High sleeper for modern house

fivetide

I was also going to suggest a mid sleeper until I saw the age.


12 means a sturdy bed is needed and of course plenty of space if there is to be a desk etc underneath.


What I would say is this is something worth checking offline and reading reviews, especially in terms of wobbling! I found a lot of the high sleepers moved a lot!

PasturesNew

The hardest bit about limited 'headroom' when in the bed is that some poor sucker (you) will have to get up there to change/make the bed every week. You need good clearance etc so you don't break a leg or get concussion.

Claire_A87

I had a high sleeper (technically still do as it's still in my room at my parents house!) and had 60-90cm between me and the ceiling (sloped ceiling). I wouldn't have wanted much less than that, but I never had any head banging issues. In fact, it's a miracle that on some of my more tipsy 3am returns home I didn't fall down the ladder or anything!

I agree with PP about headroom to change the bed. You definitely need more than 40cm.

My Dad cut mine to make it ffit the room. I had the box room and had what was the indent in the ceiling of the stairs coming in to my room. Instead of placing the bed behind that and taking up loads more space, he cut down the two front legs and half of my bed rested on the indent. It worked a treat and I used to indent as a desk! So if you can find a wooden one, I'd recommend getting your tools out

CH27

Get a carpenter to build a bed for him. My friend did this & it worked perfectly.

real1314

I adapted a high sleeper for one of my kids in our modern house (8' ceilings) - got a pine high sleeper and cut the legs down by roughly the size of 1 rung of the ladder (iirc).

I think it left about 4.5' under the bed, which was ok when kids were little, but I think a 12 year old would struggle to use the under bed space for long

Counting_Pennies_2

How about getting something like this made?


http://www.houzz.co.uk/photos/15517245/kids-rooms-contemporary-kids-London


or this?
http://www.studybed.co.uk/


Or as I have done, get a carpenter to custom make a desk fitted to a wall just A4 deep. It means in a tiny room I get a bed, desk and wardrobe

jackyann

I agree with those who suggested custom-made. My dh made 2 - they are really very sturdy shelves!

They were a bit bigger than a single mattress - space for books etc. We had space underneath for one of those chairs that folds out into a bed for guests.

And in my experience, those who want to make it a pit will do so anywhere!

cr1mson

Thanks unfortunately neither my DH or I any good when it comes to making things and joiners/carpenters mad price!

Have found this one which think might suit

http://direct.asda.com/george/george-home/tic-tac-toe-high-sleeper-bed-natural-pine/001747888,default,pd.html?cm_mmc=Shopping%20Engines%20George-_-Google%20Base-_-Furniture-_-Tic-Tac-Toe%20High%20Sleeper%20Bed%20-%20Natural%20Pine%20&istCompanyId=71f4ae42-94c5-4821-aa58-05eff6da2486&istItemId=xlixlxxmx&istBid=tztx

Will not be a great deal of headroom enough but enough for a chair and tv on a chest of drawers. Will put desk separate.

barbiedoll

Just a word of warning: If your kid has a tummy bug, put a mattress/blow-up bed on the floor and make them sleep in that when they're ill.

My son had a high sleeper (we live in a Victorian terrace so we have high ceilings) and when he caught a vomiting bug, he very thoughtfully threw up over the side of the bed....at 4am.
Projectile vomit from a great height is never a good thing, especially for those of us who have to clear it up. I swear, it reached every corner of the bloody room! :eek::eek:

jackyann

I agree barbiedoll, but it's ALWAYS at the worst time. Just when we were getting one of ours a new bed, he spent a couple of nights on a mattress on the floor, and took the opportunity to surround himself with toys. Guess what happened!
3am, he's in the bath along with the toys!