Tuesday, January 24, 2012

They see me rollin': "Drop-top" furniture

I am far from what you call a "car girl." I have the most basic car maintenance down (i.e., "Ask Dad."), but other than that things with engines mystify me. In fact, my coworker Freda recently pointed out something about my own car that I felt silly for not knowing. We both have Ford Focuses (Focii?), and she showed me how I can flip up my back seat in order to completely flatten and expand the cargo area of my hatchback. I had no idea! All that cargo space, just hiding there!

But while I may not be rollin' in a drop-top with gold-plated spinners (or "blades."  I heard someone use blades once, so I guess those are a thing), these two pieces of furniture certainly qualify as "drop-tops" in my book. And once you lift the hood, there's tons of storage space underneath.



Via Pinterest, this bed with storage under the mattress almost looks like a reverse-Murphy bed.


A "beachy" storage sofa from Ana White, Homemaker. The site contains incredibly detailed construction notes, plus other readers' submitted examples of finished projects.

6 comments:

  1. Cute new look, Simone!

    PS: I thought all beds had infinite storage space beneath them. Once something goes under mine, I never see it again - shoes, books, sundry items. I can't be the only one with a personal black hole.

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  2. Thanks!

    And yes, most beds do have storage underneath. I just thought this one was neat because of how it flips up. It's also got other storage in the frame with the bookshelfish cubbies, so it's a solid storage-bed all around.

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  3. Nice. Now with that kind of furniture, I might be able to get around living in a small apartment without worrying about the cluttering.

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  4. Megan is correct of course, all beds do have storage underneath them however it is generally just an empty space and so if you want to get something from this ‘storage space’ you have to get down on your hands and knees to try and find it! Flipping up the bed is much more convenient and easy to see and locate items. I love it! Just one question - is the bed any less comfortable because of its design?

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  5. Megan is correct of course, all beds do have storage underneath them however it is generally just an empty space and so if you want to get something from this ‘storage space’ you have to get down on your hands and knees to try and find it! Flipping up the bed is much more convenient and easy to see and locate items. I love it! Just one question - is the bed any less comfortable because of its design?

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