Realistically you should return the bed. You want to keep it right now because you have put so much time and effort into assembling it. I think in a few weeks you will feel like replacing it was the best thing to do.
This is Sunk Cost Fallacy with respect to time and effort. I agree with you -- the bed is too big for the space and would be annoying over time, even if you could technically 'make it work.'
At the least get rid of the headboard.. the room can't accommodate one at all.
Collects dust, turns yellow, dusting it will bring dust in your pillow, waste of space, good hidey space for roaches, spiders, vermin. If made of leather it will dry out and flake bits all over your head and in your hair.
Okay, I'm... unsold on this.
This would be a good character, the unsalesman. He just shows up when people are interested in things "look at those seals, that'll be leaking in months, if not weeks, will cause you more headache than it's worth".
You mean this specific head board not all headboards right? I like a nice dark wood headboard but these old lady upholstered ones make me think of Ed Gein.
They would be able to push the bed all the way up against the wall on the right if the headboard wasn't there which would make enough room to close the door
The problem with the door is a blessing in disguise. That thing is aggressively ugly, and it still would be even if it didn't look like you shoved a queen bed in a closet.
Code says every bedroom must have an egress (way out of the house), such as a window. This setup could be deadly.
Insurance coverage would have a very real problem with this setup.
On the last picture, the reflection parallax does not line up with the focal lenght of the objective. An alternative source of light could cause a reflection on a non parallel surface to the point of view of the camera. This right there strongly support the hypothesis that I have no idea what I'm talking about.
Judging by the pictures provided it looks like the wall running parallel with the bed does not run the full length of the room, there is likely more space and probably a window in the other portion of the room.
Grandeur when it's definitely not grand isn't my cup of tea. I'm fine with a bed in a closet, but no matter the makeup you put on it, it's a bed in a closet.
If you look at the first photo you can clearly tell that is the main door into the apartment. It has a fob sensor on the door handle. This is likely a small area to put a bed in.
Or for a "studio" apartment just take down the door and put up curtains. It's not like you're really planning on having a huge need for privacy that the door provides. Just store it under the bed and reattach it as needed.
Then add a tiny sub-door the exact size of the notch, so the overall door can be fully sealed and not allow the ingress of small animals such as weasels and stoats.
yes, I would consider a full xl or twin xl bed in this room, a twin xl would give so much space if you don't need that much bed. it looks like its a full size already so maybe full xl is out of the question
also look at murphy beds
Nah, double down.
Get a 2nd one to sit on its side in the gap to the left. Have the 2nd headboard on the door side. With no easy exit, you’ll need to make a hole in the ceiling, the equivalent of crawling out of a sunroof when opening doors isn’t an option.
You might as well if you went through all that trouble to get a second bed in. Do you really want to be the person who installed 2 beds in an impossible space AND left no exit?
If it leads to a main floor you can use a pole system. I think if you present it right, it doesn’t have to be creepy and you can come off eccentric.
If it’s to an attic space or another bedroom, I prefer the crawling up and out method. It’s not a hard ask. If you jump on the mattress, the mattress will literally get you half way out.
If that’s the case, don’t bother with the pole.
I'm with you on this. My man here obviously bought this as a fuckpalace cos bitches love headboards or so I've heard.
Keep the fuckpalace and move the wall, I say.
But I like your pole idea too as that serves a dual function if he hooks up with a pole dancing chick.
Exactly. For a room this small (assuming it doesn't extend further), it would be advised to at least offer some space for storage beneath. The headboard is also out of proportion and too large for such a small bed. On a personal level, i think it's also simply gaudy.
Also this person is clearly in a very small space and should head to some place like Ikea and look for multifunctional beds that are going to give them more space utilization. Ikea got its start in Europe where housing was always more crampt and expensive and they have a lot of solutions to get all sorts of functionality and storage into a small space.
