Finding the right beds for your bedrooms is a challenge that all homeowners face. You need a bed, but you also don’t want the bed to take up all the space in the bedroom. The perfect solution is a space-saving bed – and here are four of the best to consider.
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Bunk Beds – Ideal For Kids’ Rooms
A kid’s bedroom will be one of the hardest to design because you’re thinking more from a practicality mindset. For instance, if you’re designing the master bedroom, you’re mainly concerned with how things look. In a child’s bedroom, it’s all about how they can use the room because they’ll spend more time in there during the day.
That’s why it’s even more important to free up space, and bunk beds are a longstanding solution to this. A traditional bunk bed will give you two beds for the space of one – which is the best option if two children share the same room. They have comfortable places to sleep, but the floor space is only taken up by one bed.
Alternatively, you have bunk beds that combine one bed at the top with other things below. You’re looking at a desk and a set of draws, or a comfy seat built into the bed. This type of bunk bed is excellent at creating extra storage for kids’ rooms without taking up more space. It’s a big option to keep in mind if your children have their own rooms and you don’t need two beds in the same space.
Realistically, you’re not getting much out of a bunk bed unless it’s for a child’s room. They’re not overly suitable for adults. Though the second type of bunk bed can still be appropriate for children in their mid-to-late teens, especially if it comes with a desk underneath for studying.
Storage Beds – Free Up More Floor Space
It’s amazing how big a bedroom looks before you’ve put anything in it. Something can look delightfully spacious in a floor plan or during a viewing. But then you think about what needs to go in the space. Every bedroom requires some type of storage – this can be a closet, a chest of drawers, a bedside table, etc.
To be honest, the more storage you can fit into the room, the better.
The issue is that you need this storage along with a bed, and it’s usually a double bed, too. Things get extremely cramped very quickly. Meaning you have to either opt for a smaller bed (which makes sleeping uncomfortable) or less storage (which can leave you with too much clutter).
You feel like you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place, yet there’s a clear and obvious solution. Look for beds with storage to get the best of both worlds. Storage beds let you keep loads of your items tucked away under the bed. So you can still enjoy a large double bed without sacrificing storage solutions. This can mean you get rid of a cabinet or a chest of drawers, freeing up loads of space in the bedroom.
Lots of storage beds exist, though you’re likely to choose between the following:
- Ottoman beds – These beds lift up to reveal storage space beneath and are great if you don’t have enough floor space to pull out storage drawers.
- Beds with storage drawers – If you do have space to pull out storage drawers, then these beds let you remain slightly more organised. You can have 2-4 drawers under your bed for separate things, and they’re easy to access whenever you need them.
Either of these two options will be great for any bedroom when you want to save space. Consider the bed placement and the general floor space available before you buy your storage bed.
Fold Down Beds – Great For Very Small Bedrooms
Most families end up in a situation where they’re looking for a home and find one that claims to have three or four bedrooms. You look around and discover that the final “bedroom” is a glorified walk-in wardrobe. It’s technically large enough to fit a bed in, but that’s about all you’ll manage to include in the room.
Alas, you choose the house because you don’t have many options for your budget. You’re now stuck with a very small bedroom and hardly any space to play with. A fold down bed will be your best friend in a room like this. Because it’s designed to save space and be extremely practical.
If you’re not aware of this concept, it’s when you have a bed that attaches to the wall and folds up or down depending on when you need it. During the day, you’ve got a spacious area with room to walk around in. By night, the bed folds down from the wall and provides somewhere to sleep. The lack of space isn’t a huge issue at night because you’re sleeping. So this is an excellent choice for extremely small bedrooms that barely offer any walking space.
Sofa Beds – A Top Choice For Spare Rooms
A sofa bed will always be a convenient option when you want to save space yet retain a sleeping solution. It’s probably not the best idea to sleep on some sofa beds all the time, yet a few are more than comfortable enough for this. Regardless, the sofa bed will always be best served in a spare bedroom.
When you don’t need the room to sleep guests, you can have a lovely sofa and utilise the space as more of a chill area or a home office. Then, when your parents or in-laws come over, the sofa opens up and gives you an extra bed – it means you don’t have to sacrifice your bed for a blow up mattress in the living room.
Some kids may love the idea of a sofa bed in their room, too. It gives them more space to play in during the day – and they enjoy the gimmick of turning a sofa into a bed at night.
As demonstrated in this post, some space-saving beds are better than others for certain bedrooms. Think about the room you’re decorating and pick whichever bed suits it the best!