How to loft a dorm bed at K-State (lower it to what they call a Captain bed height)

There are a few height options for your dorm room bed at Kansas State University. We were in Ford Hall, where all beds were initially set at the highest setting (with bed near the ceiling, called LOFT Height) when we arrived. This video shows how to lower it so that your bed so it is just high enough fit your dresser and other storage underneath. They call this CAPTAIN bed height. I call it loft bed in the video, but technically I should be calling it Captain height in the video.

[@justinvalentin8983]

This really helped me, thank you! I only wish I did this during the day time as to not bother my neighbors.

[@myinspirationcorner4499]

glad it was helpful!

[@erynh113]

This was such a helpful video, thank you! I go to a different school that uses the same style of bed frames and wanted to lower one of them. I had no idea where to start, so this video was such a help. Now my friends can use it as a hangout spot!

[@withtheiznoway1489]

This was so helpful!! I never thought to lay it on its side!! I was all alone moving in and I couldn’t get it standing up!! Thank you so much!

[@sevenlouise8091]

This will be helpful! I don't go to the same school, but some of the rooms at my school have these beds and I'm hoping to raise them to the same height as shown here if I get a room with these beds.

[@myinspirationcorner4499]

Hope it turns out to be similar and helpful.

[@sarahsypnieski7474]

helped tremendously!!! thank you so much, im heading to college in a couple weeks and needed to figure out how to get more storage room under that little bed 😂😂

[@elisel8828]

Thank you so much for the video, ive been dying to figure how to adjust the height

[@SchilSam1]

Great video, thank you!

[@mariahhasfuntimeshere]

Honestly I was just so surprised to see kstate in the title of a recommended video so I watched this even though I already know how to do this haha. Too bad I didn’t see this two years ago it would have been helpful

[@333cparker]

Most want to do the opposite as most dorm rooms are too small and you get a desk space underneath the bed.

[@DBolar-mo3wv]

what is the desk topper and where did you get it? Also storage drawers. Thanks!

[@ronodell2896]

How much clearance under bed

[@corriroberts1726]

What is on top the desk that is grey? Is that contact paper?

[@myinspirationcorner4499]

Yes. It's contact paper. This is the one I used: amzn.to/2OFXheL

[@mr.mayochup9166]

what type of bed is that? I'm trying to get one with a similar premise, adjustable height but I cant find it.

[@Hanson97]

Yes I want something like this and I’m not even in college. 😂 How tall is the bed frame when they resize it?

[@dswdostaywith3720]

Can you ask to take the whole bed frame out and bring your own

[@myinspirationcorner4499]

They normally do NOT allow this. You typically have to keep everything in your room that they’ve put in there

[@suzannalopez8487]

What’s the name of that bed ? Can anyone purchase this bed ?

[@myinspirationcorner4499]

I don’t know how or where to buy the beds. These are the beds that are already in the university dorm rooms.

[@shanshan8113]

They're called university bunk beds and the cheapest one I've found is like $600 🤯 maybe find a college that's closing and see about trying to get one 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@jazmineochoa8037]

What if your bed is down where do you get the thing you took out to move it

[@myinspirationcorner4499]

I would suggest looking around in the room (in window ledges, on shelves in the room, etc.). If you can't find them, I would ask someone at the dorms. I would imagine they'd have replacements for lost components.

[@jazmineochoa8037]

My Inspiration Corner can you paint it

[@myinspirationcorner4499]

Jazmine Ochoa no. they don’t allow you to paint then.

[@hafzamacie8858]

You can find similar projects on the woodglut website.