Why is it so difficult to find queensize captains/storage beds?
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Comments (26)"I just want to be free of having all this "stuff"" beekeeperswife, that is a key phrase we should all be repeating as a mantra, at least those of us who strive to declutter. When I moved from Denver to Montreal, I knew I was moving to a house with no basement, so I litterally spent a full week, 9 to 3, decluttering and sorting out whatever was in the basement at that time, it had to fit in the basementless house. I did it all in a week because I had a deadline looming. I don't ever want to do this again; garbage pickup was on the 4th day of that week, so starting the night before I put "good" stuff next to the garbage cans so that people could pick and choose what they wanted, it all went within a few hours. I called my then adult kids and said: " you have 75 trophies each, pick 2 that really mean something" they couldn't do it so I picked....See MoreWhy is it so difficult to find queensize captains/storage beds?
Comments (1)I see you are newly registered. If you wish to respond to a post in a thread just put your message in the message box below the thread. Hit preview. Then hit submit....See MoreAdding cabinetry to bedroom to increase storage
Comments (45)Hello, I am Chris from ND, and I have been reading both Chris, and Melle,s posting regarding more room in their bedrooms. I too moved from WA state from a 2000+ house to ND to a 1200 foot house, and have stuff stacked up all over the house. No storage here except for the standard sliding door closet in each of the three bedrooms. We are retired, 68/71 but have family coming and going. Our guest bedroom has boxes, and tubs stacked in it against the wall across from the foot of the bed. Boxes stacked in the closet too. The middle bedroom we turned into an office, and my hubby built me floor to ceiling bookcases to store all my books, and DVD's/Videos. This room too is crammed full of STUFF! Now our master bedroom. It too is only 11' wide from the outside wall to the front of the sliding door closet. It is 12' long. There is a little space at the end of the room at the end of the closet where the door opens into the room. We have a king sized bed, two night stands sitting under the east window, and at the foot of the bed against the west end of the room there is a double dresser, and a single taller dresser. Also in the closet is another three drawer dresser. All these are overflowing, plus stuff stacked on top of them. I have gone through things over and over, but don't seem to make a dent. I am so frustrated. I looked on this site to see if anyone had done a bumpout on their room? If we could make a three or four foot by 11 foot closet bump out along that east wall, we could tear out the exsisting closet, and the room would then be 16'x12'. There is a second window in our north wall. This may be beyond or expertiese, and finances, but I am at my wits end. We have two sons here who maybe could help if we knew how to do it? I too could put some floor to ceiling cabinets where my night stands are I guess, and noticed someone had built floor to celing cabinets in place of their dressers. We still would only have a walk way around our bed, but at least we could maybe have room to put stuff away? This house has no storage other then those three little closets which are overflowing. I could not see the pictures you posted of your rooms, could you send them to me so I can see? Any ideas for me what to do. My hubby does not want to get rid of the king sized bed. We have an unfinished full basement, full of junk, and I was told there is a floor in our attic too, but the opening is tiny, and above the basement stairs so not easy to get to, or in and out of. Just a small hole covered with a board? We also would like to install a 11' x 4' bumpout in the dining room end of our kitchen. Make a walk out bay so more room for our round oak table. This is a load bearing wall so not sure how hard that would be. Also thought about tearing out this middle bedroom and incorporating it into our master, but then what do do with all this stuff in here? Also we live out on an 80 acre farm, and someday if we sell would most likely need to have three bedrooms? I just want to cry everytime I look around at all the clutter. Not normally me, but I have become so frustrated, I have just given up....See MoreOptimizing closet storage
Comments (10)What is your budget? The pax system will exceed $1k. Pax would be my suggestion too. I have had pax for years and love it. I also have another system from ikea that is a pole based one and I don't like it as much as I like pax. I will try to explain what I think you can do. What is the height of the closets? Pax allows you to get rid of dressers since you can use drawers and pull outs. For the nursery closet, I would use three 29" pax units across the back. What will you store in this closet? Pick and choose as many fittings based on what you would store in it. I would add a mirror on the side walls and hooks on the other side wall for hanging items. The pax units that I am referring to are 24" deep. For the master bedroom, I would use two 39" wide pax units that are 24" deep on the 80" wall. This will give you space to walk into the closet and pull out items in drawers or pull outs. I would repeat this in both closets so each person has their own setup. You can always add accessories as you go along. For the laundry closet, I would deviate from Pax. I would keep your washer and dryer unstacked. I would place the washer and dryer pair on the wall that is 80" deep. Most front loaders are smaller than 30" wide, so I would purchase a 18" wide base cabinet from sekton to store all my laundry products and other supplies. It could also house tools. I would find a countertop to go on top of the washer and cabinet. The wood counter from ikea for an island should be deep enough or you could use the laminates depending on your style. I would use two 39", 15" high sekton wall cabinets on top of the washer dryer and base cabinet. Check with the plumber to see if you can place the water outlet and shutoff valves on the side of the wall. For the other wall in the closet, I would look at Elfa for their 12" deep wall units. This could hold the vacuum cleaner, cleaning items like brooms, etc.. You could also put some drying hooks on the back all in the laundry closet. I will try and post a picture later. Laundry hampers and baskets can also live on this wall. Good luck!...See Morekrustytopp
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