Great Space Saving Cabin Beds For The Kids Room

When we decided to re-arrange and redecorate the children’s bedrooms, we considered them to be old enough to be consulted on their tastes. The youngest, James, wanted a themed room with mediaeval castles and such, whilst Alex, the elder cared only about his precious computer. However one thing they were both adamant about was they needed bunk beds – so their friends could stay over!

As a parent, I’m not wild about bunk beds. I’ve heard so many horror stories about terrible accidents from badly designed or assembled beds, usually relating to the upper bunk. At four, my younger son is below the recommended age for sleeping in a top bunk, but I knew that would not deter him from constantly climbing up. The way I hoped to distract him was to show him what other stylish kids’ beds were available and gently persuade him to change his mind. With that in mind we went online to take a look.

We came across a site offering a good variety of beds. All I wanted the boys to do was choose their frames as I planned to buy decent quality mattresses separately. You should never buy cheap mattresses for children because a good night’s sleep is crucial to them. Anyway, the site was really well illustrated and the boys were instantly intrigued and quickly listing their likes and dislikes.

The cabin beds appealed to my older son, and to me. He liked them because they were higher than normal and had a small ladder to reach the bunk while underneath were desks, shelves cupboards etc. In fact the storage space was huge and that’s what impressed me. I wasn’t sure how useful the little desk would be as Alex does like to spread out, but he said it would be fine for his laptop and for doing homework.

We also looked at a captain’s bed, which was a mid height sleep that neatly concealed another pull out bed underneath which would serve the same purpose as bunk beds when the friends stayed over. I thought that might appeal to James but he stopped thinking about his friends when he saw the single themed beds. These were quite a novelty idea as the frames were designed to look like fairy castles, racing cars, fire engines etc – just the sort of thing to appeal to a four year old.

We did look at the bunk beds and saw quite an impressive range. Some even had a fair amount of useful storage underneath, while others had themes or turned the bottom bunk into a sort of den. James loved those, which was probably why Alex decided they were a bit too childish for him. I think he was afraid that his younger brother would be constantly in his room if he had one of those. Another style we looked at were loft beds and high sleepers, which were like bunk beds but in place of the lower bunk you could have desks, wardrobes, futons – just about anything you wanted. I wasn’t too keen on them myself so was very pleased when Alex dismissed them.

Our boys chose cabin beds for themselves, but they were completely different. Alex’s bed was called a sleep station – very businesslike with its pull out study desk. All that storage would help him to keep his room so much tidier, which was a great plus point in my books. James’ cabin bed was a themed affair with lots of play space as well as storage for his toys. We had a great day’s shopping at Clever Clicker, without a single quarrel. I was impressed with the website, very well laid out and easy to use and with lots of illustrations to help the kids decide. And the icing on the cake was that it offered free delivery.

If you are looking for some childrens beds, then be sure to check out this great furniture site. From Bunks to Mid Sleepers, they sell a wide range of childrens bedroom furniture at really low prices. With free Uk delivery, Sales are now on so take a look.