Bedroom unit help (tall dressers attached to bed)

9 years ago

Hi! A few years ago, we purchased this entire queen sized bed unit that has a ton of drawer space. There are two tall dressers (62 inches) attached to both sides of the bed. The unit had a back piece with an overhead panel attached as well. Here's the issue: We moved and our new house has a smaller bedroom. The back piece fell apart because we had to reassemble the unit for the move. This thing is solid wood (with veneers) and I am a bit dismayed by the lack of durability. As a result we are left with a bed and two dressers attached to it and a large amount of "white space" between the two dressers. We cannot move this against the wall because it would block two air vents, so it is about 8 inches from the wall. If we moved this to the other side, we would be blocking the window. I question why we bought this impractical monstrosity, but it seems utterly wasteful to ditch it. On the other hand, it looks a little awkward with these two giant dressers attached to a platform bed. How can we make this work? I don't have any images right now, but I will post one tomorrow.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
9 years ago
Take the dressers off the bed and refinish where they were attached and ditch them if you don't need them as for your air vents you can extend them under the bed and have the air come out at the end or side of the bed. Get some nice night tables nice big lamps and carry on decorating , have fun.
rachel720 thanked Patricia Colwell Consulting
rachel720
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9 years ago
I love this idea! I bought these lamps: http://www.wayfair.com/George-Kovacs-by-Minka-27.5-H-Table-Lamp-P729-077-GKV1877.html and they work very well in the room. I forgot to mention the platform bed had an 8 inch deep night stand. Ugh. This thing is so odd!
We bought this thing a few years ago in haste and the decor tastes around here lean towards rustic, while we both love modern and mid-century modern. It was the only thing with clean lines that would work.
My husband may want to keep them attached. If this is the case, how can we make that work.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
9 years ago
Keep the night tables and lose the dressers , and just because everyone else likes rustic doen not have anything to do with your style. Love the lamps they will look good with a platform bed you could even do something like this to tie it all together.