your bed because it’s the lower bed and if your roommate is gonna have someone over guess who’s bed he’s gonna use.</p>
<p>My roommate & I are both lofting our beds. I’m not a fan of people sitting on my bed, and if it’s up in the air, they can’t do that…plus, it’ll make more room & I’ll put my desk under it.</p>
<p>Lol, it looks like everyone has a different opinion. I don’t plan to get really drunk, and I don’t think my roomie does either. I’m still scared of falling off the top [I’ve fallen off my queen bed a few times]. I’d definitely get a railing, but I also want to sit on my bed to do hw and stuff…ah, decisions decisions.</p>
<p>I’ve considered lofting my bed and putting a futon underneath for people to sit or sleepover. But then I realize I hate the top bunk ( I’ve slept on the top bunk for years in the Army barracks). </p>
<p>^ Theres another possibility for you.</p>
<p>Yeah, if I lofted it would be primarily to “save” space. Putting a futon under it kind of takes away that aspect, since the desk would have to go outside of the bed. Plus, I’d have to buy a futon, which I really don’t want to do.</p>
<p>Futons do not last too long either</p>
<p>You really should have them debunked if it’s a 14.5’ x 9’ room. It’s kind of tight, but you’ll manage. There are just so many benefits for not having them bunked:</p>
<p>1.) The beds are truly equal. You can argue about the advantages and disadvantages of having top and bottom, but left and right doesn’t make much of a difference.</p>
<p>2.) There’s nothing like the ability to roll out of bed and do what you need to do.</p>
<p>3.) Falling from bottom bunk = oh!; falling from top bunk = OW!</p>
<p>4.) During an earthquake, the bottom bunk shakes less.</p>
<p>5.) You can always evict people sitting on your bed, but you can’t evict the bed from being on the top bunk.</p>
<p>At one place, I saw a creative solution where people slept on the floor and desks / couches were lofted onto a platform. It has the space advantage of bunked beds while everyone gets a bottom bunk. The design also strongly discourages friends from sitting on beds.</p>
<p>I had my bed half-lofted this year where it was about shoulder/chin-ish height for me. That way, I had room for my dresser and storage space underneath without it being too far up. And yes, my drunk nights were factored into this decision. Didn’t fall out once :)</p>
<p>I personally prefer the top bunk. I am a light sleeper and don’t want to be woken by a roommate climbing up or down the bed.</p>