Stuffing your belongings haphazardly beneath your bed is no way to live, and a French furniture designer wants to offer a way out.
The "Space Up" bed, from Parisot, lets users lift up their mattress to reveal a spacious storage bin underneath. There's enough space to fit all your shoes, luggage, pillows, blankets, books, small children, and just about anything else you might collect.
There's practically enough room for a second bed.
Sold under the British brand Kids Avenue, the double bed retails for roughly $858. That includes the raised frame, integrated exterior shelving (which doubles as a step up), and the interior storage underneath.
When you want to get inside, simply open the door and push up on the mattress; an assistive lift mechanism bears most of the weight.
Parisot's design isn't the first to optimize all that wasted space beneath your bed.
That distinction goes to "Container," a modular bed that gives people the ability to raise or lower the frame depending on their height.
But while Container seems best-suited for the ultra-modern storage-seeker, Parisot's design is simpler. Anyone can use it, from the space-deprived apartment owner to the 9-year-old who wants to turn it into a fort.
