Use alternate sleeping solutions for a small bedroom.
The biggest problem in a small bedroom is lack of space for furniture and a comfortable bed. When a traditional twin-sized bed takes up half your floor space, your usable room suddenly shrinks down to a tiny hallway or less. Get creative in your choice of beds for a tiny bedroom by using three dimensions in the room or by making the furniture do double duty.
Futon
A futon consists of a frame and a thick mattress that do more than one job. By day, a futon is a couch or sofa, and by night, you adjust the frame to turn the sofa into a bed. While you are sleeping, you don't really need the extra space taken up by the futon frame, so it fits well in a small room. During the day, the frame takes up only half the space, turning a small bedroom into a den or office.
Loft Bed
Instead of placing all your furniture on the floor, save floor space for other furnishings and loft your bed. This classic design has been popular in college dorm rooms for decades as the perfect solution to not enough floor space. Build a platform 4 feet off the ground and place your mattress on top. Use the space underneath as a study area with desk and chair or a lounge with an easy chair, small couch or pile of pillows.
Daybed
A daybed is an often feminine method of making a twin bed do double duty. The daybed setup consists of an ornate bed frame with one long back and two sides, much like a sofa back and arms. You slip the mattress into the daybed frame and it serves as the bottom sofa cushion. Daybeds come in wooden, brass and upholstered versions, and all of them add the look of a couch by day and a bed by night.
Foam Chair
Foam chairs are inexpensive alternatives to heavier futon beds. These chairs are constructed of three or four rectangles of thick foam rubber. The foam is covered with a thick fabric and sewn together in a row. Fold the blocks together in the correct manner and they will create a comfortable chair for television viewing. Unfold the blocks and they lay out in a row on the floor, creating a low foam mattress for sleeping.
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