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I wonder if those filing cabinets were actually full?

I like the pattern of the different colors. Gives me an idea for storage in my own place. Thanks.

My childhood bed was similar: my dad took a bunch of cardboard bankers box drawers, slapped a piece of plywood on top and then the mattress.

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My bed for years was a mattress on a sheet of plywood over 10 or so plastic milk crates--storage and support, handy! I stapled a linen skirt around the edge of the plywood, looked great.

For a long time that's what I used for a desk--plywood on top of file cabinets, with space in the middle for my knees.

When the BF and i first moved to Montreal our bed was a futon frame up on milk crates.... stacked 4 high! It was also bolted to the walls, but was seriously an accident waiting to happen. Also, the BF and I are each only about 5'4" (he claims to be 5'5") We literally had to use a step ladder to climb up. So romantic....heh.

Couldn't wait to move into a bigger place (we have since, don't worry!)

mmmm, nothing says 'rest and relaxation' like a board placed on top of a vast array of paperwork you should be completing....

that irony is not lost one me!

what, no feng shui devotees piping up to tell us how bad it is to sleep on top of all this???

c'mon kids, what's this site coming to?

its a clever small space solution!

...but it looks horribly uncomfortable. No?

my back is hurting just looking at this setup - I can't even imagine sleeping on it for years.

As far as back pains, how is this different from a futon on the floor?