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<p><span style="font-style: oblique;">I fell hard for the exposed</span> brick and concrete floors of my new loft, but the minute I tried to fit a proper bed into the open-plan studio, the romance soured. The raw, unfinished look of industrial interior design demands a certain toughness, but your sleeping arrangements cannot just be tough. They need to be comfortable, too. My space measured barely thirty-five square meters, and a bulky bed frame would have eaten the entire living area.