This armoire bed (from Marie Claire Maison via Little Green Notebook) looks like the perfect childhood hiding spot, full of butterflies and pretty lights. Their decision to hide the bed increases usable space, opens up living areas, and in one case, creates a magical childhood sleeping nook. 2. It’s on a clever pulley system that allows him to maximize the living space of his 580 square foot home (spotted in Dwell). It’s suspended in a wrought iron basket that hangs above the office and below a retractable glass skylight. 4. The owners of these cleverly concealed beds make do in small homes: One family of three lives in just 409 square feet. *Re-edited from a post originally published 11.6.2013 — AB
(Image credits: Dwell; Anthony Gill Architects; Marie Claire Maison via Little Green Notebook; GoPlans; JJ Locations, via Gizmodo) Look above Mad Men’s Vincent Kartheiser in this photo — that’s his bed hanging from the ceiling. 5. 1.
