We'll see how this turns out... not sure yet.
The idea with the bed frame is that it has three positions.
We use a queen size air mattress, duvet, pillows, etc (just as comfy as home :evil) when we are on the road. The platform will be down with the bed on top.
If on the road we want to "store the bed and bedding" the idea is that you pull the plug on the air mattress (it is one of those "electric pump built in" defaltes/inflates in a minute) and then push the bedding, mattress and everything to the passenger side of the vehicle, flip up the platform and clip it to the bottom of the overhead cabinets.
When night time comes and you wanna sleep, you flip it down, hit the button on the air mattress and 60 seconds later you have a queen sized bed again.
I'll fill the bottom of the platform with some of the matching hardwood so when flipped up it matches the rest of the cabinets.
When not using the bed (for work, etc), the platform can swing down and out of the way.
Or... with 4 bolts, the platform can easily be removed from the van completely in literally 30 seconds.
The top of all the platform is going to be carpet (we picked out a nice looking steel-blue carpet today.. I bought 96 feet of it so we should have plenty
). I'm also going to carpet the sidewalls for the 5000+ mile trip we're going to take later this month (although the side-wall carpet will probably be replaced down the road...)