Get plenty of room on the study room with a Murphy bed
One of the challenges with staying in a dorm room or small studio accommodation, to make room for it all. Most live in a one bedroom apartment during studies, and then a little cramped when you both need to sleep and stay in the same room all the time.
It can quickly become cramped when combining the space to do homework and to have some classmates over the weekend.
Recently there has been some focus on space optimization in the media, and most recently ran a series of programs on TV2 around it.
It is the "Quite place" where the interior designer Kenneth Maløv shows how to optimize small apartments, using some creative solutions. They visited five Danish families, each living in a small space, and therefore needed a helping hand to optimize space as possible.
In several of the programs install the so-called Murphy Bed, a bed that folds up on the wall during the day. It's a classic American furniture, which since early 1900 has been used in large cities like San Francisco and New York, to create a little extra space, in the areas where rents are sky-high, and therefore the apartments are very small.
It was originally invented by William Murphy (the name), who wanted to have the girl visit to his small room, but it was not popular at that time to have woman visits in the bedroom. So he chose the creative solution to put a few hinges on the bed so he could fold it away in a closet when she came to visit.
It's pretty smart to fold up beds throughout the day, as it provides some new opportunities in space, when you no longer have to use four square meters on a double bed.
Do it yourself solution
It becomes quickly quite expensive if you have to invest in a Murphy Bed in the day, and it can be difficult to afford as a student. Many of these models costs: on the other side of the 15,000 kr.
But it is possible to build one yourself, and it has a young couple in Aarhus made. They have created an entire website around this, which you can find on MurphyBedHQ.com .
There you can find detailed floor plans for how you can build your own bed that folds up on the wall during the day so you can use the space for something else.
Their model also contains some closet space behind the bed, which means that you can utilize the space 100%.
Provide a desk and get a 3-in-1 space
You can go all the way, by mounting a table top at the back of the bed. It can then fold up when the bed is folded away. That way you get a fine job, and you are forced to keep order on the table when it is folded down in the evening when the bed must be.
