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Working At His Desk Beneath His Loft Bed

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Loft bed plans are a top choice for people to use when they want to maximize their bedroom space. You can choose from a variety of plans and designs that range from the ultra simplistic to those that are amazingly complex.

With a loft bed you are doubling or tripling the amount of floor space in a room by raising the bed frame and mattress from the floor and utilizing additional spaces along the walls and near the ceiling.

When you move your bed from the floor you uncover a great deal of unused space that is now open and available for desks, dressers, play areas or storage space. Since you are creating functional spaces directly under the bed itself you are getting at least twice the amount of use from the same square footage.

Lower Bed with Storage and Guardrail

Choosing the best loft bed plans for your home environment should be based on the room’s primary occupant. If you are planning on installing a loft bed design in a smaller child’s room you may want to choose a design that is raised only 3-4 feet from the surface of the floor. This will still give you ample room to create a play area or study space under the raised bed.

Smaller kids like the feel and look of a raised bed design but they are also comforted by the fact that the mattress is still at a height that is comfortable for them. You may also want to choose loft bed plans that have additional guard rails along the sides to prevent accidental falls to the floor. A ladder that fits onto the bed frame is also a welcome and necessary part of any type of loft bed plans for younger kids.

Teens and college students tend to favor loft bed plans that are a little more daring in the design. Some of these beds have heights that easily measure 5-6 feet from the surface of the floor.

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This taller height is more suited for teenagers and gives them adequate room to create comfortable privacy and study areas directly under the bed.

While many people will choose to purchase a loft bed from a furniture vendor others may want to be a little more creative and construct their own. Some of these loft bed plans are designed so that the bed frame rests on top of two chests or a chest and desk which makes them the simplest of all to build.

There are other designs that are much more complex. You do not have to select a bed plan that is very elaborate if you are planning to build one by hand. All you need is the basic frame. Then once you have this unit in place

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you can purchase storage units, a computer desk and other furnishings that will fit neatly in the amount of space that is present underneath the bed itself.

Today there are a number of easy to construct designs for loft beds that almost anyone can build in a single weekend. You can build the bed frames and storage units from wood and you will only need some basic hand held tools to get the job done. If you find that you are not very skilled with basic woodworking and home construction projects you can still select the loft bed plans that you like and then have someone else handle the actual construction process for you.