Bunkbeds

This has to be the most innovative new couch I’ve ever seen. Have you ever had friends over that have kids? Did you make the kids sleep on the floor? No longer necessary with this couch. Nope, it doesn’t transform into an ordinary bed. It transforms into bunkbeds! Get all the details here from Slashdot. [...]

American Home Furnishings Alliance, an industry trade group, has issued a bunk-bed safety list. Here are some excerpts: bunk beds should not have any type of “finial” or corner post on the headboard or footboard. Bunk beds are not recommended for children under 6, nor should those kids be allowed to play unattended in a [...]

The Air Force has decided to build mini-hotels for VIPs traveling to war zones. This may be a perfect example of a great idea gone bad. With terrorists looking for “high value” targets to get the most press and recognition, the Air Force would like to hide them in normal cargo transport planes. The idea [...]

Ever wonder what happens to those flight attendants when they are away from home with an overnight stay? I always thought that their airline put them up in hotels. Apparently that is not the case. Many stay with family or “friends” in the destination city if they can. When that is not an option, and [...]

A MINI Bob the Builder got into a fix after trying to repair his bunk bed. Firefighters had to free mischievous eight-year-old Tyler Ahmed after getting his finger trapped in his bed after deciding to fix it with a screwdriver. He apparently dropped the screwdriver down a tube and when he tried to retrieve it [...]

As a kid in Georgia, Adam Jones, a Dallas Cowboys Cornerback, had it pretty rough. But when he met and became aware of the situation Tosha Minor of Fort Worth was facing, even he had to admit someone out there had it worse than he did. I didn’t live nearly as bad as they lived,” [...]

Are expectations set very high for kids to have all the best stuff for their dorm room? It is a dorm room and not an apartment, after all. These rooms are very small and space is always at a premium. So why are there catalogs popping up everywhere selling elaborate furniture to kids leaving the [...]

Emily Mortimer is in a new film called “Transsiberian”. She plays Jessie, a former bad girl now doubtfully married to a church-going, happy-go-lucky train nut. After a peace mission in China, they take the title train and wind up entrenched in drugs, murder and other unforeseen troubles. Many scenes were filmed on actual trains and [...]

In celebration of the 150th anniversary (sesquicentennial) of the all-girls boarding school, Hampton High, about 500 past students are expected to gather on the school campus in Malvern, St. Elizabeth from July 25 – 27 for a reunion weekend, dubbed “Relive the Hampton Experience”. Over the three days, the Hamptonians are expected to relive and [...]

There are many type of prefabricated construction methods. These are methods of building something that take place in factories to build more efficiently. Many times the quality can be better then if the same item is built in the field because quality control is tighter in a factory. But typically, the pre-fab is built using [...]

So what’s it like to be a rock star these days? Well, for the most part it means a lot of bus riding and sleeping in bunkbeds. At 36-years-old, frontman Craig Finn is still touring a grueling 320 days out of a year, still sleeping on a tour bus bunk bed, and selling incrementally less [...]

Have you ever stayed at a Holiday Inn that had Kid Suites? It’s an excellent place to stay if you have kids. They go all out to try to give them something different from a typical hotel stay. This usually includes video games, cartoon murals and bunkbeds. We found the Holiday Inn and our Kids [...]

New York is much more than Manhattan. And now Brooklyn has some glamor of it’s own. A new hotel has opened, and it’s called, what else, Nu Hotel. Nu Hotel offers a smart, clean, fresh design along with expert service, and was conceived to create an authentic travel experience integrated into the fabric of the [...]

The modern RV is a sight to behold. Do you have what it takes to live in the lap of luxury while moving down the road? The 2009 Winnebago Outlook 30D is not your typical Class C motor home,” said Winnebago Industries’ Chairman of the Board, CEO and President Bob Olson. “One look inside the [...]

There are a few things that kids really find exciting in a house. Things like pools and swings can keep a kid occupied for hours on end. But inside, there is seldom a piece of furniture that satisfies more than a bunkbed. On one vacation, this family reports: Connor found the bunkbeds, slippery hardwood floors, [...]

Fighting fires is hard work. Fighting forest fires in California is absolutely exhausting. Most of these fires are in remote areas and the Firefighters need good rest so they are ready for the next day’s work. You can’t exactly sleep very well in a tent because it’s very hot where the fires are. So what [...]

San Diego’s swanky Ivy Hotel comes complete with… um… Bunkbeds?? Actually, it’s true. And they are king-sized too. But what’s the deal with the silver pole? And the chains? Wait a minute. I don’t think this room was made for kids at all… Read the full story from Bloomberg here. Visit: Twin Over Twin Bunk [...]

When space is running low at home in your kid’s room, getting bunkbeds is a great option to reclaim some back. Well, the folks at San Quentin Prison seem to agree. Due to overcrowding, NPR is reporting that the storied prison has decided to take any available space and use it to house inmates. And, [...]

The NY Times reports on the new IKEA in Brooklyn. The reporter was observing shoppers and reminiscing on times of old. Excited shoppers browsing around the brand new store. A middle-aged woman was buying bathroom slippers; two Muslim women in beautifully printed silk head-scarves were inspecting the sliding walls of a bedroom closet; a Latino [...]