How to Place a Bed in a Studio Apartment: 8 New Solutions from Designers

Can't you find the optimal way to place a bed in your small apartment? Look at the task from a new angle! We offer a selection of ideas from designers who found fresh solutions for placing a sleeping area in a studio or one-room apartment.

1. Sleeping Area in a Niche

A bed in a niche is an elegant spatial planning solution, not only solving the issue of placing a bed but also facilitating room zoning.

Design: Geometrium Studio

2. Bed-Wardrobe

A bed-wardrobe is a simple and effective way to place a full-size sleeping area while maximizing space savings.

Design: Marina KozlovaDesign: Elena PotemkinaDesign: Elena PotemkinaDesign: Elena PotemkinaDesign: Roman Plusnin

3. Podium

One of the ways to make the most of a small apartment is to arrange a sleeping area that extends from a podium.

Design: Geometrium Creative StudioDesign: Geometrium Creative Studio

4. Bed in Wardrobe

For apartments where there is space for a full-size bed, a good solution to zone the space and separate the private area from the public one would be a 'bed in wardrobe' – hidden behind sliding or hinged doors.

Design: RLine InteriorDesign: RLine InteriorDesign: RLine Interior

5. Upper Level

Owners of apartments with high ceilings will surely appreciate the idea of organizing an upper level (or a semi-lower ceiling above part of the room) and placing the bed there. This solution effectively increases the useful area of the apartment.

Design: ArchitalesDesign: ArchitalesDesign: ToTaste StudioDesign: ToTaste Studio6. Extension Bed

For rooms with extremely limited space and non-standard layouts, the best solution is to seek unconventional ideas. For example, this bed extends out of a niche in the wardrobe.

Design: Anna KrapivkoDesign: Anna Krapivko

7. Sofa-Bed

It is unlikely that there exists more versatile transforming furniture than a sofa that folds out into a bed. Unlike less comfortable models of the past, modern sofa-beds can become a full-size sleeping area. By the way, many manufacturers offer options with mattresses to choose from.

Design: Maria Mahmudova

8. Glass Cube

A convenient way to 'hide' a bed in a studio apartment or one-room flat is to place it behind glass (or mirror) partitions, in a kind of cube. This method does not save space, but effectively solves the issue of room zoning.

Design: Viktoria Zolina, Anna Chevereva, Zi-design InteriorsDesign: Artemiy SaraninDesign: Artemiy SaraninDesign: Artemiy SaraninDesign: 'Volkovs Studio'Design: 'Volkovs Studio'