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captain ron (Captain_ron)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 12:48 pm: | |
I'm planning my rear closet area at head of bed. I'm thinking of putting floor to ceiling cabinets on both sides of bed. they will come about 27 inches from head of matress towards foot of matress. in other words 27 inches of the bed will be between floor to ceiling cabinets. I figure I can pull the matress out a couple of feet to change sheets. |
Bryce Gaston (Busted_knuckle)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 1:35 pm: | |
You said it Ron! |
Linda-4104-FL
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 3:56 pm: | |
Ron, since you indicate you'll be the one crawling onto the mattress to struggle with the sheets, seems like you might not need a woman's opinion. If someone else is going to be doing that chore, ask her what she thinks. Personally, I'd think that trying to make up a bed that way is a pain. |
John MC9
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 8:39 pm: | |
Anything over 24" deep is overkill.. Measure your jacket's
width while it's hanging.. 22" - 23"?
Plenty of people have nightstands or dressers adjacent to
the bed. Those pieces of furniture are around 18-20" deep.
Three or four more inches won't mean much.... As long as you
don't have to climb on the bed to make it. Uhh.. the bed..
And leave an inch or two between the mattress and side units,
otherwise you'll never get the bed made right.... |
captain ron (Captain_ron)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 10:26 pm: | |
The reason I'm going 27 inches is because I was given some real expencive flooring and had to hold it away from the rear vertical surface of the old seat frame to make it cover the area I needed but I can do something different there. I know enough to leave room between matress and cabinet. I figure I can pull the matress out to make the bed up. Another reason I want to go with the floor to cieling cabinets is I have a transition piont in that area of the cieling where the roof tapers down and will cause some issues when doing finish work mainly if I use tounge and groove cieling. so I could run a valance between the two and put lighting behind it. |
John MC9
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 11:57 pm: | |
Yeah... It's nice to have a bed you can walk around, or at
least get to the head of each side, but it ain't normally gonna'
happin' in Bus World.
The 27" depth is going to be about 3" to 9" more than a
conventional nightstand next to the bed in a home (or hotel),
so it really isn't as big a deal to worry about. You may feel
you're about to get a cat scan, but what the ^%$... as long
as you're not claustrophobic. Hey, maybe use the experience
in your act, ehh?
It'd be well worth your time to go through some commercial
non-slide-out motorhomes. The bed and cabinets usually
crowd each other, and full access to the bed is rare.
I plan to have a small nightstand sized cabinet at each side
of the bed, extending no more than the existing area that
protrudes from the rear wall... A light atop each, so it looks
like a normal bedroom. The low level of the "nightstand",
allows for easier bed grooming and changes of sheets, etc.
And of course, more room for frolic... HEY watch the lamp.
27" ain't all that bad. Go fir it. |