Discover the Jefferson Alcove Bed: Elegant Storage & Style in One

The Jefferson Alcove Bed redefines bedroom functionality by blending sleek aesthetics with practical storage, offering a fresh approach to sleep space design.

Maximize Space with Hidden Storage

The Jefferson Alcove Bed features a cleverly designed alcove that houses drawers or shelves beneath the mattress, ideal for storing linens, seasonal clothing, or bedroom essentials without sacrificing style.

Sleek Design Meets Classic Elegance

Crafted with clean lines and a timeless silhouette, this bed complements contemporary and traditional interiors alike, adding a touch of sophistication while maintaining a minimalist footprint.

Effortless Integration into Modern Bedrooms

Whether in a studio, master suite, or compact apartment, the Jefferson Alcove Bed delivers a streamlined look that enhances room flow and maximizes usable space without clutter.

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Jefferson was "much attached" to alcove beds and incorporated them into nearly every bedroom during his redesign of Monticello in the 1790s. The north bedroom on the third floor (Fig. 5), now dubbed the Double Alcove, is interpreted as the room where Jefferson's sometimes raucous grandsons lived.

Six or more boys could sleep in this room in the double beds and trundle bed situated in the alcoves, a French feature that Jefferson favored. When you visit Monticello, you quickly learn that there were some rather quirky things about Thomas Jefferson. He used to read and write in his study with birds flying around inside; despite their many impracticalities, he loved Alcove Beds, which are beds built into the wall, with just one side open (his guests who had [].

We were of course drawn to the Joiner's Shop where both laborers and slaves worked side by side making what many considered the finest woodwork in Virginia, including the beds used by the Jefferson family and their slaves. Credit: Kandas Rodarte Thomas Jefferson's Bed Jefferson slept in an alcove between his sitting room and bedroom. Jefferson's bed looks incredibly odd and "out-of-place" measured on an aesthetics scale.

Yet Jefferson was an architect who clearly had respect for geometry and proportion. His mind was replete with the many lessons he learned from European architectural designs he assimilated from the Old World. In Jefferson's skylit Bed chamber, with its frieze copied from the Temple of Fortuna Virilis in Rome, the bed alcove opens on both sides, allowing quick access to the Cabinet.

The space above the bed with the oval openings served as storage for out of season clothes. It was accessed from stairs in the closet at the head of the bed. It was in the Alcove Bed in this room where Jefferson spent his last hours, passing away on July 4, 1826, 50 years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

Virtual tours of this room 360º panoramic tour Google Street View How to see this room: Included in most tours of Monticello. Thomas Jefferson's 'Alcove Bed' was accessible from The Cabinet. The two small lead dumbbells that were alongside the Polygraph were used by Jefferson to exercise his wrists after he broke one in a fall.

But Jefferson was also a practical man ahead of his time. At on one side of the study is a bed, connecting the study with the third room of his private quarters, the bed chamber. His bed rests in the alcove open to both rooms - not wanting to waste space in the room, every chamber has an alcove bed.

There are a few unique architectural features in this space, to include Jefferson's alcove bed, which is open on both sides (you can see his study on the other side), a skylight in the ceiling, and a pale blue wall color.