[malconium]

I have a completely empty 1973 31' rear bedroom model. I am thinking about how best to design the bedroom. I can do it any way that I want to. I am debating between the following approaches:

1.) Wall to wall bed.

This could be king size but would require crawling in from the hallway. It would also be harder to make the bed and might require special bedding that could roll up and that would sit on top of rather than tuck in around the mattress. It would provide more storage space under the bed but it might be a bit harder to get to. Also I need to keep the weight down so I would not want to store too much stuff in the back anyway. I do have access hatches on both sides of the bedroom now that would have storage space to access. I could save a little room overall by making the bedroom shorter with this approach since there would not need to be any walking space at the foot of the bed near the hallway. The mattress might need to be custom because of the curves at the end of the AS unless I built in something in the way of night stands in that area.

2.) Walk around queen size bed.

I have enough floor space to install a walk around queen bed lengthwise of the floor. I could have about 16" of space on each side and provide about the same at the foot of the bed toward the hallway. The advantage is that the bed would seem more home like and would be easier to make with standard bedding. It would take a bit more floor space overall with the 16" at the foot of the bed. The mattress could be a completely standard model of our choice.

3.) Twin beds along the sides.

This approach would give the side access hatches something to access. The beds would be easier to make with more or less standard bedding. One disadvantage is that the mattresses might need to be a custom size either because of the curve at the end of the trailer or because of the overall width of the space not allowing two normal twin size widths. Of course the issue of 1 bed or two is a matter of personal preference that we would have to sort out.

4.) Queen bed crosswise at the back.

We have generally ruled out this approach because one of us might have to climb over the other person to get up. Also the bed would be harder to make and might need to be a special shape to fit the curved corners.

5.) Queen bed crosswise at one side with walk around.

This is similar to the way our unit was orignially but the orignal bed was more like a full rather than a queen. We would only have about 12" of clearance at the foot of the bed which might be a bit tight. We could adjust the clearance at the sides as much as we want but would probably settle on about 16" or so.

I have one other novel approach that I am thinking about that I might decide to go for. The idea is to have two 30" x 80" mattresses (half of a queen size). I would put them on bases that could have storage space inside but could also move either with rollers or glides on the bottom. I would initially place them along the sides just far enough forward so that they miss the curved corners. I am thinking of about 16" or so. I would build corner storage units in the curved areas leaving 60+" of space between them. The wall of the bedroom would be at the end of the two mattresses with them placed at the sides. The mattesses could work like couches during the day or even for beds for visiting grandchildren in their initial position. All we would have to do to get a queen size walk around bed would be to pull them together into the center of the room and push them back 16" or so into the space between the corner cabinets. I might even be able to find a way to make some sort of fold up desk at the back end between the cabinets when the beds are at the sides. I have attached a drawing of the idea?

I would appreciate any opinions of which approach to take and why.

Thanks,

Malcolm