1. Hang your lamp.
2. Get a console table for your bed that doubles as a shelf and a desk.
3. Hang towels and things on the back of your door.
4. Disguise your desk as a bedside table.
5. Or, instead of a footboard, use your desk.
6. Prop up your bed on risers.
7. Or go for a high bed with tons of drawers.
8. Go the super-cheap route with an air mattress and milk crates.
9. Make a low-profile hanging hamper.
10. Tuck your bed into an alcove.
11. Make one wall a focal point with removable wallpaper.
12. Suspended tables can create an illusion of space.
13. Desks and dressers can also float.
14. Hide a shelf behind your bed.
15. Turn old drawers into stackable shelves.
16. You can skip the headboard in favor of a few inches of more floorspace.
17. Or build a cushy headboard that hangs on the wall.
18. If you don't have a closet, offset your bed from the wall and create a closet behind it.
19. Use every corner of space.
20. Shelves count too.
21. More corner tricks: Hang some hangers.
22. Cover your windows with frosty film.
23. Looking for color? Use paper instead.
