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gypsyheart	WOT: What kind of bed do you have? Platform bed vs. traditional mattress and box springs		Lead	[-]
Posts: 2588 Jul 1 11 2:02 PM	Remove this ad Ok, so I am shopping for a new bed. I am torn between a platform style or a traditional mattress and box spring. Any rants/raves? My style is quite eclectic, I like a mix of modern and traditional, and I love Pottery Barn and Crate and Barrel equally if that makes sense. Danish modern/mid-centry modern would be my preferred antiques if I collected vintage stuff. My first idea was the Crate and Barrel Porto metal bed but I am waffling between it and the Valencia II sleigh bed from Pottery Barn. I don't want to have to use a dust ruffle though so that is limiting my choices. And I don't want a high foot board like a traditional sleigh bed. So much to choose from out there. So, what kind of bed do you have? ~fair skin (BE 1 or 1.2), blue eyes, dark ash brown hair~
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Emeraldcity2		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2097 Jul 1 11 4:50 PM	I actually have the Porto Metal bed and the Porto day bed so I have mattresses and box springs. I like the metal bed because of the versatility for decorating. I am a Pottery Barn, Crate N Barrel person too! LOL I do have a dust ruffle, but that is because I have a down comforter and duvet. "Are you jumping, or am I under medicated?" Don't let your mind wander. It's too small to be out by itself. You are never to old to learn something stupid.
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vampygirl13		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3779 Jul 1 11 5:22 PM	We have a Serta tempurpedic type bed. I think it might be Vera Wang? We got it mainly for DH's back since he stands all day at work. We LOVE it and they always seem to have a sale on these. vampygirl13 aka Adventures in Missyland Melissa: fine hair that constantly changes color (coppery red at the moment), blue-gray eyes, PPP with acne-prone skin and rosacea. My fave brands are MAC and NARS and I love minerals! Crazy for vintage and pinup looks.
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melissawow		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1146 Jul 1 11 5:28 PM	We have a sleigh bed with slats - sort of like this but with a high footboard - http://www.csnstores.com/Cresent-Furniture-Modern-Shaker-Slat-Sleigh-Bed-in-Oiled-Cherry-CEU1085.html?refid=FR49-CEU1085 I do a lot of reading in bed, so having something a comfortable headboard was important to me - I don't like the slats or spindles too far apart. Ursula has had a platform bed and now bunks, so she's never had a box spring. I've slept in her platform bed and it was really comfortable. Have you looked at West Elm? We got her platform bed there - the are a PB company that is more Crate-ish. Ikea sells slats, so you could use them to convert most any bed to a platform, though the headboard might be out of scale on some beds since they're made to accomodate a box spring (heightwise).
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abby panel		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1453 Jul 1 11 5:42 PM	We had a platform bed for 29 years. We decided to try a box spring and mattress. Though I love my headboard we hate the box spring mattress combo. Soon I hope to get another platform bed. "Don't yell at a tree" S.L.Silver M.D.
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RainyBC		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 4030 Jul 1 11 6:02 PM	Platform with a really firm foam mattress. Our bed is a late 1920's deco bird's eye maple and we LOVE it.
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lipsticklady		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 679 Jul 1 11 9:33 PM	We have a Tempurpedic bed and I wouldn't give it up for the world!! I LOVE my bed! Box spring (actually 2 single size oned) under our king size mattress. Sounds pretty big, but we have to share it with at least one of our silly dogs. haha
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Kathy in Vancouver		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 433 Jul 1 11 10:06 PM	We have Pottery Barn's Sumatra platform bed and love it! It is very well built and goes so well with our Natura latex mattress We used to have a box spring/coil mattress but after having tried the platform/latex mattress, I would never go back! I love the gnarly wood on the Sumatra bed...sooo gorgeous! Plus, it is low enough for our 19 yr old arthritic cat to jump up on Edited to add link: http://www.potterybarn.co...ey=cwood-beds-headboards PPP with fairly neutral coloring. Hazel eyes and light brown hair with gold and red highlights. Sensitive skin with oily T-zone. Prone to breakouts.
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JoGirl		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1308 Jul 1 11 10:43 PM	I have what we call an ensomble here - a boxy part on the bottom and a big mattress with a pillow-top on that. I love my bed. With that style you need a bedhead. My Dad is clever with metal and made it from my late Grandmothers TV antena and painted it black. I have all cream bed linen, build-in warbrobes and mid colour wood bedside tables and chest of draws. You do know buying a new bed is very good for your love life !!!!!
