Astorage bed is amultifunctional furniture consisting of abed which utilizes storage space which often otherwise is lost,^[1] for example by havingdrawers on its underside or a mattress which can be flipped up to access a storage space beneath (not to be confused with apull-down bed which can be mounted to a wall). It is an example of a storage furniture^[2] or multifunctional furniture,^[3] and can accommodate more efficient use of living spaces.^[4]

Acaptain bed orcaptain's bed is a type of storage bed which in addition to having drawers beneath also usually hasshelves above the mattress, for example at theheadboard.^[5][6] A bed whose mattress has to be lifted to access the storage space is sometimes referred to as anottoman bed,^[7] while a bed with drawers underneath is sometimes referred to as adrawer bed.^{[citation needed]}

Storage beds are usually dedicated furniture built from the ground up as a bed frame with drawers, and usually havedrawer slides. Other types of beds may also make use of the storage under the bed, for example by using loose bed drawers or storage boxes (with or without wheels), but this does not necessarily make the bed a storagebed.

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