Bedtime for a big kid
January 25, 2025 5:37 PM   Subscribe

My seven year old wants a more grown up bed and I'd like it to last at least until she graduates. Excellent online shoppers I've seen you work miracles here before, can you help me find this dream bed?

Somewhere between this one for $180 and this one for $3,000 with shipping is our perfect corner bed with functional storage. Have you seen one that fits that bill?

OR! Can you envision a base for the inexpensive one I can buy/fashion that would be stable and get the whole shebang elevated a bit? I don't actually mind paying the Pottery Barn price but if there is one that works for a fraction of the price, that'd be awesome.
posted by stormygrey to Shopping (4 answers total)
 
This one has the corner shelf and the drawers both, but in metal.

Then there's ones like this that have a desk, too.

I've had luck using the word daybed looking for styles similar to this. Like "daybed with shelves".
posted by stormyteal at 5:47 PM on January 25


I think if you found a captain's bed you liked you could get a local woodworker to make corresponding bookshelves that wrap around for a whole lot less than three grand.
posted by kate4914 at 5:59 PM on January 25 [2 favorites]


This one from bed bath and beyond seems quite similar to the pottery barn bed at a much more reasonable price. It may even be the same bed. They have both twin and full versions. They have a couple others that are similar as well.
posted by CleverClover at 6:08 PM on January 25 [1 favorite]


I looked at that PBTeen bed and it does not look nice enough for how much they're charging (exposed fasteners, awkward proportions, the little doors in the headboard never stay on their tracks properly, drawers finished differently than other panels on the bed) so I reverse image searched it to see if it's one of those white label things that you can get from another supplier. It's not, but there are some options that are probably not quite as solid but substantially cheaper.

Ikea Malm with 2 underbed drawers + a Kallax bookshelf on the side? These two Ikea classics have followed many a 20-something through their first few apartments and there are a million "add legs to my Ikea Kallax" how to videos if you need to lift it to get the right height. Most of them just require competence with a drill to attach premade legs to the bottom of the bookshelf. There's also the BRIMNES which comes in configurations with underbed drawers and headboard storage, and a vibrant IKEA hacking community that could give you more inspiration if you're a little bit handy.

If you just care about the underbed storage, I can vouch for the Marcel bed from EQ3. 5 years, 2 moves, I open the drawers every day and it's good as new. Very much adult furniture, but cheaper than the one you linked + an ikea bookshelf.
posted by A Blue Moon at 6:45 PM on January 25 [1 favorite]


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