Sentence:  Mother looked at the ladder, at the twin <WSD>lofted</WSD> beds, at the desk, at the closet, at the throw pillows, at the cheap decorations, at the artwork, at the Christmas lighting, at a rain lamp that I'd acquired a few weeks earlier. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Raised above the floor, so as to allow for storage etc. underneath.