Bunk Beds that Will Spark Your Child's Imagination

These days kids have so many toys and distractions that hinder their imaginations (think television and video games), so anything you can do to get them thinking on their own can only be a good thing. What works great is playtime that doesn't depend on small moving parts of poorly built electronics. Our castle and dollhouse bunk beds set the stage for your child's imagination to run wild. Creative thinking is what you want and that's exactly what you'll get. Not only that, but these beds are so much fun that you'll probably find it easier to wrangle the little one into their rooms at bedtime. :)

Sure, this isn't a bed that your child will want to take to college, but since they're so well made you shouldn't have a problem selling them once it's time for them to graduate to a big-boy or big-girl bed. I highly recommend posting items for sale on http://www.craigslist.org when it comes time. It's free, easy and gets tons of traffic.

Back to the fairytale bunk beds. Each of these beds has a top twin bunk and a huge play area underneath (will accommodate a queen bed). They also come with built-in bookshelves and a recessed nook in the play area that makes a great nightstand or semi-secret hiding place. Your child can hang a sheet in front of the play area, thereby converting it to a pretty spacious fort. Also, the styling of the beds provides a starting point for the imagination and you'll be surprised at the creative scenarios your kids will dream up.

Although I was lucky enough to have a bunk bed as a kid, not to mention how popular it made me and my brother with our little neighborhood friends, what would've been even better was if we had had something cool like the castle or dollhouse bunk beds. Oh well, I'm pushing 39 now and will have to make due with my boring king-sized bed, but it's not too late for your kids.

Bedding for Bunk Beds

I often get asked if we sell any specialty linens for bunk beds. On the bunk beds and loft beds in our showroom we simply used standard twin and full sheets and comforters, but life would've been so much easier if we had bought bedcaps; these are special bedspreads designed for bunk beds.

Basically, the comforter has sewn corners at the foot end, much like the corners on fitted sheets, but minus the elastic. This enables you to snugly fit the end of the comforter onto the foot end of the mattress, thereby avoiding the painstaking task of trying to tuck all that fabric under the mattress. The end result is a neatly and easily made bed that would make Martha Stewart proud.

Here is a picture of what I'm talking about. (photo courtesy of http://www.specialtylinens.com/bedcaps.htm)




So, if you're the proud owner of a bunk bed and want to make the daily chore of making the bed easier, I recommend investing in bedcaps. You can find vendors by doing a web search for "bunk bed bedcaps" or "bunk bed sheet" or something similar.

Bunks vs. Captain's Beds

Although bunk beds are a great way to maximize space in a small bedroom, there are also other, less "lofty" (bad pun) solutions that might be more practicle for a room with only one child. Enter the captain's bed...

Captain's beds are essentially a twin or a full bed with built-in storage drawers underneath. The ones we sell also have the capacity for a twin trundle, which can either be used as another bed or an even larger storage area.

If you want to convert the trundle to a storage space, simply get some low-profile plastic containers (with or without lids) and place them on the slat kit where you would normally put the mattress. When the trundle portion is closed, you'll never be able to tell that it's being used for storage. This is a much better solution than having a regular bed with a pile of junk shoved underneath it. :) Since our trundle beds have wheels, you can easily access your stored items.

Of course, bunk beds are so much more fun than captain's beds, but that's something you'll have to work out with your kids.