| Not all houses have mammoth spaces, let alone | | | | mattress is lifted, can be used for a sitting space |
| spaces for their bedrooms. In fact, most modern | | | | which can also double up as a sleeping space. |
| families have limited spaces in their houses. | | | | There are also some models wherein the bottom |
| Condominium spaces, while some are quite big, do | | | | area is fit with a built in desk and computer |
| not give much room for the bedroom. Many | | | | station. And then there are some models with |
| other people, especially college students and | | | | storage area or even a built in dresser beneath |
| young professionals, live in dormitories and/or rent | | | | the bed. |
| apartments wherein they cannot dictate what the | | | | Another aspect where loft beds are ideal is that |
| size of their bedroom should be. | | | | you can choose what size of mattress you want. |
| If you are any one of these people, or if you are | | | | Other space conserving beds have to have a |
| someone who simply wants to have a bigger | | | | single mattress. On the other hand, a loft bed |
| floor space in the bedroom, chances are you | | | | allows you to have a single mattress or any size |
| would be looking for a smaller bed. However, a | | | | available. You can have a full mattress and still not |
| smaller bedroom with a small bed and mattress | | | | use up any floor space. |
| do not need to look bleak and dull. You can make | | | | Bunk Bed |
| your mattress look stylish and interesting, may it | | | | This is very popular among families with many |
| be big or small. Here are some tips on choosing | | | | children. Most houses come with three bedrooms, |
| the ideal bed and mattress is for small spaces. | | | | one master's bedroom for the parents and two |
| Sleeper Sofa Mattress | | | | smaller ones for the children. However, most |
| Also called a hide-a-bed, a sleeper sofa mattress | | | | families do not have just two children, but three |
| is very ideal for young professionals living alone in | | | | and more. While twin beds are also widely used, |
| apartments and condominiums. Ideally, a sleeper | | | | wise parents opt to choose bunk beds to |
| sofa mattress serves as a guest bed, not as | | | | conserve bedroom space needed for their |
| your primary bed. A sleeper sofa mattress is a | | | | children's growing number of things. |
| piece of furniture resembling a sofa or a couch | | | | Bunk beds are the older cousins of the much |
| which can be transformed into a bed. | | | | younger loft beds. In a bunk bed, a mattress is |
| Before, the sleeper sofa's popularity has gone up | | | | placed at the bottom and another one on top. |
| but at the same time received a rather | | | | The two mattresses or bunks are separated by |
| unpleasant reputation due to its instability and the | | | | a short ladder, mostly three steps. While they |
| discomfort it gives to the user. Today however, | | | | have reached the peak of their popularity back in |
| modern technology has improved both aspects of | | | | the 1980s, still they remain a necessity today. |
| the sleeper sofa mattress. While it was invented | | | | Some companies now even have triple bunk beds |
| to serve as a guest bed or as a secondary bed, | | | | to save even more floor and bedroom space. |
| people especially students living in a really cramped | | | | Then again, some people prefer the loft bed over |
| space can use a sleeper sofa mattress as their | | | | the bunk bed because in a loft bed, the space |
| own beds. | | | | underneath is much more flexible. You can use |
| Loft Bed | | | | the bottom part for various needs, may it be for |
| Again, this is another kind of bed which is a | | | | sleeping, for storage space, or for another |
| popular and ideal choice for children and young | | | | furniture. |
| students. It may not be as ideal for older people | | | | Murphy Bed |
| and people with disabilities though because in order | | | | Among the four popular bed and mattress |
| to sleep, you have to climb up a platform. This is | | | | alternatives for smaller spaces, the Murphy bed |
| the design of the loft bed. The mattress is placed, | | | | has got to be the oldest, being popular back in the |
| or more aptly, lifted, on a platform above the | | | | 1970s. Murphy beds are designed to allow its |
| ground. | | | | mattress to be folded up against a wall or inside a |
| The loft bed not only saves floor space but | | | | cabinet. This special design and option makes the |
| makes it usable for other things as well. The area | | | | Murphy bed still a very practical choice for saving |
| below the loft bed, underneath where the | | | | spaces even after the peak of its popularity. |