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How To Choose The Right Bedstead Or Bed Frame

by Vedis Andes on May 16, 2009 · 3 comments

in Bedsteads / Bed Frames,Metal Bedsteads,Upholstered Bedsteads,Wood Bedsteads

Metal BedsteadOn average, people spend about a third of their life sleeping. To ensure that you do not feel back pain after waking up in the morning, choosing the right bedstead as well as mattress is very important.

Metal Bedsteads. Metal bed frames are best suited to traditional, contemporary or vintage-style bedrooms.

If you want to make your small room look larger, a metal bedstead is perfect. The legs of the metal bed frame tends to make more of the floor area visible.

As most metal bedsteads don’t usually have integral storage, anything you put underneath will be seen. You can invest in either some pretty storage drawers to be placed under the bed or dust ruffles to cover the bed frame completely.

Cheaper bedsteads are usually made from tubular steel, which is less sturdy than cast metal.

Wooden Bedsteads. Wooden frames are ideal for country, global or Oriental-style rooms.

Four-poster wooden bedsteads create a romantic feel, but make sure you check the height of the ceilings.

Bed frames made from wood are also very popular choices for children due to their storage. They come with built-in drawers or integral bedside tables so that kids can keep toys or clothing in their bed.

Parents often consider this type of bedstead as captains or mates beds which make the children feel they are going on an adventure each time they go to sleep.

Bedsteads made from veneers and softwoods are cheaper but they are more likely to weaken and break over time.

Upholstered Bedsteads. This style of bed will complement a hotel-chic of French-country-house look perfectly.

You can choose from a wide range of fabrics and leathers, or provide your own material for upholstering, depending on your budget and the manufacturer.

Regardless of which type of bedstead you choose it’s wise to remember that investing a bit of extra money in a sturdy and well made bed frame will save you in the long run.

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Bedsteads And Their Role In Sleeping History

by Vedis Andes on May 11, 2009 · 1 comment

in Bedsteads / Bed Frames

Four Poster BedsteadDo you know that your sleep experience could have turned out differently if the Egyptians hadn’t decided to place a sleeping pad on an elevated and framed platform? Let’s get to know a bit more about bedsteads and their role in sleeping history.

In world history, bedsteads can be traced all the way back to the ancient Egyptians. Elaborately detailed bed frames reserved to royalty and the very wealthy of the era have been discovered by archeologists, and are thought to date from 5,000 to 3,000 years ago.

A word invented by the British, a bedstead is normally a frame for a bed that’s made of wood or iron.

As a sleeping aid, the use of bed frame became an integral part of almost every household in Great Britain going back to the days when it was under Roman occupation and known as Britannia. As an item of furniture, the wooden or metal bedstead was often passed down through generations in a single family’s history.

During the 17th century, huge four-poster bedsteads became the rage in British households that could afford them. Think of any period movie depicting that era and it’s for sure that there are elaborately carved four-poster sleeping units with fine silk or heavy linen curtains to keep out any light displayed in the sleeping chambers.

Today, four-poster bed frames come in numerous styles and sizes. The barest of them consist solely of a metal frame, a few wooden cross rails, and a mattress while others are finely detailed works of art, with massive headboards, brass or oaken frames, and four-posted curtaining modules. And many times, they’re still handed down from generation to generation in a household.

Looking back, we now know that bedsteads have long held a place in our sleeping activities going back millennia.

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