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Re: Workspace
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lugnet.storage
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Mon, 2 Nov 1998 05:52:36 GMT
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998 08:05:29 GMT, csalwen@northeast.net (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 was in the middle of the room we put the post against the other wall, put a
> 13' beam across at ceiling height, and hung the corner of the bed on a chain
> attached to the beam. I didn't trust anything in the ceiling to hold a bed up.
> It helped that I had 9' ceilings, but was still an advantage not being tall(2).
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
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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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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