Are you struggling with storage space in one of your bedrooms? If you've been asking yourself which bed is the best at providing storage space then you probably haven't come around a captain's bed design. Captain's bed were designed for the sole purpose of creating more storage/usable space for small rooms, so they are worth considering.

Back in maritime history it wasn't easy for people to have both storage space and a bed in their small quarters on the old wooden ships, so the captain bed was designed to resolve the problem. This design of bed remains popular today as it still solves the storage space problem very well. Captain beds are available for both adults and children although lots of people purely think they are kid’s beds. The suit the tastes of both adults and kids these beds come in many different styles, sizes and finishes.

There are many different styles of captain's beds ranging from novelty designs based around the beds maritime history to the very contemporary designs that lots of people like today. As you can guess these styles are aimed at different groups, one being kids and the other being adults who don't have much space in their bedrooms and are looking for more storage space.

There is a wide range of sizes of the captain beds. Kids seems to go for the single or twin size beds, and the adults who are looking to buy a Captain bed usual choose between the double, queen and king sizes. This huge selection of sizes helps to keep the Captain Bed design popular.

Like with the sizes the Captain bed is available to a number of finishes aimed at both adults and kids. Some of the more popular choices in finishes are: oak, pine, cherry, and black and white.

One of the main reasons why people buy a captain bed is because they are looking to get more storage space as this design of bed is one of the best when it comes to giving you more storage space in a bedroom. The number of drawers available on a captain bed depends upon the size of bed you want. If you get a larger double, queen or king sizes bed you will be looking at 6 drawers on the sizes and 2 drawers on the ends of the bed. There as you might just get 6 or less drawers on a small twin or single sizes bed.