DerbyDad03 wrote in
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On 08/17/11 4:10 PM, RicodJour wrote:
On Aug 17, 3:03 pm, wrote:
On Aug 17, 2:30 pm, wrote:









On Aug 17, 12:42 pm, 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.

Band clamps a couple corner brackets to the bed and screw your shelf
to the brackets.

What's the next project we're working on...?

R

As noted in an earlier post, the bed frame does not extend above the
mattress. In addition, a shelf attached to the frame itself couldn't
be on any post against a wall and on any other side would stick out
into the room.

Now, if a post was band clamped to the frame and the shelf was
attached to the post, that might raise it to a usable height.

That's something I'll consider...


do they still make those bathroom shelving units that have two spring-
loaded floor-to-ceiling vertical poles that support shelves between
them,for over the toilet tank?
IIRC,they were sold at Target and other similar stores,and probably at
Bed,Bath,and Beyond.

you could use it as-is,or use one pole alone with a homemade shelf as
someone else here suggested earlier.

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