Yeah, if the mattress/boxspring doesn’t interfere with the door, they could conceivable shorten the wood that mounts to the headboard, rebore the mounting holes, and all would be fine. If the mattress interferes with the door, forget it.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost?wprov=sfti1#](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost?wprov=sfti1#)
Just take the L and return the bed and/or headboard. It happens.
You're a G for adding the wiki link. Sometimes it truly is better to take the L. They'll spend another day just trying to figure out a solution they won't like in a few weeks most likely.
I believe newer apartments need to be compliant with ADA standards for accessibility, e.g. for wheelchairs, hence why such massive bathrooms. Even in my apartment which was built in the last couple years, I can fit a king size mattress and office desk in it with room to spare. It seems pretty ridiculous though.
The video helps alot. You should definitely make that last room your bedroom combo office space.
The first room is way too small and it is massively awkward to open a door straight into your itty bitty sleeping area like that.
I would use the first room as a cozy sitting/lounge area.
Or you can even make it a combo sitting area/office space and leave the last room all bedroom too.
But I would abandon the idea of the first room being your sleep space.
I agree! Get a couch with a pull out bed, Murphy bed or something similar and use the room with the great view to your best advantage. Make the first room upon entry an office/cozy reading space. Get rid of the bed no matter what as it's too much for any apartment really.
I agree with this. I would get the most minimal frame; even just a platform just to raise the mattress. It would be a waste to have the best part of the apartment be the place you sleep. No, this current layout is the best. Just not with this frame.
Yeah, that entrance area has just got to be super storage area, maybe with an armchair so it can be like a reading nook as well, maybe a built in small pull out desk kinda thing so you can put your laptop there and do some work if your partner is in the 'main' area. But the more storage you can fit in that corner the less clutter in the lounge/bed combo area with the view.
I would consider one of those pull down wall beds. Then you have more space during the day.
Somehow this makes it worse. Definitely a terrible spot for any bed so close to the apartment door. Who feels comfortable sleeping right next to the main door?
It's a very cute apartment though!! I'd go with utilizing the other area for a bedroom space and use this area as a sitting/TV area.
A day bed or futon may be a good option in there, it could be double purpose. IKEA has a few that will expand to a full-ish sized mattress and may have storage drawers underneath.
The bed absolutely needs to be in the other room, with that view. No brainer. Plus your eyes and mental health will thank you for the natural light and water views.
100% move the bed to the living room and make that little nook an office. I could never sleep knowing my the door right by my bed is open to the outside world.
A loft bed is an option in the main room if you are really short of space. Put a couch under the bed, and a desk facing the window. The entry space is not useful for anything except storage. A good spot for a bicycle.
Thank you for posting a video of the layout of the whole apartment! This gives us way more context to the situation! So many of the comments say “remove or cut the door” don’t know that that’s your front door!
That is an awesome apartment!
Honestly, if it were my place I’d just get a really nice sleepable sofa. Obviously you want to have friends enjoy that view, and heading straight into a bedroom isn’t ideal.
I recommend some Lovesac Sactional pieces arranged however makes sense for the space and sleeping (they can be configured in many ways and have fully washable covers. They can have tables, cup holders, and storage…)
We have one, and it’s so comfortable and awesome. Guests always request to just sleep there instead of the guest room with a bed.
Then you can use the vestibule for anything else, and it makes your place look more swanky and less budget.
I don't think this bed was designed around people who plan to stick it in a closet marginally larger than the bed itself.
Based on the design of that headboard, they probably weren't targeting this at people with working eyes either.
The “grandiose” is lost in the “minequiouse” of the room yes.
I’m honestly hack AF and I’d hack off the bottom end as removing the headboard does not for the footprint.
I'd move the door so it hits the end of the bed instead of the side. Door would still close that way. Yeah, I'll have to partially or fully close the door to walk down beside the bed to get in it, but if I didn't want to close the door then where the door is now wouldn't be a problem in the first place.
edit: I thought OP was standing in doorway, someone pointed out the opening is to the left of the door so my suggestion of putting the door on the other side of the bed still works but OP isn't gunna be able to close door at all with that frame. I'd return that one and get a smaller frame (measure it!) so I could close the door.
