Expedit storage bed

Inspired by several ingenious uses of LACK shelving units previously, my wife and I set out to create a unique bed with storage for use in our small master bedroom. Flush from my success with our Estetisk make-up station, I purchased two EXPEDIT 1x5 shelving units in black/brown.

At the hardware store, I purchased two six-foot lengths of 1-inch aluminum "angle iron," (the guy called it angle iron, even though it's aluminum), 8-inch wide cedar fence boards (on sale!), wood screws and some small mounting nuts and bolts.

The cedar boards replace our old box spring, and rest on the aluminum angle iron and are mounted with threaded machine screws to prevent slipping.

With the Expedit units set parallel at 30 inches apart, we now have a 30x18x72-inch storage cavity beneath the queen-sized bed. We keep the laundry basket out of sight near the foot of the bed and have bulkier stuff stored under there. In addition, we found some cloth storage cubes at Target which fit the openings in the Expedit perfectly. We use them for often-used clothing items and shoes.

For the floating nightstands in the tiny room, I cannibalized a BENNO compact disc tower, cutting it in two, rounding the top and bottom edges and painting to coordinate with the rest of the room. I finished them by mounting to the wall. Ithink we've got an older KVART wall-mounted dual reading light on the wall to finish the bed area.