Classical Style in a Discount Bed

Get the best of both worlds in a modern bed with an old-world style. Metal beds offer sturdy construction, but they don’t have to mean contemporary design. The Milwaukee Bed from Hillsdale Furniture features welded heavy gauge tubing and solid wire artfully arranged in scrollwork hinting of days gone by.

The headboard and footboard are topped off in rounded finials. The camelback span softens the lines, while tear drop centerpieces are offset with delicate curling scrolls. Finished in antique brown, the Milwaukee Bed is a discount bed that easily displays next to your most expensive heirloom furniture. A classical design in a modern bed, Hillsdale Furniture captures elegance in this built-to-last metal bed.

Choose your style from the full range of bed sizes and optional 7-piece bedding sets. The intricate design of the Milwaukee Bed from Hillsdale Furniture is just as beautiful in a twin as a king size, making it easy to bring a traditional look to any space. To complete a classically elegant room, accent with lace panel curtains, soft lighting, and dark wood furniture. Hang photos in gilded frames. Finish with a cottage rose in a porcelain pot for that perfect Old World feel.

Metal Beds Provide Lasting, Modern Style

A metal bed is an easy, affordable way to modernize your bedroom. The precision of today’s manufacturing techniques allows for solid construction and uniform welding, giving metal beds a sturdiness meant to last for years. Whether you are decorating a new room or changing a room’s style, the Fenton Bed with Frame from Fashion Bed Group will make an elegant addition.

The Fenton Bed with Frame features a gently arched headboard and footboard. The brushed metal finish provides a soft look that blends seamlessly with other furniture pieces. Rounded tops connect each post with the double bars, providing an added style element.

One trick of interior design is to draw the eye to the most interesting elements. The Fenton from Fashion Bed Group accomplishes this trick by the headboard sitting taller than the footboard. Stuffed pillows and a billowy bed skirt are perfectly accented by this height difference, creating an elegant design piece from top to bottom.

Fashion Bed Group manufactures each bed with only the best materials, so you can be assured your Fenton bed will last. High style does not have to mean high prices, and affordable metal beds make a big impact with beautiful lines and light-reflecting surfaces.

While we may never know what caveman first decided to elevate his bedding from the ground, the ancient Egyptians are credited with the first actual platform beds, meaning that they were invented long before the box spring. In fact, even looking forward to more modern beds, you’ll find that loft beds, the style preceding platforms, were developed long before box springs came into existence.

In ancient Egypt, the inhabitants of platform beds were more often than not Pharaohs and other royalty as opposed to commoners, slaves, and servants, who continued to sleep on the ground. Later, modern platform beds were developed in what was more of a loft style bed, in which the bed was elevated up on four poles so that not only was the bedding removed from the ground but also provided more floor space for living in a small abode. In the times of the Egyptians, lower level royalty probably had reeds and wooden poles holding up their makeshift mattresses, while Pharaohs likely had poles built from silver and gold.

Today’s beds also often incorporate the box spring, which really came into existence only in the early 20^th century. It is used for several purposes, including to provide extra support for the mattress so that it lasts longer, as well as to elevate the sleeper higher from the ground. To see what the mechanisms within a box spring actually provide, you can look at a modern day trundle day bed, which is configured to offer the same support without using a box spring so that the trundle can collapse and fit beneath the daybed. The modern mechanism has evolved somewhat, though, so that the basic structure is more often constructed from wood or MDF as opposed to weak metals.

The bedroom furniture you find today is often in the form of a platform, as these are the latest trend in design. Now, though, the modern design is set up so that the bed is typically quite low to the ground. The platform style bed can be used with or without a box spring, since the base is usually configured to support the mattress of its own accord. However, for those who wish to be more elevated from the ground, the box spring can come in handy, adding height to the low-slung bed. For others, the lack of a box spring leads to a more natural feel with the mattress lower to the ground.

Lifestyle Solutions is a prime source of all sorts of platform beds, including many that can make great centerpieces for your master bedroom. However, they are available in all sizes from this fine manufacturer and are not only high quality but also priced to fit any budget. While it is an old idea from perhaps several millennia past, the platform style bed has a new, contemporary twist in the modern day, and with or without the box spring, it can be a great addition to your design element.

Here is something you don’t see very often and those who suffer from claustrophobia stay away! The Lit Close is a concept by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec” and are available in n a low and a high version, respectively 70 cm and 180 cm off the ground.

“The Lit Clos puts forward a simple idea. It’s a box that’s sufficiently closed to accommodate a bed and the intimacy that it presupposes, and at the same time sufficiently open not to be claustrophobic. The box is on an architectural scale, between a bed and a bedroom”.

When you think wrought iron, you think of black. This is why we dig the above-pictured pink painted wrought iron benches. Available from here, the benches are constructed from iron and are provided by Little Paris Antiques.

Easy Cleaning Tips for Your Bedroom Furniture

Cleaning and keeping up with furniture can be a real hassle if you don’t have a regimen that you follow to make it a habit. At the same time, dusting your headboards or caring for your metal beds can be a breeze, if you have some simple directions and a few tips to help you maintain the pieces in just a few minutes a week. Here are some basic tips for cleaning and maintaining any bedroom furniture with ease and very little time or effort required.

• You probably dust the living room on a regular basis. When you take on this task, add an extra two minutes to your maintenance to brush through your bedroom and dust your wooden headboard. One of the best ways to maintain any furniture is to keep dust and shedding off the pieces, so simply taking a dry or damp cloth and running over the surface to remove these particles can make a world of difference.

