Tiny House Giant Journey loft with space saving Tuft & Needle Mattress I don’t know about you, but without proper sleep I morph into a zombie-turtle. That’s right, a hybrid of a zombie and a turtle. I slowly waddle and groan through my daily routine and occasionally retract my head into my mobile shell. It’s not a good look. Sleep is a necessary part of life and creating a healthy bedroom should be a priority in any tiny home. Space is valuable in a tiny house and sleep is something you can do in a compact area. This is why the majority of tiny housers choose to sleep in a loft. Lofts are space savers! They are also therapeutic. A compact loft can act like a cocoon for the human body. After all, homo sapiens have been sleeping in small dark caves for thousands of years! The effect is organically comforting. Gallery of Tiny House Lofts: I love my loft because it gives the bedroom a feeling of separation. If I need privacy, I simply tell Guillaume: “I’m going to read in the loft.”
He knows I need “me time” to remain sane and that little partition goes a long way. Sharing a tiny space is not always easy and while respecting your partner’s needs is important in any home, it is absolutely critical in 125 square feet. Climbing is not for everyone and, take it from me, making the bed in a loft requires some funky gymnastic moves. Some tiny housers prefer non-lofted bed options. In order to save space, this usually means incorporating convertible furniture. Take Lina Menard’s Lucky Penny (pictured above) for example: her comfy couch converts into a full size bed! Watch the full video tour to see how Lina can pull her bed out into a full size sleeping space. Zyl Vardos “Dewdrop” Tiny House Another non-lofted convertible bed is used in Abel Zyl’s “Dewdrop,” where a Japanese-style floor couch pulls out into a bed from underneath an elevated kitchen. Abel’s bedroom designs are always innovative and whimsical. His unique rooflines create inventive loft spaces as seen in the Pinafore, the Fortune Cookie and the Ark.
Taking cues from the RV and sailing industry, Derek’s tiny couch design converts into a full size bed. It’s one of my favorite folding bed designs, that I’ve seen in a tiny house, so far. Watch a full video tour of Derek’s tiny house in New Orleans. Andrew Odom from Tiny r(E)volution came up with a compact roll out bed design that will knock your socks off! Check out the above video to see it in action. Lastly, I want to show you this awesome electric lift-bed design from Tiny Idahomes. The downstairs bed actually lifts to the ceiling at the touch of a button, allowing for additional space when not in use! Out of sight, out of mind. I am curious how much electricity is required to power this bed – personally I’d prefer an old-fashioned pulley system. Perhaps this is not a great option for off-grid power, but it’s a cool design for those looking to stay on-the-grid. The shape of your tiny home is going to dictate possible bed options. For example: Music City Tiny Home (pictured below) has a shed roof, which is adequate enough space for not only one, but two lofts, while Russ’s Gypsy Wagon is far too short for a lofted bed.
Instead Russ keeps it simple with a ground floor twin bed. Music City Tiny House – 1 of 2 Identical lofts Russ’s Gypsy Wagon with Twin Bed Dormers expand a gable roofline and are becoming popular in tiny home construction even though they add weight, build complexity and create a blocky aesthetic. Curved rooflines, such as the Lilypad Tiny Home, allow for more headroom but are difficult to construct and add weight. A simple a-frame would make a gorgeous tiny home, but the loft would be teeny tiny. A gable roof, such as in Brittany’s Bayside Bungalow is a charming and easy to construct, but might be tight for two dreamers… unless you like to snuggle. Here are a few bedroom ideas I’d like to see functioning in future tiny homes: 1). Hammock Bed, 2). Murphy Bed, and 3). Bunk Beds. Or how about a water bed? That would be unique!Mod #52: Jack Knife Sofa Replacement Mod Rating: (101 ratings) The jack knife sofa replacement mod is similar to the dinette replacement mod but with a few differences.
The standard dinette furniture is not all that comfortable to begin with and the sofa is not far behind. Most RVers are either looking for more sofa comfort or more sleeping capacity. Replacing the jack knife sofa with recliners or a sleeper sofa bed is just the ticket. As with the dinette mod, you may have storage beneath your jackknife sofa. Consider whether you can do without this extra storage. It’s not much in most cases, just a few slideout drawers, but storage can be at a premium in some RVs. However, some replacement sofas, and even the recliners, have storage areas underneath them so this might not be much of an issue. Have you heard of the saying: “Measure twice, cut once”? Well, we’re not cutting anything here but you need to ensure that you measure the width, depth, and height of the area you want to mount the new sofa. RV furniture is supposed to be standardized as far as sizes are concerned but you should be sure of the dimensions, otherwise your replacement sofa may not fit properly.
And you may not be able to return the sofa. It might look good in your stick house living room though. A jackknife sofa can be removed quite easily, and in most cases, it’s just a matter of removing a few bolts or screws. For those sofa’s that have drawers under them, the sofa will sit on top of some wood support framing rather than being bolted directly to the floor through the sofa frame. In this case, removing the sofa is done in three steps. First, remove the drawers, unscrew the sofa frame from the sofa support/drawer frame, then remove the drawer framing. The entire assembly is usually fastened together by wood screws so disassembly is easily done with a power screw drill. Once you have completely removed all framing and the sofa, inspect the empty area for any electrical wiring or plumbing. Ensure that the new couch’s frame will not interfere with any components if in fact there are any. If so, reroute or relocate any components if required. If you have exposed wiring, use hold-down clamps to secure the wiring to the floor or wall so there is no chance the wiring can become entangled in the sofa mechanism.
Mounting the replacement sofa (or recliner or sleeper) is done fairly easily. Securing can be done by either bolting or screwing the frame of the sofa to the floor. If you want to go the bolting route, be sure to check clearances before drilling through the flooring, especially with a slide-out. You want to be sure the bolts don’t interfere with the slide mechanism and don’t protrude enough to cause a clearance problem with the slide floor and the main floor when closing the slide-out. Finally, before mounting, and if you are replacing your sofa with recliners, test fit the new sofa before doing any kind of drilling. You will need at least 3 to 4 inches of clearance at the back of the sofa to ensure that when reclining the sofa, it doesn’t hit the wall. Do a test recline before proceeding but don’t fall asleep. You still need to drill, mount, and then relax! Before ripping out your current sofa, measure the entry door width and the depth of your new sofa. Chances are your current sofa will be able to fit through the door but the new one might not, and may have to be disassembled to get it in to your RV.