Comments on: floor beds http://www.yikesmachine.com/2010/01/floor-beds/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:13:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Shilo Byrd http://www.yikesmachine.com/2010/01/floor-beds/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Shilo Byrd Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:13:40 +0000 http://www.yikesmachine.com/?p=1343#comment-280 I feel you on the need to use the under-bed storage space. Personally I'm advocating for an upgrade to the <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80121338" rel="nofollow">Ikea Mandal</a> I feel you on the need to use the under-bed storage space. Personally I’m advocating for an upgrade to the Ikea Mandal

]]> By: jaeve + things http://www.yikesmachine.com/2010/01/floor-beds/comment-page-1/#comment-278 jaeve + things Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:17:48 +0000 http://www.yikesmachine.com/?p=1343#comment-278 I love the idea & look of mattresses on the floor, I wish we could do that because the bed that the boyfriend bought is super high-- it's on metal stilts we've got all sorts of extra padding stuff. The only thing is we need the extra "storage" space that the bed makes when it's on the stilts. So. Blah. But anyway, I do love the look. I never heard about the whole musty factor. I love the idea & look of mattresses on the floor, I wish we could do that because the bed that the boyfriend bought is super high– it’s on metal stilts we’ve got all sorts of extra padding stuff. The only thing is we need the extra “storage” space that the bed makes when it’s on the stilts. So. Blah. But anyway, I do love the look. I never heard about the whole musty factor.

]]> By: Shilo Byrd http://www.yikesmachine.com/2010/01/floor-beds/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Shilo Byrd Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:49:43 +0000 http://www.yikesmachine.com/?p=1343#comment-276 Lucy - YES. I adore the pallet idea, I've seen quite a few examples of it around ye olde blogosphere. I share your concerns for mattress breathing issues; although our bed in Brooklyn was on the floor, I had slats under it and it sat on a boxspring. I suggested the pallet idea to the Mister when we first moved countries and he supports it, but I don't know if we're going to be in Brisbane long enough to warrant the manufacture of furniture, even furniture made from street wood. Blarg on life in between. Lucy – YES. I adore the pallet idea, I’ve seen quite a few examples of it around ye olde blogosphere.
I share your concerns for mattress breathing issues; although our bed in Brooklyn was on the floor, I had slats under it and it sat on a boxspring.

I suggested the pallet idea to the Mister when we first moved countries and he supports it, but I don’t know if we’re going to be in Brisbane long enough to warrant the manufacture of furniture, even furniture made from street wood.

Blarg on life in between.

]]> By: Lucy http://www.yikesmachine.com/2010/01/floor-beds/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Lucy Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:04:24 +0000 http://www.yikesmachine.com/?p=1343#comment-275 Hey thanks for your comment on my blog! :) re: mattresses on the floor - I love how all these look - really simple and beautiful... but... I think apparently it is not good to have a spring mattress on the floor with no air circulating under it. I have heard that it is better to have a very low futon base under it with some slats so it doesn't get too musty under there! How about the cute budget idea of using packing palettes - see this post (but you gotta scroll down - it's at the bottom - http://www.thedesignfiles.net/2009/07/interview-jason-grant-style-director-of.html :) Hey thanks for your comment on my blog! :)
re: mattresses on the floor – I love how all these look – really simple and beautiful… but… I think apparently it is not good to have a spring mattress on the floor with no air circulating under it. I have heard that it is better to have a very low futon base under it with some slats so it doesn’t get too musty under there!

How about the cute budget idea of using packing palettes – see this post (but you gotta scroll down – it’s at the bottom -
http://www.thedesignfiles.net/2009/07/interview-jason-grant-style-director-of.html

:)

]]> By: Kylie http://www.yikesmachine.com/2010/01/floor-beds/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Kylie Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:35:25 +0000 http://www.yikesmachine.com/?p=1343#comment-274 I think floor beds can look awesome with the right decor - after all, that's what they have in Japan, right? The shelving you've described to me should look fine, and then with some other cute stuff (vintage lamp, chair/stool, small rug, maybe even a little bedside table - like a packing crate) it would look great. I particularly like the second picture - it makes me want a floor bed! I think floor beds can look awesome with the right decor – after all, that’s what they have in Japan, right?

The shelving you’ve described to me should look fine, and then with some other cute stuff (vintage lamp, chair/stool, small rug, maybe even a little bedside table – like a packing crate) it would look great. I particularly like the second picture – it makes me want a floor bed!

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