an entertaining consumer enquiry about BEDS

xpost MARK!

I am not convinced that a loft bed is the way forward. Is there no other way you can create more space in yr flat?? Throw out superfluous rubbish?

Sleeping near a ceiling = too warm during hot summer nights
Sleeping that close to a flat roof = grilled to death!

(xpost to myself)

this was the question that prevented me getting a loft bed when i was thinking about it a few years ago. you'd need a platform a foot or so off the floor to put all that under and put your desk/chair/etc on top of, but then the space for working in would be extremely squished, unless you have higher than average ceilings.

should you decide to skip the ikea route for fear of everything collapsing around your ears, i know a good carpenter if you want one.

overheating -- in high-summer emergencies i can always move the mattress onto the floor

entertainment -- maybe mattress-on-floor is a solution here also, except when i've encountered an amazon pirate and/or other monkey

We never really made the beds, just popped on the fitted sheet and rearranged the rest of the covers. I also never threatened to roll out of bed even though they were only singles and we didn't have any rails on. Do adults actually fall out of bed?? Maybe if you're a very restless sleeper, I guess.

(i won't search for it seein as the server is fragile today)

i was trying to work out -- using a stick -- if i would be able to sit upright or not: it is a matter of millimeters

You'll need a "no girls with big hair beyond this point" sign, then.

(all 3 = me so calm down boy)

i can sit upright easily
i am right next to an open window so heat is not a problem
i am a bit paranoid about noise -- it squeaks when you clamber in and out (though not once yr in); does this mean my downstairs neighbour is bein driven frantic? (or is the noise just tiny but magnified in the still of the night)
it sways a little when you roll over, which is soothing
non-sleep activity will have to be tested at a later date :\

worst aspect = wakin a VAST ARMY OF K!TT£N GOLEMS under the old bed and givin mysel bad asthma all sunday and yesterday

are loft beds comfy? = yes
are loft beds safe? = so far
are loft beds sensible? = my life is not sensible = n/a

it is all put together of metal and everytime i moved an arm let alone turned over it squeaked

i got some 3-in-1, and -- bcz i had NO PLAN WHATEVER to dismnatle and er remantle it -- squirted some into the tops of the legs, hoping it would run down and desqueak a bit

an hour later NO MORE SQUEAKING and none since

(it's a bit hard to get across how surpised i am by this -- i know you oil stuff to make it not squeak, but the oil was going in several feet from the squeak-centres, and just dribbling invisibly down)

(haha as regards the swaying a little -- i discovered abt a week after the aug 29 post that i had forgot to do all the screws up tightly!)

this was my best purchase evah i think

i got some 3-in-1

related to this:

(all 3 = me so calm down boy)

and was about to congratulate mark. Context dashed my imagination, however. Just an oil, I guess.

in the case of this bed, off the bed = probably OUT OF THE WINDOW and four floors down onto concrete

...squirted some into the tops of the legs, hoping it would run down...

didn't help matters.

The room I am moving into seemed rather spacious. Should I buy a double or queen sized bed? Also, what is the least amount of money I can spend and still expect to be tolerably comfortable. How are the Ikea platforms plus wooden slats plus mattress?

Not much experience, but I'm very happy with the double bed w/slats plus mattress that I found on Craigslist for $150. I was given the advice that double beds are much easier to maneuver, transport, etc.