27smom

When we toured Bucknell last summer, we were shown a lofted dorm room.
Tour guide mentioned that a company actually can come in and set it up for you in the room. Anyone have any more info about this? Company name, website? Do you have it delivered right to the room??
Also said whole upper floors can be built to utilize the space...???

BucknellBubbly

I believe that only the first floor of Smith Hall can have lofts, and only upperclass students live there, typically the alumni of some of the residential colleges. The Mods may also be loft-friendly (that may have just been in the past), but again, first-years can't live there.

My friends who have lived in the lofts all bought their lofts from students living in the room or on the hall the year before, took it down themselves (or with the help of one or more dads) then rented a local storage unit to keep it over the summer, setting it back up in the fall. There may be a company that can do this for you; if your son or daughter ends up getting a loft room as a sophomore I'm sure he or she can ask around to find them.

But, yeah, the lofts are really cool; it's basically like a second story and they put the mattresses up there and hide the rest of the bedframes away. It creates a lot of space in the rest of the room.

Now, many first year halls have loftable furniture, meaning you can put your bed up really high and put a futon/desk/whatever underneath so you have more space. But that's just a feature of the bedframes.

27smom

Thanks!
So, the beds can be moved higher on the frames to fit your desk, chair, etc?
Should we bring specific tools for this?

JustaMom5465

If you are placed in a dorm that has loft-able beds, you don't really need any specific tools. You will just have to move the bed springs up to the height you want (they slip into a slot, similar to many home bed frames). The only thing you may need is a hammer, it can stick going in or out of the slot, requiring a good "whack".

If you put your bed as high as it will go your desk will fit underneath. D preferred not to be that close to the ceiling so she kept it low enough to fit a comfy chair and fridge underneath.