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I'm in a 1-BR apt with my daughter. Trying to think of creative bed options for the two of us. Would love lofts, but have only 8ft ceilings. Am considering a murphy bed, but I do not want to move furniture to pull down the bed every night, and with my space would have to do that.
Some questions for this knowlegable group:
1. Minimum suggested room between loft and ceiling for an adult?
2. Suggested resources/websites/designers for "nicer" than your basic loft? Especially possibly lower lofts?
3. How about low loft sites for kids?
4. What does anyone think of the fold out beds over sofas offered at Resource Furniture and at inovallc.com? They look like a great space saver.
thanks!

Did I post this in the correct place?

susanr--

I'm sure there is just no response yet because today is a holiday and no doubt traffic 'round here is slow.

But you might also want to combine your questions and submit it/them as a "Good Question" to get even more eyeballs on the issue.

Has anyone else been having technical issues with the House Tour galleries? It takes aaagges for the images to load, if they finish loading at all. Often, they just freeze half-loaded. Occasionally it will load fully after I've refreshed the page a few times, but it's pretty hit or miss.

yes, i would look at more house tours if the pages were easier/faster to navigate.

two twins in the bedroom for now?

which is probably the second best advice you'll get today.

We just ordered a mini loft bed from a CT store and my son loves it. Here is their website: http://www.sendmetomyroom.com/

They have free delivery and set up in NYC. Great service! They have mini lofts, double bed-single bed combos. Interesting stuff.

Our co-op requires 80% of our floors to be covered with thick rugs. We would love to get Flor tiles for their versatility, ease to clean and price (on the low end), but we are worried that they are just too thin to provide any sound insulation. We have 2 toddlers, a loud cat, and complaining downstairs neighbors.
Has anyone had luck with these tiles under such circumstances? I appreciate greatly any feedback. Thanks.

Please forgive the intimate nature of this question, but I figured if anyone could answer it, it would be you friendly folk...

I recently bought the West Elm Moroccan headboard and attached it to an old-school metal frame (my bedroom is very narrow and buying a wood frame would mean no way to walk around the bed). Loved it. Until, that is, I began dating someone, brought that someone home one night, and realized that the headboard bangs the heck out of the wall if you exert any kind of movement on the bed. Seriously, it sounds as if someone is banging the wall with a two-by-four. Lovely.

Is there anything I can do to silence the headboard short of removing it? It has cutouts in the wood, so I can't really pad the back, but I guess I could throw a blanket over it on those "special" nights? Anyone have any suggestions? It would be nice to actually use my bed for something other than sleeping. Thanks!

Does anyone know where to see or buy the Graham & Brown Paste the Wall wallpapers, in person? I want to compare some patterns/colors to a paint swatch but I can't seem to find a list of stores that carry the collection. I could just call places and ask, but I figured I'd raise the question here first in case anyone knew or had a good recommendation.

http://www.grahambrown.com/us/store/viewCategory.do?id=123

Aulaire, are you out there?

I finally managed to post more pics of the window...
http://www.roomzaar.com/rate-my-space/Other-Spaces/The-Bachelor-Party/detail.esi?oid=6224688

janbrady--

You GO girl!

Have you considered mounting (no pun intended) the headboard to the wall, instead of to the bed?

Janbrady -

If, like my old-school metal frame, yours is on wheels, caster/castor cups will keep them from moving. This might reduce the overall movement of the bed. If that doesn't work, I'd go with Patrick's wall mounting suggestion.

Oh yeah, I'm out here, OP ("out" being the operant word (no pun intended). Drifting plankton-like through cyberspace with no navigational tools. I'm glad I came upon this. The pictures you posted---the purple's exquisitely more subtle, although I was hooked by the earlier pictures more intense hues anyway. Some of these close ups are fabulous on their own. Picture 10 of 16--the open palm flat on the surface, the skewed (marble? jade? onyx?) disc etc? I love it when the character of a space seems more and more intense the closer you look. Complex and deliciously louche. (But enough praise--I don't want to ruin my reputation.)

janbrady, can you wedge a couple of firm pillows back there on date night?

I hope you need a permanent solution to this problem, and do what p2 suggests...

janbrady,

you could use those little felt sticky things that usually go on the feet of chairs. stick them to the back of the headboard so when it bangs into the wall, they muffle the bang. a few of those might help somewhat.

also, woo!

The ubiquitous arc lamp. Yay or nay?

Thanks everyone for the tips and the woos--each and every one of them is helpful, both to my situation and to my self-esteem! (I am smiling and blushing over here!) I didn't expect such enthusiastic and yet practical responses. They are much appreciated.

Sciencegeek, I have a ton of those felt doohickeys that go under furniture. Somehow I think I would need about 80 tons to muffle that big headboard, but it is worth a shot.

Guido, we did wedge a pillow in there once and it worked fairly well. Need to be less lazy about doing so.

JH4285, my partner-in-crime (heh) mentioned those caster cups and thanks to you I'll be running out to buy them. My bed is indeed on wheels.

Patrick, though I would love to mount my headboard (again, no pun intended), I admit I am both too lazy and too carpentry-challenged to attempt it. Maybe if the noise gets bad enough (or the neighbors start to complain...).

Said partner-in-crime also realized that if we, uh, rotated so we are lying with the headboard at our side, the noise diminishes for the most part.

p.s. JH4285, I've been loving the arc lamp lately for some reason (never was really a fan heretofore). For what it's worth.