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hannah ([personal profile] hannah) wrote2011-06-10 10:42 pm
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Thrown around.

Tonight I finally saw a partly-furnished version of the studio I'll be moving to when my time at the Y ends. It needs clothing storage and a proper desk, both of which I'm guessing will come later when my family can plan a full day browsing used furniture stores. The bed we got new, on the grounds that bedbugs are a valid concern in New York City. It came from IKEA, and now I'm wishing I'd gone with them to buy it because then I'd have been able to say whether or not I'd have liked it, since the data I wanted wasn't online. Which was height. The whole thing's way too short.

Every year in college I racked the bed's base as high up on the frames as it would go to get as much storage space in my room as possible. My first year in grad school I had a loft bed for the same reason. The bed I'm in now is two feet from the top of the covers to the floor. Last year in Pittsburgh I had a bed that was about a foot from the top of the covers to the floor, and back at home way back when, it was somewhere between fourteen and eighteen inches. Throughout college, I always said I slept better in the dorms than out of home, and I know bed height was a major part of that. It fits better in my head, and I felt better occupying the space in the taller beds.

I probably shouldn't be getting so upset about this, but I picked the tallest bed possible and it's still too short. I'm left thinking about how little I'm going to want to sleep in there, and that's putting me in a space I don't want to be: actively dreading the move out of the Y.

I've no idea if it'd be worth it to try to find a new one on Overstock. Given that the bed in the studio's already put together, probably not.

Dammit.
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[identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com 2011-06-11 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
I always lofted my bed as high as it would go, too (though I sacrificed height for my captain's bed because it has bookshelves). Does your bed have...feet? As opposed to sitting flat on the ground, I mean. If it does, you might be able to use bed lifts - little blocks that you can stack on top of each other as long as it's all stable enough. I know they sell them at Bed Bath and Beyond in both wood and plastic, don't know if they're available elsewhere, but it's worth looking into.

[identity profile] hannahrorlove.livejournal.com 2011-06-13 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope, no feet. But thanks for the suggestion.

[identity profile] hannahrorlove.livejournal.com 2011-06-13 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
If the bed had feet, I'd buy those in a heartbeat. But it doesn't, so I have to sigh regretfully and thank you for the suggestion.

[identity profile] ayalesca.livejournal.com 2011-06-11 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Definitely you can stack all kinds of things to get the bed higher (though I suppose they wouldn't approve of concrete blocks XD). This is a solvable problem, though you may need help to leverage the furniture.

[identity profile] hannahrorlove.livejournal.com 2011-06-13 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. This does have a solution, but I can't figure out what it would be. Maybe I should surf Overstock for a while to see what comes up.
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[identity profile] trolleypup.livejournal.com 2011-06-11 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
No earthquakes in NY...you can jack it up on cinderblocks!

[identity profile] hannahrorlove.livejournal.com 2011-06-13 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
That was the first thing I suggested when I saw the bed! Strange minds and all that jazz.

[identity profile] lizzie-omalley.livejournal.com 2011-06-11 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
I hear you. I can't sleep on short beds either and I have used the cinderblock solution described above. If you're worried about the floor then put some of that no-slip padding underneath to keep the bricks from scratching the floor and slipping about. On carpet it's no big deal. When you move the bed and vacuum then the loft will come back on most, non worn out carpets.

[identity profile] hannahrorlove.livejournal.com 2011-06-13 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a hardwood floor. I'll look into the blocks and padding idea to see if that'll do the trick, as long as I can be secure that the bed won't slip off somehow.
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[identity profile] trolleypup.livejournal.com 2011-06-11 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
If it had a classic metal frame, you can remove the feet and boost it with lengths of plumbing iron pipe that fits over the legs.

[identity profile] hannahrorlove.livejournal.com 2011-06-13 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Wooden planks that fit together like a good jigsaw puzzle. Maybe next time.
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