Half a loft bed

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Materials: 3 x MALM with 3 drawer; 4 x Expedit 2×2

Description: Unfortunately, the bedroom in our new apartment is a bit small. To gain more storage space, we have set up our bed to MALM dressers and Expedit shelves.

First of all drawers and shelves are built according to instructions, and positioned as desired:

All pieces were connected via screws so that they can no longer move as single items.

There are differences in height between Malm and Expedit. With some boards we have cleared these:

The mattresses and bed is finished with a solid wood frame, so they can not slip off accidentally.

~ Thorsten, Cologne; Germany

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  2. Hi! I gave a question about the weight. How many kilos can this bed hold? I have some thoughts about the middle empty part. Thanks for your help!

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  5. I sleep one one such contraption nightly since i made one for my wife and i.
    For the top of the bed i reused bedframe parts from an ikea bed we had before, and mounted it on a bedframe made of plywood. If therefore has a central bridge made to handle the weight so that issue never entered my mind.
    Our bed is made with 6 MALM. 4 with 3 drawers in the corners and 2 with 2 drawers in the middle. Initially pulled out a bit to act as a step on the way up.
    We found over time that the step up was a bit to high, and having small kids in need of night attention did not work wonders for getting in and out of the bed at night. So what i ended up doing was cutting the bed down to size with the 2 drawer MALK which really made us alot happier about getting in and out of the bed at odd hours.
    Overall i can wouch for this bed, it has a nice amount of storage in the drawers, and for rarely used stuff the center is also nice storage. Our bed is open at the end for ease of acces

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  7. IKEA’s webpage says MALM is 78 cm tall, and the Expedite pieces are 79. The difference in your ipctures seems a lot more… around 2,5 cm.

    I really really love this hack, but as others, I’d probably put a support in the middle as well.

    Or put support in the middle AND in the back – that faces the wall. That Expedite pieces seems quite a waste.

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    1. If i am looking at the middle of the bedframe right, it seems easily strong enough for most commom bedroom activities, including the more active kind

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  9. i would like to see the finished set up, with mattress and bedding, do you need stools or steps to get in?

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  10. Ich würde gerne wissen wie du die beiden Lattenroste in der Mitte verbunden hast. Nur mit dem einen Expetit oben? Das erscheint mir etwas “unsicher” wenn Mann und Frau im Bett “toben”. Wir haben zwei einzelne Lattenroste. Ich finde die Idee wirklich super nur das macht mir doch ein wenig Sorgen. Ich werd wohl da noch eine Stütze in der Mitte installieren.

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  12. There are a good number of pieces there, so you might be okay, but I’d be a little worried since those units were not designed to carry that kind of load.

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