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Kirsten GoIrish		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1544 Jul 2 11 5:55 AM	Remove this ad Mattress and box spring here, in a dark cherry sleigh bed. When DH and I moved in together last year, we went with his Sealy mattress set, which is firmer and pillow topped on only one side, and donated my Sealy double-pillow topped Whittington. I loved that mattress beyond all reason-- it was so luxurious, comfortable, and soft. But it was also more than 12 years old, and DH complained about back pain when he slept on it. I still miss it.
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mercurygirl17		#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1060 Jul 4 11 11:45 AM	I have an Ethan Allen four-poster canopy bed in cherry. I've had it for 15 years and have had the mattress and box spring for as long, so they're due for replacement. I'm thinking about a 100-percent latex set after reading lots of Q&As on the Penn Live mattress blog. I enjoy being up high off the floor when I'm in bed -- plus, it creates lots of storage room underneath. Funny coincidence that a couple of you have the C&B Porto bed -- my brother just bought that one, and it was delivered this past weekend when I was at his house! Sci/Art True Summer, MAC NW20
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EricaV123		#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1107 Jul 5 11 7:49 PM	I uh, am sleeping on a 20 year old twin box spring and mattress, on a basic metal frame. What can I say, I'm a broke college grad, and my parents let me have it for my first apartment. =p So maybe I have no place in giving my two cents, but I think I'd prefer the boxspring to a platform. Beds are so particular, it depends so much on what you like.
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gypsyheart		#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2588 Jul 5 11 8:13 PM	Thanks everyone for giving me stuff to think about! The idea of a comfy headboard to lean against for reading is appealing, as is the versatility of the Porto bed. And I was eyeing the Sumatra bed as well because it is really beautiful. The latest dilemma is that it seems my existing queen bed will not fit comfortably into the guest bedroom. I can make it work but it really would be better with a double bed. I am thinking of ordering the Camden slipcovered headboard from Ballard Designs (it is on sale right now) to use with my existing mattress/box spring combo in the master bedroom- since I am the most indecisive Libra ever the slipcover style will allow me to change the fabric at a whim. I would have to still use a dust ruffle but that would give me some place to hide storage (even though that is bad feng shui I know!). Still lots more to consider but it is fun looking at catalogs and blogs and getting ideas. I really like some of the West Elm headboards but have read reviews on Apartment Therapy that the beds themselves tend to break with certain activities ~fair skin (BE 1 or 1.2), blue eyes, dark ash brown hair~
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Laurie I Am		#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3298 Jul 6 11 3:49 AM	I'm sleeping on a 15 year old box spring and mattress set. On top is a separate 4 inch thick memory foam topper. ~~~ Laurie ~~~ (I use to have 4472 posts)
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mercurygirl17		#14	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1060 Jul 6 11 4:29 PM	gypsyheart wrote: I would have to still use a dust ruffle but that would give me some place to hide storage (even though that is bad feng shui I know!). I know!! I resisted underbed storage for years, for that very reason. Then last Christmas, after I moved to an apartment with one fewer closet, my sister forced the issue by giving me two plastic underbed storage boxes on wheels. I hope the feng shui powers that be will give me a pass on this one. Sci/Art True Summer, MAC NW20
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OlgaH		#15	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2113 Jul 6 11 6:48 PM	Kirsten GoIrish wrote: Mattress and box spring here, in a dark cherry sleigh bed. same here and DH HATES it. When we downsized we took our daughter's room for ourselves. She was away in school and our bedroom set (which was a platform) was a lot older. Now she's getting her own apartment, so she's taking her set with her and we're going back to a low, platform bed
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karattop		#16	[url]	[-]
Posts: 548 Jul 7 11 1:53 AM	We have a similar bed as Mellissawow & ours also has a tall footboard. Like the photo in her link, we do not have a dust ruffle. I love how light moves under the bed. We store things under the bed but only in the center so you can't see the stuff unless you look. Our mattress and box spring are Select Comfort, which we love.
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Donna Panel		#17	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3669 Jul 9 11 1:18 PM	Remove this ad We've always had a mattress and box spring, but are very seriously considering going to a platform bed soon. Fair w/yellow undertones, MAC C2, skin normal in winter, oily in summer, copper red hair, olive green eyes.
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