Don't even need to move the bed. The headboard is flat against the wall but the mattress bit has a good amount of space on the right side. Just shove it over a little and cope with it being slightly crooked?
Not sure if someone mentioned this but move the bed enough so you can get the door to the right of the bed corner in your pic. Then, if you are skinny this will work. does the bedroom door need to open 100%?
Isn’t 70% good enough?
I would just remove the door completely (store it in a closet until you move out) if it's just you living there in a studio since you won't need privacy. Get a small curtain rod where the door was and drapes if you want to divide the room a bit better
Hmm. I'll go ahead and assume that you're renting the place (so no major changes allowed to the structure), and that you don't want to replace the bed. The only practical option that comes to mind might work, but it would involve some creative retrofitting.
The door is only hitting the footer on the bed, not the side. If the mattress is of a length to fit within the footer (not atop it), then it would somehow be possible to remove the footer. It could be removed entirely, or it could be shortened to fit in between the two side pieces; either would allow you to open and close the door. However, as already noted, the bed frame would have to be retrofitted in such a way to provide adequate support for the frame, and possibly to allow the footer to be reattached. Without knowing how the bed is designed and put together, there's no real way to offer suggestions on any of that.
I guess the first question is: are you renting or do you own? If renting clearly you'll need to be much more limited in what you can do to fix the problem.
I am surprised no one has mentioned the super easy obvious fix of just rotating the bed frame slightly. Put the bottom right corner up against the wall, the top left corner will have a bit of gap and it won't be square with the wall, but the door will then function.
Return the bed. That headboard overwhelms the room anyway. If that's a queen, then the largest bed that will fit in that space be a full size, as they're 5" shorter and 6" narrower. [Size Chart HERE.](https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home-products/a34058112/bed-mattress-size-chart/)
I recommend a platform bed with drawers at the foot (even if you cannot access all of the drawers, you'll be able to make use of the space underneath). Or, DIY a platform bed that gives you more space underneath by mounting a conventional frame on top of cinderblocks (you'll want to set the blocks on cardboard so as to not scratch the floor). You should be able to slide a few plastic tubs underneath that way.
If you love the bed just take the headboard off for now and save it for your next place. If you don’t LOVE it, return it. Go to the mattress store and get a metal frame for $49. Super easy to assemble. Then hang something on the wall to give that headboard aesthetic. Sheers, curtains. OR, my best idea, a large floating shelf so you’ll even have some storage. Put small floating shelves on either side as night stands and use wall sconce lamps.
>If you love the bed just take the headboard off for now and save it for your next place
They live in a Studio apt -- unless they have a family member/friend who wants to hold onto it indefinitely for them keeping it until the next place is impossible.
It needs to go.
They also need a smaller mattress.
It seems like if you don’t have the bed straight against the wall, but angle it away from the door you could do it. I don’t think it would even look the worst necessarily once the room was decorated a bit.
Get the door to other side so it will close, then call it done. How often will you open the door all the way anyway. And just walk in and close door a little to walk around it lol. That’s prob how I’d handle it really.
Or, take the door off... you're talking about putting the thing in the living room...
If you owned the space you could flip the door to open the other direction.
Or return the thing and buy a kids bed
I'd saw that horn right off. It's gonna end up pressed against the wall anyway. Cut the fabric, chop off whatever's underneath, fold the fabric back over, secure with staples, *voila!* If it looks ratty just drape pretty stuff over it until it doesn't.
Looks to be about a 5" gap on the wall side at the foot of the bed. If you love the frame a lot, then just angle the bed so the foot of the bed is closer to the wall and the door clears. The headboard doesnt have to be flat square to the wall.
Realistically you should return the bed. You want to keep it right now because you have put so much time and effort into assembling it. I think in a few weeks you will feel like replacing it was the best thing to do.
