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Nice. I like....though *I* wouldn't sleep in it. Looks a bit claustrophobia inducing...

I suspect this costs more than the space it saves?

At $1000 a sqft to buy a place in Manhattan, me thinks not.

So much sexier than loft beds or murphy beds.
Or is that the bardot influence?

what a wonderful combo yellow and orange continues to be.

This reminds me of something from the children's book, The Twenty-one Balloons. It's about a late-19th century helium balloon traveler, who lived in a tiny hut made of wicker that hung below the balloon. For a bed, he had a mattress filled with helium that would float up to the ceiling when he took the blankets off it.

I think this is fantastic...

Hmm...looking at the photos made me feel hemmed in and sad. This just looks like sleeping in one's office, and what could be more depressing than that? That's a notch above sleeping in your car.

I know from experience that Paris apartments can be smaller than New York apartments, and strangely laid-out, but this looks like a bummer of a solution to me, unless you are neat as a pin and own practically nothing. Otherwise it could feel like you're literally sleeping in your closet, surrounded by disarray. Surely there are more uplifting (no pun intended) solutions for small spaces.

This would work, say, by converting a large walk-in closet into your office/bedroom, and then using the original bedroom for a closet and/or living/dining area. All you'd need is one of those tiny bathrooms that turn into a shower and some sort of kitchen and you'd be, as the real estate agents say, "cozy."

This is ingenious! And the advantage over a murphy bed is that it comes down on top of the desk or table or sofa or whatever you have underneath it; you don't have to move other furniture out of the way. It looks like it requires a step ladder to climb into, though.

I think it only looks like you're sleeping in an office because it's displayed in a showroom. For folks who think of a bed as a luxurious and beckoning nest of quilts and pillows where they can read and hang out with the cats, it's not going to work. But if you mostly use your space for entertaining and/or working and just think of a bed as a place to snatch several hours of sleep each night, it's quite a solution!

Barbara: I remember that book! Our teacher read it to us, one chapter each day, after lunch when I was in second or third grade!

It also reminds of sleeping on a train or boat. If you travel a lot anyway, and use your place as a pied a terre, this'd be fun. Okay, I'll shut up now!

:)

Barbara,
I love Twenty-One Balloons! I thought I was the only one. The way that guy set up his little home in the balloon's gondola is inspiration to me for small, cool living.

yeah, I agree... you would have to be as neat as a pin.... and the bed is really high.

I think it could be a great guest bed, though.... It would be more practical if it was only taken down once in a blue moon...

I have a Murphy bed, and taking it down every night really is not that big of a deal, and I love that it kind of "makes" me make my bed every night so my apartment looks like just a big living room.

But I have lived with loft beds, and I think this invention is kind of an ingenuous combination, and depending on the specific configuration of the apartment, this could be spot-on perfect.

I see the ads for these beds almost everyday in the metro, and just don't understand the appeal. For everyday use, it doesn't look comfy (why not use a daybed?). For guests, it seems like a bad idea to reduce your ceiling height for just occasional use. I guess it could work in a place with really high ceilings.

Based on personal experience, this type of bed is great solution for small spaces. It's comfortable, quiet, impressively sturdy, and easy to move up and out of the way.

So, where can u get one of these?

I get the concept and all, but it just doesn't look comfortable. I guess I am spoiled because my bed has a super-thick mattress, so comparing that to this looks like I'm sleeping on cardboard. Also, I know people have said that NYC apartments are small, but this just looks like a bed on a train to me.

djohnson,

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