• Daybeds are often made of wrought iron. Wrought iron beds are very simple to maintain, requiring a regular dusting and a quick wash from time to time. Don’t use soap; try a wet rag or, if there is something that has become stuck to the surface, glass cleaner or a substance like Goo-Gone, if the substance is thick and difficult to remove. You’ll find these provide the best results on wrought iron surfaces.

• Today’s furniture often includes a lot of wood, and wood platform beds have become quite popular. When caring for wood bedroom furniture, like some of the pieces sold by South Shore Furniture, get a good wood polish to keep up the shiny appearance. While you do not need to polish the furniture constantly, you should dust regularly with a damp cloth and, perhaps once a month, make use of your furniture polish. Be sure to follow the instructions carefully, and use a safe cleaner for the type of wood furniture you have; some polishes are meant for specific items and could damage your furniture if you aren’t careful.

Contemporary bedroom furniture is all about convenience, and cleaning the furniture is just one aspect that has been made simple. If you take just a few extra minutes out of your week each week, you’ll find that your furniture will last longer in better shape and look better, too, with these simple cleaning tips!

Sometimes You Can’t Help But Stare

There are some furniture pieces you just have to stop and stare at. Whether it is the beauty of the materials, unique accents or bold elements, we all want to find that one style that makes us say, “Wow!” Fashion Bed Group has achieved that stop-you-in-your-tracks design with the Westland Bed with Frame.

This metal bed is stunningly unique in its use of double posts at each corner, giving it the impression of a columned look. Eight rounded finials set of each post, while the vertical slats are set off with intricate metalwork. Two curved top rails are connected in the center with scrollwork. An aged gold finish is the perfect compliment to soften the welded construction. Backed by the reputation and warranty of Fashion Bed Group, the Westland Bed with Frame will have you halting in your bedroom doorway for many years to come.

The best part about the Westland is that it’s an unbelievably affordable bed. Priced at less than $600, you are likely to spend more on your linens and pillows than on the bed. The open-toe design is a perfect way to showcase rich brocades or satiny coverlets. Add the matching Westland bench to your purchase to carry the intricate scrollwork of the headboard to the foot of the bed. Fashion Bed Group is a leader in modern design, and this unique style is easily the leader of their line of affordable metal beds.

Decorating with Geometry

Decorating with geometric designs presents a crisp, clean look to any room. Clean lines and sharp angles are an integral part of contemporary style and can be found in items ranging from floor coverings to lamp shades. A metal bed like the Tiburon Bed is an easy way to introduce this design element into your bedroom.

Hillsdale Furniture captures a metropolitan look in the Tiburon. The headboard and footboard combine geometric complexity in straight lines, squares and rectangles. The magnesium pewter finish adds extra style in contrasting shades. The solid structure represents the best of the industrial feel with foundry-poured aluminum castings and heavy gauge tubing. Available in twin, full, queen and king sizes, the Tiburon Bed is a contemporary bed to fit any space.

Affordability makes metal beds a popular choice across many different decorating styles. Hillsdale Furniture’s Tiburon Bed also comes with an optional 7-piece bedding set, making it easy to choose the colors and patterns you want to carry throughout the rest of the room. For a warmer, cozier look, choose neutral tones in soft shades. If you want sharp contrasts, pick primary colors in saturated hues. Either way, you can’t go wrong with the clean geometry of the Tiburon for a modern chic bedroom.

Every Bedroom Deserves to Be Rich

Rich wood and elegant lines bring a sumptuous feel to any bedroom. Whether your style is Asian exotic or French country, a wooden modern bed is a must-have centerpiece of luxury. Fashion Bed Group is a leader in modern manufacturing design, and the Shelby Bed is a showcase of their talents.

The mahogany finish of the headboard and footboard provides a warm backdrop for luscious fabrics. Bead boards and softened lines adorn the grills. Gently curving surfaces evoke a sleigh bed look and feel, while the bow cutouts along the bottom add a lighter touch. In the Shelby, Fashion Bed Group has managed to create a modern bed of a country house design with upscale richness.

Wood Beds like the Shelby Bed offer solid construction and stability, acting as an anchor for the rest of your decorating touches. Accessorize with soft lighting or pillar candles for added warmth to the atmosphere. Natural lighting through sheer blinds or tied-back drapes is also a great way to show off the grain and beauty of a quality wood headboard and footboard. With a Fashion Bed Group bed as your starting point, let your decadent taste take over and create your dream bedroom.

The Bedding Solution for Double-Duty Rooms

Apartments, guest rooms, and double-duty rooms all have one thing in common – limited space. Does your home office serve as sleeping space when you have guests? Or maybe you have one of those homes with a four-bedroom layout in a three-bedroom area. A Fashion Bed Group daybed serves as a great solution.

The Salem Daybed imitates a sleigh bed style in a space-saving design. This contemporary daybed features mahogany finish wood construction with outwardly curved top rails. Wooden slats are grouped together for visual appeal in a simple but elegant style. The spaces between posts give an open and airy feel. Add in the optional pop-up trundle, and your limited space has room for unlimited possibilities.

Daybeds don’t have to be uncomfortable and confining. The attention to detail and design apparent in the Salem Daybed means you or your guests will rest comfortably, and more so than if you had to navigate a traditional bed in a room best served by a cot. For apartment dwellers, a daybed adds extra seating space for football Saturdays or old movie Sundays. Of course, you can always add the Salem to your home office for afternoon siestas, ahem, extra paper storage.