Platform Bed Blog : Bed News and Updates

I know you have been thinking hard on what kind of bed, what kind of nightstand and what kind of chest to get to make your bedroom a peaceful retreat. This inevitably will consume a lot of time and money. While people put too much attention on getting a decent bed and other accessories for the bedroom, they usually would overlook other small things such as fine art for bedroom that can make your bedroom more unique and Romantic. The great thing about buying bedroom fine art is that it does cost you a lot. You are generally looking at a price range around $10 - $60.  I particularly like to choose my favorite art pieces from www.NewFrameDart.com

Here are some of the fine art print  you can buy for your bedroom, choose different style, colors and themes to give your bedroom a unique “personality”

Ballerian Dreams:

Land &  Sea:

Master Bedroom:

It is time to show my favorite bed again. Although i know i probably will never get a bed like this for the next 10-20 years, I am still happy and excited to see bed with sleek and exotic designs.  Take a look at this “green” bed. Just by looking at the color and unique design, i will take a guess that this bed would worth over $4000.

The NV Adjustable Sleep System offers a perfect blend of form and functionality and enjoys a high gloss finish, drawers for storage under the bed. In the headboard, there is even an iPod docking station. which lets you get the most out of your music from iPod. This bed is designed by one of the most aggressive and acclaimed designer -Karim Rashid

Here is a link to his website where you can find all his current designs:

http://www.karimrashid.com/index.html

I have seen all kinds of platform beds in this market including storage platform beds, canopy platform beds and Japanese platform beds.  These beds vary in terms of styles and functionality.  One bed that caught my eye today is this white round platform bed

Having this bed at home, i would imagine myself sleeping at one of the most expensive hotels in the world. There are no other words to describe this bed  but fancy, fancy, fancy!  You can clearly see the two nightstands mounted on both sides of the bed. These swivel nightstands have chrome posts and wenge round tops providing the perfect place for storage.

While i was doing some research on how to build a platform bed in the most cost-effective way, I found this awesome guide where Heather and John showed us how they spent the afternoon building the platform bed frame. They used materials such as MDF pieces and tools like miter saw and power drill.

The idea is to build 2 frames and stack on top of each other. This picture shows how’s it looked like as a finished piece:

To view the specific steps, you can visit their post here, i do wish they had videotaped the whole process and “youtube” it.

http://www.myfamilylovesit.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/21/how-to-build-a-platform-bed/

The economy seems just getting worse and worse everyday and unemployment rate just kept soaring. As a consumer, there are ways you can save on your furniture and the best way to save is not to buy a cheap one, it is DIY.

A typical platform bed can cost around $400-$2000 from any online vendors. If you find cheaper ones from other countries, you need take shipping and duties into account when looking at the prices posted. Therefore, the best solution for now is to build your own dream platform bed. It can be extremely simple where you don’t even need a headboard and a footboard.  It also depends on comfortable you want your bed to be, you can add a memory foam on top. It can get more complex if you want to add things like headboards, footboards, canopies and storage unit. Keep in mind this will add to the overall cost of building the bed as well. Although there are a lot of free plans around the web today, we do suggest you read this instruction on how to build a bed if you seriously thinking about building one for your family.

Have you ever owned a piece of crystal furniture in your life? I have never had one for myself and I certainly won’t think about one at this point facing the tight credit conditions. People by different styles of furniture based on different philosophies. Some people put more emphasis on functionality while others put more focus on  the look and style.  For anyone who can afford crystal furniture, you can expect some elegance and great looking furniture.