| Your bedroom décor is ready for a change. It | | | | name a few. Typically most import beds you'll find are |
| has enjoyed the mattress and box spring combo for | | | | made from rubber wood which is close in |
| many years now but you're looking for something | | | | characteristics to maple in its tensile strength and |
| different, new and fresh. Aren't all beds the same | | | | durability. Rubber wood may sound like its rubbery but |
| though? You'd be surprised to know that there are | | | | the sap that comes from this tree is used in many |
| many branches of sub-categories of beds that exist | | | | products such as rubber and latex. |
| today that came about because of people like you | | | | You'll also find these beds made from metal. Metal |
| and me that needed something more specific for our | | | | platform beds can be made in traditional, transitional |
| space than just a simple metal frame on the floor. In | | | | and modern bed designs. With metal you can create |
| this article we'll take a look at just one of these | | | | anything from intricate ornate styled headboards to |
| sub-categories of beds referred to as the platform | | | | smoother designs. Metal can also be finished in a wider |
| bed. | | | | variety of finish styles and colors. These beds will |
| Platform bed designs have actually been around for | | | | usually use a steel cross bar system as the foundation |
| some time. The platform bed is defined as a bed that | | | | and some styles may make use of masonite panels |
| has its own platform foundation built into it for use with | | | | over the top of the cross bars to create a solid |
| only a mattress. These beds typically offer a lower | | | | foundation. |
| profile than other beds and often have space beneath | | | | Since there is no box spring unit used with these beds, |
| the bed that allows for the use of drawers or drawer | | | | the platform that the mattress rests on is made higher. |
| systems or other unique features not available with | | | | This means that there is ample space beneath the |
| conventional beds. Which now leads us into the | | | | bed to incorporate other design elements into the bed. |
| foundation for platform beds. | | | | These may be anything from integrated under bed |
| The foundation of these beds can vary from | | | | storage systems to bed lift systems that reveal |
| manufacturer to manufacturer. The most common is | | | | storage. Manufacturers can get pretty creative when |
| called the slat roll or slat system. These are a series of | | | | given additional room to work with and platform bed |
| wood slats that are strapped or banded together with | | | | frames offer an interesting canvas to create new |
| a polypropylene material that allows for proper | | | | ideas in bed design. |
| spacing. The rails of the platform bed will have a ledge | | | | In this article we've examined a sub-category of beds |
| or shelf built into them that the slats rest on. Another | | | | referred to as platform beds. Platform bed frames are |
| form of foundation would be solid panels. These also | | | | defined as being made to accommodate just a |
| rest on a ledge but provide the advantage of a solid | | | | mattress and have their own foundation built in. They're |
| surface without gaps for mattress manufacturers who | | | | available in a variety of woods as well as metal with a |
| require their mattress be on a solid surface. | | | | wide selection of stains of finishes. Whether you need |
| Platform bed frames are available in a wide variety of | | | | traditional or contemporary platform bed frames come |
| designs and styles. Many are available in solid wood | | | | in almost every flavor. So if your bedroom is ready for |
| construction. Domestic platform beds that are made in | | | | a fresh start, consider adding a platform bed into your |
| the United States will be made from common woods | | | | room's look for a new and different take on a good |
| such as oak, maple, ash, cherry and hickory just to | | | | nights sleep. |