<p>I'm gonna be rooming in Russell C, and I was wondering how high the beds are already. I got bed risers that add about 7 inches, but I only bought one under bed box thats only about 6 inches high. I realize this is a bit specific but could anyone tell me if I could fit about two of those boxes on top of each other? Or just share what you used for under your bed.
Thanks!</p>
<p>It is my understanding that all of the beds can be risen to 24 inches and if you use your risers, you will have lots of room under the bed . The height of our 2 underbed storage boxes are approximately 19 inches. My daughter who will be a Freshman and is in George Read said to go to UDel website, housing, click on your dorm, floor and room, you will get information about the room. Good luck.</p>
<p>Do you need to order stuff to raise the beds or is it adjustable with the bed as it is in the room? I looked on the Udel site and they link you to a site which charges $139 for a lofting system, but that raises it very high up.</p>
<p>The lofting system that you mentioned raises the bed high enough that you could put your desk under it, freeing up floor space for other things. My son and his roommate did this in Russell his freshman year. They put their beds and desks in the back rectangle, and used the front rectangle as a little sitting area with 2 chairs, floor lamp and TV.</p>
<p>Last year he used bed risers which raised his bed enough to put nice storage boxes from the Container Store.</p>
<p>Well this isn’t going to engineer-precise, but beds in D’s room were lofted 6"-8" and the cutdown bookcase she pushed under her bed was 29" tall.</p>
<p>Mattmoosemom, my son and his roommate are apparently going to do the same thing, moving both beds to the back area and putting the TV and other stuff in the front.</p>
<p>I hope the room arrangement works out as well for your son as it did for mine!</p>
<p>Well, it better, or there won’t be any place to play Wii!</p>
<p>I realize this is an old post from last year… For UDELFRESHMOM, if you still, look at this site, which risers did you buy to raise the bed enough for 19 inch boxes. I am going through the Room Essentials list and came across this thread. My D wants to bring her entire wardrobe!!!</p>
<p>Any help would be much appreciated (along with any other advice regarding dorm room needs for freshman.) Thanks.</p>
<p>I have the same question as bplusmom. I was previously told about risers that you can get at Bed Bath and Beyond, but it looks like that raises the bed just few inches. Is that enough? Thinking I need to wait to see what res hall she gets. Any advice?</p>
<p>I bought bed risers at Bed, Bath & Beyond and my daughter never used them. We raised her bed high enough to fit 36" high drawer type organizers underneath and she could have gone even higher.</p>
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<p>How did you raise the bed this high without the risers?</p>
<p>For many of the beds you can remove the mattress and box spring and then adjust the side rails upward on the end frames. This usually requires some simple tools and a little, not much, muscle. I do not know if this can be done with all the beds in all the dorms and the maximum height you can raise them might vary. We did this when my D moved into Rodney Hall her freshman year.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any experience with the company that is selling residence hall linens? I received a large white envelope with all kinds of dorm supplies advertised. Just wondering about the quality.</p>
<p>You might have a reason to buy the linens, carpets or for whatever you’ll get a solicitation Maybe if you’re putting your child on a plane and have limited luggage space and no way to get to a local store? I don’t know anyone who has felt they were better in quality or price from what you could get at Target, BBB etc. who all run sales during the summer for dorm supplies.</p>
<p>From what I understand, the quality of those linens will be inferior to what you can buy yourself (most college parents get mailings from companies selling this stuff, and at D’s school they were definitely not good). The hype in that mailing about ‘your sheets may not fit’ was just ridiculous. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Target has lots of bed sets geared for the college form bound, all X-long and at very reasonable prices.</p>
<p>We did well at Home Goods. Twin XL not as hard to find as I thought. Was in Costco tonight and they did NOT have twin XL mattress pads or foam things for the bed. Will have to order those on line…</p>
<p>Target has twin XL foam and memory foam pads.</p>
<p>memory foam pads are well worth it. I ended up getting my daughter a regular twin (didn’t see xl at the time). It’s a little shorter than the bed, but at 5’4" it didn’t seem to matter for her. My son on the other hand, is taller (5’10"). He is using her old pad, and did notice the length discrepancy, but somehow moved it around in a way that’s comfortable for him.</p>