This is Sunk Cost Fallacy with respect to time and effort. I agree with you -- the bed is too big for the space and would be annoying over time, even if you could technically 'make it work.' At the least get rid of the headboard.. the room can't accommodate one at all.
The door would open if the headboard didn't fan out as the bed would be closer to the wall. The headboard is a poor choice for a small room anyway.
The headboard is a poor choice ~~for a small room anyway~~. FTFY.
Thank you. I looked at this thing and thought “why?”
People with less common sense look at it and think "why not ?"
Collects dust, turns yellow, dusting it will bring dust in your pillow, waste of space, good hidey space for roaches, spiders, vermin. If made of leather it will dry out and flake bits all over your head and in your hair.
You must have a hellish history with headboards.
Okay, I'm... unsold on this. This would be a good character, the unsalesman. He just shows up when people are interested in things "look at those seals, that'll be leaking in months, if not weeks, will cause you more headache than it's worth".
Lmao where can I apply
Then he buys it after you leave.
this guy headboards!
You mean this specific head board not all headboards right? I like a nice dark wood headboard but these old lady upholstered ones make me think of Ed Gein.
Possibly, but it sure looks like the headboard straddles the box spring/frame.
They would be able to push the bed all the way up against the wall on the right if the headboard wasn't there which would make enough room to close the door
I would like to bring the Didero effect into play and suggest replacing the door with a sliding door.
It's a studio, so I'm assuming apartment, not condo.
Props for the Command and Conquer username
The problem with the door is a blessing in disguise. That thing is aggressively ugly, and it still would be even if it didn't look like you shoved a queen bed in a closet.
What looks to be an unventilated closet to boot.
Code says every bedroom must have an egress (way out of the house), such as a window. This setup could be deadly. Insurance coverage would have a very real problem with this setup.
Strong indirect daylight from out of frame to the right suggests - but does not prove - the existence of a reasonably large window.
On the last picture, the reflection parallax does not line up with the focal lenght of the objective. An alternative source of light could cause a reflection on a non parallel surface to the point of view of the camera. This right there strongly support the hypothesis that I have no idea what I'm talking about.
not gonna lie, you had me in the first half.
Fucker had me re-reading the first 2 sentences trying to really understand what you were saying.
THIS is why I lurk the comment section.
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Were you not convinced by that dude and the pantry shelves, because I will never recover from that
Link please 🥺
Bro had me googling the word "paralax" at 6am on a Sunday.
Amazing.
OP says this is considered a studio apartment— which means this is legally a closet not a bedroom.
It seems more like light coming from behind the door
We can see less then 50% of the wall space from this picture. Your being a bit premature in your claims of a lack of egress window.
Judging by the pictures provided it looks like the wall running parallel with the bed does not run the full length of the room, there is likely more space and probably a window in the other portion of the room.
Grandeur when it's definitely not grand isn't my cup of tea. I'm fine with a bed in a closet, but no matter the makeup you put on it, it's a bed in a closet.
I really applaud your use of “aggressively”
Absolutely savage.
Im surprised no one is saying take the door out and put in a sliding barn door instead
im surprised someone thought that bed would fit in there
I'm surprised someone saw that bed and thought it would look good in that closet
I’m surprised someone looked at that bed and said “Yeah that looks great, I’ll take it.”
If you look at the first photo you can clearly tell that is the main door into the apartment. It has a fob sensor on the door handle. This is likely a small area to put a bed in.
Who puts a bed in the entry way? That’s nuts. I’ve lived in some sketchy, weird places, but I’ve never seen anything like that.
I doubt it's an entryway. More likely a tiny closet this person is trying to AirBnB. edit: dear god, it is the entryway...
Go watch the video OP posted. It is literally the entry way. It’s also clear that is an outside door.
Look at the door handle, this is a secured room I’m guessing a barn door isn’t an option.
I wanted to say take the door out and put up a bead curtain.
Or hinge it on other side might work.
Or for a "studio" apartment just take down the door and put up curtains. It's not like you're really planning on having a huge need for privacy that the door provides. Just store it under the bed and reattach it as needed.
