On Aug 17, 2:30*pm, wrote:
On Aug 17, 12:42*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:

I don't know how much time you've spent in college dorm rooms, but
some of them are pretty small and will typically house 2 and sometimes
3 students. Space is at a premium.

Only about 4 years...

Both of my daughters have their beds "lofted" so that they can use the
area underneath for a futon. Since their beds are essentially the
highest surface level in the room, there really aren't "about 1000
other ways to position a clock radio so it is accessible from a bed" -
at least not in a location where it can easily be set/snoozed/reset
with a simple reach of the hand.

Had a loft in the dorm room for two years, so I know all about it. The
platforms on mine were about 12" wider than the mattresses. Plus we
had a shelf that ran between the bed platforms on the window end of
the room. Plenty of places to put a clock radio without fretting over
an impossible task. I had my stereo and my meager CD collection up
there too.

Heck, you can even screw the shelf to the loft. Fasten an upright post
in the corner and put the shelf on the post.

2 girls in 2 different colleges:

Platforms are no wider than the mattresses.

No shelf between the bed and window/wall.

I can't screw anything to the "loft": They're metal bunk frames and
I'd probably get in just as much trouble ($) if I drilled holes in the
bed frames. Clamping a shelf to the bed posts might be an option, but
putting the shelf in an otherwise unused corner is really the best
place for it. It can be seen from anywhere in the room since it faces
out and it's easily reachable by the person in the bed.

An upright post is an option, but both the girls are both being moved
into their rooms which are 200 miles apart and 300 miles from home on
the same day - this coming Sunday. I don't have a lot of time to rig
something up in the short time period that I'll be spending in each
room and driving the 700 mile loop it's going to take to get them to
their schools.

As far as "fretting over an impossible task", you must not be reading
my posts very thoroughly. I have stated more than once that I have
mounted one shelf with velcro and a dowel set at 45 degrees and it
worked fine all last year. In fact, it's been mounted and unmounted 3
times over 3 semesters. All I was asking for was a suggestion that
eliminated the dowel since it looks much "cleaner" without it. The
task is not only far from "impossible", it's extremely doable and has
been done multiple times before.

I've already made the shelf for my other daughter and I've cut the
dowel in case I need it, but if a non-dowel suggestion comes along,
I'll welcome it and use it in both rooms. There's not a lot of
"fretting" going on...just a Dad looking for another option.