When Júlia Segarra was mapping out the layout of the primary bedroom in her 675-square-foot apartment in Barcelona, she took it very seriously - it was her first time living on her own, after all.

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If you need a platform support for your mattress and could also use some storage you can hack two Ikea Expedit 5x1 shelving units into a platform storage bed along with two sheets of MDF, a 4x4-inch ...