Loft Bed Plans - Space Savers

Loft Bed Plans With A Desk Below

Jul 272011

Loft Bed Plans You Really Can Do Yourself

Fall is just around the corner and so is college for good number of our students. If your memory is short

Loft Bed Plans showing how the cupboard and the shelves portion are assembled below the loft bed.

Cupboard and Shelf Assembly

or you have never seen most college dorm rooms for freshmen, you’ll be shocked how small they can be. Some schools, like my alma mater, have been putting three kids in one room, which in my day, were only for two. These are the dorm rooms for which loft bed plans were designed.

Loft Bed Plans Modification Tip for the Dorm Room

First cut all your structural members and drill the holes for the lag bolts. If your plans don’t call for lag bolts, modify them so your bed is held together this way. Just remember NOT to sacrifice safety when you do modify your plans. Loft beds in dorm rooms are frequently treated rather roughly, especially by the guys.

Next, with your loft bed plans handy, go through a dry run of putting the bed together. Do mark your plans so you can follow the order which is best for both the assembly and the subsequent “tear down”. The reason you do this is for your own sanity.

You will probably arrive with your son or daughter on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon in late August. You and thousands of other kids and their parents. All of you will be jockeying for space, the chance to help your youngster get settled, and hauling things back and forth as you move him or her into the dorm. In a word, its a zoo.

Obviously, in your car or SUV, you will have brought the loft bed with you in pieces. Believe me, you will thank yourself when all you have to do is whip out your loft bed plans for a quick review, then quickly bolt the bed back

Simple sketch of a single loft bed with a small desk and set of cabinets with a bookshelf hutch on top underneath.

Simple Loft Bed Plan with Small Desk and Cabinet with a Bookshelf Hutch

together, and finish by throwing the mattress up on top. Bingo! You are done, and at the end of the year, just do the same thing in reverse and you will have the bed for another year or another college freshman.

The plans in the example pictured are in the package of plans offered on this website by our sponsor, Ted’s Woodworking. There several different designs should this one not fit your needs. Visit Ted’s Woodworking and see if his loft bed plans would suit your needs.

Imaginative, Space-Saving Loft Bed Plans

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May 102011

Girls’ Loft Beds - Nothing But the Best

No two girls are the same; they are not all princesses, they are not

Beautiful white with pink accents is this perfect loft bed for a girl which can grow with her by providing a make-up area as well as a computer desk and a bookshelf.

For Girls Only Loft Bed with a Desk and Vanity

all tomboys. Some are neither, and some are both. This is why great loft bed plans are perfect for girls: they are unique, and they allow the little girl in your life to be herself. Simply modifying the design a little lets you accommodate her interests, tastes, and needs.

The first thing that you will notice about loft bed plans for kids is that they are so different – and fun. You can find designs ranging from pirate ships and tree houses to castles. A lot of the loft bed plans for girls center around princess and castle themes, but you are certainly never limited to that. It is the features, more so than the actual design elements, that will make the biggest difference. What do we mean? Say you want a castle loft bed for your child. The details make the bed exciting and welcoming, but it also contains a host of fun, useful features, such as:

Stairs or a ladder.
The bed, of course!
Built-in storage cubbies and shelves.
Space underneath for storage, a desk, or a fort worthy of a princess.
Slides.

While the appearance is rather “girly,” for lack of a better word, the features

Bunk Bed Twin Bed Castle for Girls Room.

Spectacular Bunk Bed Castle for Little Girls

ensure that your princess can have adventure after adventure with her castle as the backdrop. With loft bed plans, you can always modify colors, patterns, and accessories later. The main features, though, will be favorites for years to come.

Great Loft Bed Plans for Shared Rooms

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May 022011

Making the Most of Sharing a Room with Cute Loft Beds for Girls and Boys

If your children have to share a room, there’s no need to build an addition. Instead, find or create a good set of loft bed plans and build

Pictured is a loft bed - bunk bed combination in gorgeous hardwood with a small desk at one end.

Loft and Bunk Bed Combo

your own solution. It’ll be much easier on your budget – and you know what? Your kids will love it!

Sharing a room is often a necessity, and there is nothing wrong with that. You can still give each child their own space and privacy, while creating more open floor space for play. The great part about today’s great loft beds for girls and boys is that you can customize them to fit your children’s room as well as their personality.

Here is just one design that is possible: you have an L-shaped style, which updates the traditional bunk bed look. The loft bed is accessible via a built-in ladder. The lower bed has built-in storage towards the head of the bed, to make excellent use of the space that is created by the loft design. In addition, there are drawers to one side of the lower bed, opposite the ladder, and a study space that can accommodate books, a computer, art supplies, or whatever your child needs. All of this is presented in one compact package,

Beautiful blonde hardwood L-shaped loft beds placed into a corner and having desks and dressers underneath, all leaving much open space in the room by utilizing the wall space efficiently.

L-Shaped Space Saving Twin Loft Bed

rather than being spread out over the entire room. You have much room space for play – or just free space!

The options for designs are unlimited, especially when you create your own loft bed plans based on what your children need. You’ll find that they don’t mind sharing a room when they can each have their own private spaces.

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