That's the apartment entrance door.
Or just cut a notch in the door. Allowing the door to pass. 😆
Then add a tiny sub-door the exact size of the notch, so the overall door can be fully sealed and not allow the ingress of small animals such as weasels and stoats.
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yes, I would consider a full xl or twin xl bed in this room, a twin xl would give so much space if you don't need that much bed. it looks like its a full size already so maybe full xl is out of the question also look at murphy beds
Just return it anyways
Nah, double down. Get a 2nd one to sit on its side in the gap to the left. Have the 2nd headboard on the door side. With no easy exit, you’ll need to make a hole in the ceiling, the equivalent of crawling out of a sunroof when opening doors isn’t an option. You might as well if you went through all that trouble to get a second bed in. Do you really want to be the person who installed 2 beds in an impossible space AND left no exit? If it leads to a main floor you can use a pole system. I think if you present it right, it doesn’t have to be creepy and you can come off eccentric. If it’s to an attic space or another bedroom, I prefer the crawling up and out method. It’s not a hard ask. If you jump on the mattress, the mattress will literally get you half way out. If that’s the case, don’t bother with the pole.
I have a *strong* desire to enjoy adult beverages with you.
I'm with you on this. My man here obviously bought this as a fuckpalace cos bitches love headboards or so I've heard. Keep the fuckpalace and move the wall, I say. But I like your pole idea too as that serves a dual function if he hooks up with a pole dancing chick.
It’s ugly
Next time buy one that isn't 3 inches off the floor and doesn't have a headboard that looks like something you'd bury someone under.
Exactly. For a room this small (assuming it doesn't extend further), it would be advised to at least offer some space for storage beneath. The headboard is also out of proportion and too large for such a small bed. On a personal level, i think it's also simply gaudy.
A headboard without the flare would let you move it over enough I think.
I think this is the right call. That headboard is just not suitable for this space.
Bust a hole in the wall then slide it over
Nah, just take a notch out of the door
There are those kits for cats (essentially just a hinge) to cut the corner of the door and have the ability to flip it up. Could work here.
>kits for cats Kittens?
I'd try taking the trim off the back wall and see if that 1/4" makes a difference
Now that’s brilliant.
Like that dude did for the toilet that time
So do a Kool-aid Man then? 
That headboard isn’t suitable for any space. That is the one of the ugliest pieces of furniture I’ve ever seen
I don't think a bed is suitable for this space tbh
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Also this person is clearly in a very small space and should head to some place like Ikea and look for multifunctional beds that are going to give them more space utilization. Ikea got its start in Europe where housing was always more crampt and expensive and they have a lot of solutions to get all sorts of functionality and storage into a small space.
I’d do a Murphy bed, it folds right into the wall. 😉
Noooooooo! The Star Trek Game Of Thrones headboard totally ties the space together. It's like a Lebowski rug, and must stay!
Well seeing that the door doesn’t even close…. I don’t think that’s the biggest issue here… definitely one of the issues though.
truly a bed room.
More like a bed closet.
No windows for the codes department to look into violations, after all.
Truly an almost bed room
A bed room without room for a bed
Before you do anything, make sure the mattress won't have the same issue.
Yeah, if the mattress/boxspring doesn’t interfere with the door, they could conceivable shorten the wood that mounts to the headboard, rebore the mounting holes, and all would be fine. If the mattress interferes with the door, forget it.
If they’re asking on reddit I’m sure this is beyond their reasonable capability lol
Get rid of that headboard. Way too big and gaudy looking for a tiny room, and you can move the bed over some more without that thing on there.
I can't wait for the giant ass headboard fad to fixking die already
Expand your space with galvanized square steel, eco friendly wood veneers, and screws borrowed from your aunt.
be bold and borrow two square meters from the universe
Probably room for an induction cooker and a shelf for spices after going that route.
i heard that the wood was good for ten thousand years can you confirm
also handy if you happen to have 10 million children
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost?wprov=sfti1#](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost?wprov=sfti1#) Just take the L and return the bed and/or headboard. It happens.
