BUNKS & built-in beds

Bunk beds and bedroom built-ins have lots of history-and they're not just for kids.

- PATRICIA POORE

We seem to have a collective memory of cozy, tucked-in beds, whether or not childhood included draping a blanket to make a tent of the lower bunk. Cupboard beds and bunks have a common history as efficient ways to provide sleeping space for a family. Today's designers use alcove beds, built-in bunks, and entire bunk rooms to create a room within a room, using precedents from Swedish furniture to nautical berths.

singles, doubles, perpendicular?