top or bottom bunk?

<p>You really should have them debunked if it’s a 14.5’ x 9’ room. It’s kind of tight, but you’ll manage. There are just so many benefits for not having them bunked:</p>

<p>1.) The beds are truly equal. You can argue about the advantages and disadvantages of having top and bottom, but left and right doesn’t make much of a difference.</p>

<p>2.) There’s nothing like the ability to roll out of bed and do what you need to do.</p>

<p>3.) Falling from bottom bunk = oh!; falling from top bunk = OW!</p>

<p>4.) During an earthquake, the bottom bunk shakes less.</p>

<p>5.) You can always evict people sitting on your bed, but you can’t evict the bed from being on the top bunk.</p>

<p>At one place, I saw a creative solution where people slept on the floor and desks / couches were lofted onto a platform. It has the space advantage of bunked beds while everyone gets a bottom bunk. The design also strongly discourages friends from sitting on beds.</p>