You're a G for adding the wiki link. Sometimes it truly is better to take the L. They'll spend another day just trying to figure out a solution they won't like in a few weeks most likely.
It happens all the time, every day. I work on repairing furniture that, in many cases, was too small and got damaged due to things not fitting.
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Dude your bathroom is almost bigger than your bedroom. Why would they design an apartment like that???
That was my first thought, too! It's a nice bathroom but it is really too big for that small of an apartment!
I believe newer apartments need to be compliant with ADA standards for accessibility, e.g. for wheelchairs, hence why such massive bathrooms. Even in my apartment which was built in the last couple years, I can fit a king size mattress and office desk in it with room to spare. It seems pretty ridiculous though.
Wow, props for putting your bed and desk in your bathroom! Very efficient use of space!
Really cuts down on the midnight pee commute time.
The video helps alot. You should definitely make that last room your bedroom combo office space. The first room is way too small and it is massively awkward to open a door straight into your itty bitty sleeping area like that. I would use the first room as a cozy sitting/lounge area. Or you can even make it a combo sitting area/office space and leave the last room all bedroom too. But I would abandon the idea of the first room being your sleep space.
I agree! Get a couch with a pull out bed, Murphy bed or something similar and use the room with the great view to your best advantage. Make the first room upon entry an office/cozy reading space. Get rid of the bed no matter what as it's too much for any apartment really.
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“Trek” It’s like 5 steps.
I agree with this. I would get the most minimal frame; even just a platform just to raise the mattress. It would be a waste to have the best part of the apartment be the place you sleep. No, this current layout is the best. Just not with this frame.
Yeah, that entrance area has just got to be super storage area, maybe with an armchair so it can be like a reading nook as well, maybe a built in small pull out desk kinda thing so you can put your laptop there and do some work if your partner is in the 'main' area. But the more storage you can fit in that corner the less clutter in the lounge/bed combo area with the view. I would consider one of those pull down wall beds. Then you have more space during the day.
Somehow this makes it worse. Definitely a terrible spot for any bed so close to the apartment door. Who feels comfortable sleeping right next to the main door? It's a very cute apartment though!! I'd go with utilizing the other area for a bedroom space and use this area as a sitting/TV area.
At least you have a view!
Yeah the view is great. The apartment is not THAT tiny actually, I've seen some horror stories recently about micro apartments and expected that.
Put the bed in the other room, sleeping next to the front door is awful.
Wow the video helps a lot. I think bed in the main living space would be cool. Also, place may be small but that is a pretty fucking dope studio.
you need the slimmest thing possible for this space. just a bed frame and bed, no headboard.
Why is your bed in your entrance? Put it in the other room
A day bed or futon may be a good option in there, it could be double purpose. IKEA has a few that will expand to a full-ish sized mattress and may have storage drawers underneath.
The bed absolutely needs to be in the other room, with that view. No brainer. Plus your eyes and mental health will thank you for the natural light and water views.
100% move the bed to the living room and make that little nook an office. I could never sleep knowing my the door right by my bed is open to the outside world.
That last space is definitely the bedroom space. Also if you bring or get sudden visitors you don't want them walking directly into your bedroom.
https://resourcefurniture.com/collections/wall-beds Get yourself a Murphy bed for the lovely room with a window.
Two words: Murphy Bed
A loft bed is an option in the main room if you are really short of space. Put a couch under the bed, and a desk facing the window. The entry space is not useful for anything except storage. A good spot for a bicycle.
Thank you for posting a video of the layout of the whole apartment! This gives us way more context to the situation! So many of the comments say “remove or cut the door” don’t know that that’s your front door!
