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| | | (...) <SNIP> (...) I wonder if any of you have thought about bunk beds? I know at least one person who uses a bunk bed, sleeps above and uses the bottom for his layout and the under bed for storage. It may not be an ideal situation unless you're (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | Re: Workspace —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) Loft-beds are also useful for providing large amounts of storage space. Not a lot of talent is required to build them, just make sure they are sturdy! But lofts do require a tolerant attitude from anyone involved. When we lived in an apartment (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | Re: Workspace —Cindy Salwen
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| | | | (...) When I lived in Manhattan I built (1) a queen size loft bed and the space under it became part of my living room. I didn't want a post in the middle of the room, so we put three of the posts at the corners of the bed and for the corner that (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | Re: Workspace —Sarah Heacock
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| | | | (...) I've been considering doing this with my queen bed, but my ceiling is only 8' :( How much clearance is needed over the bed? Can the boxsprings be jettisoned if you have a board underneath the mattresS? Sarah (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | Re: Workspace —Jesse Long
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| | | | | Perhaps a Princess... wrote in message <36424860.21934706@2...63.236>... (...) Clearance? Depends on what you plan on doing on said matress... ;-) Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | Re: Workspace —Sarah Heacock
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| | | | | | | (...) Uh. Sleep? What else do you do on a mattress? I guess SOME people might build Legos there... I need a hard surface yet. And I'm not married. (I wouldn't be thinking about building a loft bed if I did. I don't relish the idea of climbing DOWN (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Workspace —Jesse Long
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| | | | | | | | | Perhaps a Princess... wrote in message <363dd0c4.56856167@2...63.236>... (...) Well, that limits your options doesn't it? I dry and sort my Legos on my bed. On the rare occasion that I have legos to wash. I can't believe I've stooped to that. I even (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Workspace —Sarah Heacock
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) *confused* It seems to me that being married limits your options -- to what both you and your spouse agrees on. It's sorta part of the package. I'm not sure what you're talking about here. After buying some used Legos, I discovered that my (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Workspace —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) IMO, marriage doesn't limit your options, it just has a different set. If the options were too limited, no one would do it. (...) Use that intolerance to talk folks down at garage sales. It might work making it more worth your while. "Uh, (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Workspace —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Me either. But I think being married broadens your options with respect to a lot of things. And it also gives me the ability to pass on picking the places we'll go out to eat, something I've always hated doing. (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Workspace —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | (...) I've had lofts with stairs. Well, somewhere between stair-steps and a ladder. It's a matter of selective compression. Lofts are useful in another way--in college, I put my alarm clock on the 'main floor'. That way, I'd have to get up to turn (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Workspace —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | (...) I did that once. Only once because in my sleep I reached out to my roommate's bookshelf (about pillow level next to my bed), grabbed a dictionary, and hurled it across the room at the clock. I never woke up. My roomie showed up a couple hours (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | Re: Workspace —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) Nah, that doesn't really make a difference. Trust me. Steve (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | Re: Workspace —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | (...) The answer to both questions is: depends on your preferences. I had a loft with only enough room to roll over (and sometimes I hit my elbow on the ceiling in mid-roll). If you've got a plywood board on the frame(1), boxspring is not required (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | Re: Workspace —Cindy Salwen
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| | | | (...) My bed had about 4' above the platform. I had a futon mattress, no boxspring, so that means there was somewhere between 3' and 4' over the mattress to the ceiling. That was plenty of space. I got tired of climbing down and reaching for the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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