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I live in a small town in Washington State, USA, with my wife, two sons, two dogs, a cat, and family nearby. I work at the local community college as an I.T. Specialist. In March of '02, we bought a 70-some year old house that needed a lot of work. When I'm not working on the house, I like to throw pots, be outside, and read a lot.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Anther Post about the wall bunk project


McLane Berthing 4
Originally uploaded by gene_poole.
It is turning out to be surprisingly difficult to find pictures on the Internet of the type of berthing spaces I am interested in. Imagine the lower part of this photo being part of bedroom wall on either side of the room. There is an 11 foot long section of the wall that will have a sleeping/storage space built into it with a four foot wide access opening. There will be drawers and storage below and to one side of each bunk.

Things I like about the pictured bunk:
1. The edge of the bunk is a little higher that the mattress
2. There is a cutout for swinging one’s legs over the edge.
3. The wood looks really good with the heavy lacquer.

Things I don’t like:
1. There should be more headroom (not Max Headroom…)
2. There should be a reading light and a little storage rack/shelf on the outboard wall
3. There should be curtains
4. The wall and bunk edge should be flush.

posted by Scott in Washington at 8:58 AM |

6 comment(s):

  • You would definitely need to not have any aversion to small spaces!

    By Blogger Beth, at 7/12/2005 10:02:00 AM  

  • Beth,

    Yes, this project is mostly about setting up a kid's bedroom and partially, I guess, about space for non-claustrophobic guests. We thought that if one kid had this room as his own, he could have a friend sleep in the other bunk and if two were sharing this fairly small room there wouldn't be much room for anything but two beds without the closet beds. Also, if future owners or us when we're empty nesters don't need so many beds, we can use it as storage space.

    Wow Jeanne, you're amazing. I checked out your links and started a Flickr photo set as a sort of a project scrapbook. Thanks.

    SD

    By Blogger Scott in Washington, at 7/12/2005 11:00:00 AM  

  • I really like the sideboards too

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7/13/2005 03:59:00 PM  

  • kind of reminds me of train cars too- like in the film "Some Like It Hot". I would think kids would really like them.

    By Blogger Jocelyn, at 7/13/2005 06:52:00 PM  

  • I just have to ask...SD, do you forsee children of your stature? And...how often do you sleep with your feet dangling off of the bed? This enclosure seems...limited.

    By Blogger Unknown, at 7/22/2005 04:12:00 PM  

  • Actually this is just a picture I found on the Internet somewhere when looking for approximations and ideas. The actual space will have about a five foot opening but the space behind the wall will be about 11 feet long. As long as I don't mate with any Zentradi, that should be sufficiently long.

    By Blogger Scott in Washington, at 7/24/2005 04:54:00 PM  

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