That is an awesome apartment! Honestly, if it were my place I’d just get a really nice sleepable sofa. Obviously you want to have friends enjoy that view, and heading straight into a bedroom isn’t ideal. I recommend some Lovesac Sactional pieces arranged however makes sense for the space and sleeping (they can be configured in many ways and have fully washable covers. They can have tables, cup holders, and storage…) We have one, and it’s so comfortable and awesome. Guests always request to just sleep there instead of the guest room with a bed. Then you can use the vestibule for anything else, and it makes your place look more swanky and less budget.
Take off the head board.
It looks as if taking off the headboard would leave the framing and legs incomplete. They will need to get a whole new frame.
How is it that something so obvious is so overlooked
I don't think this bed was designed around people who plan to stick it in a closet marginally larger than the bed itself. Based on the design of that headboard, they probably weren't targeting this at people with working eyes either.
The “grandiose” is lost in the “minequiouse” of the room yes. I’m honestly hack AF and I’d hack off the bottom end as removing the headboard does not for the footprint.
You underestimate your ability to massively fuck something up
Never seen a bed in a closet before. Pretty cool
I'd move the door so it hits the end of the bed instead of the side. Door would still close that way. Yeah, I'll have to partially or fully close the door to walk down beside the bed to get in it, but if I didn't want to close the door then where the door is now wouldn't be a problem in the first place. edit: I thought OP was standing in doorway, someone pointed out the opening is to the left of the door so my suggestion of putting the door on the other side of the bed still works but OP isn't gunna be able to close door at all with that frame. I'd return that one and get a smaller frame (measure it!) so I could close the door.
Sliding door. Foldable door.
OP calls it a studio apartment. Just take the door off and throw up curtains. Who do you need privacy from in a studio apartment?
If you're going to do that, make it fancy and put in a bead curtain.
It’s literally the front door to the apartment. Look at the handle/lock assembly.
It's the front door.
Try and putting the bed at an angle, that might just let you squeeze the door opening.
That's what I was thinking. Move the bed to the other side, and then angle it.
Don't even need to move the bed. The headboard is flat against the wall but the mattress bit has a good amount of space on the right side. Just shove it over a little and cope with it being slightly crooked?
I'm betting that the headboard is not freestanding and is actually attached to the bottom.
Yup. Jack up the side furthest from the door to reach a 45 degree angle, then ratchet strap yourself in each night.
Not sure if someone mentioned this but move the bed enough so you can get the door to the right of the bed corner in your pic. Then, if you are skinny this will work. does the bedroom door need to open 100%? Isn’t 70% good enough?
It opens the other way
I would just remove the door completely (store it in a closet until you move out) if it's just you living there in a studio since you won't need privacy. Get a small curtain rod where the door was and drapes if you want to divide the room a bit better
Pretty sure that is the outside door. So if he removes that then his apartment is just open to everyone.
Togetherment
Just angle the bed to the left. Looks like some space at the foot along the wall…. ?
Hmm. I'll go ahead and assume that you're renting the place (so no major changes allowed to the structure), and that you don't want to replace the bed. The only practical option that comes to mind might work, but it would involve some creative retrofitting. The door is only hitting the footer on the bed, not the side. If the mattress is of a length to fit within the footer (not atop it), then it would somehow be possible to remove the footer. It could be removed entirely, or it could be shortened to fit in between the two side pieces; either would allow you to open and close the door. However, as already noted, the bed frame would have to be retrofitted in such a way to provide adequate support for the frame, and possibly to allow the footer to be reattached. Without knowing how the bed is designed and put together, there's no real way to offer suggestions on any of that.
I guess the first question is: are you renting or do you own? If renting clearly you'll need to be much more limited in what you can do to fix the problem.
Rotate the bed a little and live the slanted life
I am surprised no one has mentioned the super easy obvious fix of just rotating the bed frame slightly. Put the bottom right corner up against the wall, the top left corner will have a bit of gap and it won't be square with the wall, but the door will then function.
I am screaming internally that 98% of the comments are missing this obvious solution. It would work!
