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Hanging Loft Bed

Hanging Loft Bed
This year is my junior year in college, and I've just started a new job as an RA. Since I'm an RA, I get a single room. This would be awesome, except for my room is super tiny. To make room for a couch in this tiny room, I set out to make a bed that doesn't take any floor space away from the walls. This is what I came up with!

If you're curious about how I built it or want to build your own, I wrote an in-depth tutorial at my website. Check it out and let me know what you think!
5 comments
Mar 4, 2012. 8:10 PMNyxius says:
How are you planning on getting it out? When you move?
Feb 10, 2012. 6:15 PMjblanton1 says:
I saw a loft bed design a few years ago where they had done a similar design, but instead of having the bed fixed in height, it was on a platform that was attached by cables to the frame and could be raised and lowered as necessary via a winch. I don't remember if it was an electric winch or one of the hand winches like you see on boat trailers. It had a similar frame system that went around the perimeter of the room and the builder would raise it up the the ceiling during the day and then lower it to normal bed height at night.
Nov 20, 2011. 5:21 PMkyleslab says:
Cool! Interesting design!
Sep 6, 2011. 1:19 PMzazenergy says:
Looks cool, but would be helpful to put the steps on Instructables. Let me know if you have any questions about how to do that!

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Author:thomasfrank09(College Info Geek)
I'm a student at Iowa State University and I run College Info Geek, one of the web's biggest college blogs. Sometimes I get crazy ideas involving trips to Home Depot.