Bed Up
Those of you who know me in real life will recognize this bed idea as mine! My design wasn’t exactly like this, but the concept was the same. My version hung from the ceiling and moved up and down via one of those old electrical boxes that also hang from the ceiling. Push the big green button and the bed moved up. Red button for down. My vision came to a screeching halt when an architect buddy of mine told me I’d need to install an I-beam in the ceiling to support the weight. So? That’s the client’s problem!? Sometimes reality is so hard to deal with.
Anyway, since I’m not in the furniture manufacturing business, I wasn’t very disappointed. But it still would have been cool. Fortunately for everyone who will never see my vision meet the light of day, there is BEDUP, designed by French designers D?©cadrages.
The thing I like about BEDUP is you don’t have to make the bed. Or put your books away. Still, this is no simple machine. But D?©cadrages did get around the I-beam issue. The lowering device is adjustable. So, you don’t necessarily need to move all the furniture underneath – so long as you don’t mind a little climb into bed. Just make sure you remember that if you have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
via: Treehugger
3 Responses to “Bed Up”
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Posted by Jennifer at Design Hole on March 10th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
I agree. It conjures up images of Tom and Jerry cartoons.
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Posted by misterarthur on March 10th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Do you have to attach and detach the “legs” every time you lower & raise it? (top photo). I like the no making your bed part.
It is a clever space saver but a bed like that is not for me. Still I would worry about the possibility of the bed falling on me if I did not lift up the bed properly.