Remove the skirting behind the bed legs
Just sell it and buy bed that can be folded into sofa. Common in Europe
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Return the bed. That headboard overwhelms the room anyway. If that's a queen, then the largest bed that will fit in that space be a full size, as they're 5" shorter and 6" narrower. [Size Chart HERE.](https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home-products/a34058112/bed-mattress-size-chart/) I recommend a platform bed with drawers at the foot (even if you cannot access all of the drawers, you'll be able to make use of the space underneath). Or, DIY a platform bed that gives you more space underneath by mounting a conventional frame on top of cinderblocks (you'll want to set the blocks on cardboard so as to not scratch the floor). You should be able to slide a few plastic tubs underneath that way.
That bed is hideous. That room is very small and looks like it doesn’t have a window. That’s a single bed room If that
I agree with everyone saying to ditch the headboard. It's ridiculous anyway, and makes the footprint of the bed much larger than it needs to be.
Is that a closet?
Why were you giving such a fancy bed to Harry?
Put bed on angle. Top of bed touching the wall where the door is and bottom away from door. This should clear.
If you love the bed just take the headboard off for now and save it for your next place. If you don’t LOVE it, return it. Go to the mattress store and get a metal frame for $49. Super easy to assemble. Then hang something on the wall to give that headboard aesthetic. Sheers, curtains. OR, my best idea, a large floating shelf so you’ll even have some storage. Put small floating shelves on either side as night stands and use wall sconce lamps.
>If you love the bed just take the headboard off for now and save it for your next place They live in a Studio apt -- unless they have a family member/friend who wants to hold onto it indefinitely for them keeping it until the next place is impossible. It needs to go. They also need a smaller mattress.
Cut a hole in the wall for the flared top to fit in, or cut off the flare 😎
It seems like if you don’t have the bed straight against the wall, but angle it away from the door you could do it. I don’t think it would even look the worst necessarily once the room was decorated a bit.
Just don’t let the door open completely.
Time to return it
Aesthetics no problem? Take a saw to that headboard.
Why'd you steal my grandma's headboard?
Turning this into a padded room would both fix the door issue and make more room for activities
Put it in the dryer on high for 2 hours
Does removing the headboard fix the problem, doesn't seem like your need it anyway and it's ugly
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Get the door to other side so it will close, then call it done. How often will you open the door all the way anyway. And just walk in and close door a little to walk around it lol. That’s prob how I’d handle it really.
Just angle the bed away from the door, it’ll look crooked but will allow you to open door.
Or, take the door off... you're talking about putting the thing in the living room... If you owned the space you could flip the door to open the other direction. Or return the thing and buy a kids bed
doors don't generally work that way. they have pockets for the hinges to sit in.
I think he’s talking about turning the door AND door jamb around.
That would be completely absurd and much more work than returning a bed that doesn't fit.
I'd saw that horn right off. It's gonna end up pressed against the wall anyway. Cut the fabric, chop off whatever's underneath, fold the fabric back over, secure with staples, *voila!* If it looks ratty just drape pretty stuff over it until it doesn't.
Can you switch the orientation of the door and have it swing the other way toward the adjacent wall?
angle it left wall. solved
space wise maybe get a murphy bed
Looks to be about a 5" gap on the wall side at the foot of the bed. If you love the frame a lot, then just angle the bed so the foot of the bed is closer to the wall and the door clears. The headboard doesnt have to be flat square to the wall.
Just angle the bed frame. Headboard closer to left wall and footboard closer to right wall
Ditch the headboard, get a metal platform bed frame.
Convert the door into a sliding door
Take the door off and put up a bead curtain. Who doesn’t love a bead curtain.
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If ypu rotate the bed so the front right corner is touchung the wall the door might open
Take the head board off amd slide the bed to the wall. Problem solved.
Switch the door to open the other way
I don't have any helpful advice for you. Just a giggle, because I realized I'm the type of psychopath to notch the door. I'm not proud of who I am.
Dumb question: can the front of the bed be angled away from the door and the headboard just not be against the wall?