Making the bed easier
Here is a picture or our bed. As you can see, it is nicely tucked away in a nook in the slide out. Unfortunately, this makes it hard to make the bed. I've got to reach over and pull on the sheets t...
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holstein13 wrote:PastorCharlie wrote:
A good cabinet maker can mount the mattress on slider with a latching devise that can be released and pull it out like a drawer slide....better yet, fix an electric motor to it and push a bottom to make it move.
I love the idea, but I don't know how we'd do that and still allow access to the storage under the bed. The tracks would block the bed from rising on the hinge.
You already have a plywood cover, i.e. hinged lid for storage and base for mattress. Mount low riser sliders on that and another plywood on top for slider and mattress base. Do not allow them to go completely to the head, allow enough room for the hinge bottom to continue to rise.
Install a latching devise to stabilize the top plywood from sliding until it is released to allow it to slide to make it up.
A professional cabinet maker can make it work for you.
