Incredible ways to gain more storage space at home
by guest on May.30, 2009, under Blog
For anyone looking for a clean and simple way to add space and convenience in the bedroom, it makes great sense to check out a platform storage bed. It has several advantages a traditional bed. They look pretty cool and are great if you live in a tiny apartment or just have a small bedroom to work with.
There’s never enough storage space at home, even for us with a 2000 sq ft garage. It seems like whatever storage you do have either isn’t big enough or is in the wrong spot. I don’t want to store food in the bedroom, so I must need a bigger pantry. I don’t want my linens in the kitchen, need more storage in the bedroom or hallway.
Here’s a possible solution for bedroom storage; get a platform storage bed. Most folks are familiar with the traditional bed that consists of a mattress, a box spring or foundation, headboard, footboard and side rails. Simple metal bed frames are also popular and inexpensive. These beds are not a new idea. They’ve been around forever and used by those who are used to living in tight quarters.
The Japanese have wrestled with a lack of physical space and natural resources. Out of cultural necessity, they have learned to economize and maximize space in the home and created the japanese platform bed.
Many bed retailers offer a platform bed frame that are easy to assemble and relatively inexpensive. In order to provide enough under the bed storage space, the bottom of the bed frame needs to be raised.
Many styles of platform storage bed frames solve this problem in a fairly simple and straightforward way. The solution is to eliminate the need for a foundation or box spring. The principle of using springs to support a mattress goes back to the days before the innerspring mattress. Whether your storage needs include drawers or just a little extra space to store items under the bed, a platform storage bed could be solution.
