Vertical lift 4 poster

The bed was the result of living in a very small room in Edinburgh’s Old Town. The room itself had fantastic view accross Princes Street Gardens to the New Town and beyond to Fyfe. A typical platform bed was not practical in this case due to a low ceiling height which would have meant a compromise to the window and the view. I devised a bed which could be raised within its own frame with the aid of a counter weight and a stabilising cable based on the principle used in the Mayline straight edge. This meant the bed could be lifted out of the way to allow room for dressing and providing a bench for sitting during waking hours.

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