| Buying bedroom furniture? Here are some ideas for | | | | vary outwardly in terms of the sizes listed above. |
| choosing a bed for a contemporary bedroom. | | | | - Daybed. Daybeds are twin beds. What makes them |
| Contemporary Bedroom Furniture: Planning a Bed | | | | special is that they can double as couches if you |
| Don't let your bed be an afterthought. Your bed will | | | | position them against a wall. Being compact and |
| be the most prominent object in your room, so it has | | | | versatile, daybeds are great for small spaces. |
| to go with your bedroom's theme, color-wise, | | | | - Platform. Platform beds are elegantly simple, fitting |
| size-wise, and style-wise. A huge bed in a small room | | | | in with just about any style of decor. |
| will likely look out of place, as would a four-post bed | | | | - Sleigh bed. Sleigh beds have curved headboards and |
| in a room with sleek modern furnishings. | | | | foot boards that look like, well...a sleigh. There are |
| Bed Sizes | | | | simpler and more modern sleigh bed designs, so you |
| The most popular bed sizes are king, queen, twin and | | | | can get one even if you are going for a more |
| the increasingly popular California king. A California king | | | | modern-looking room. |
| is narrow and long, rather than the traditional king | | | | - Four post bed. You know this bed already: it's the |
| bed's square shape. Just make sure you have the | | | | one with a post sticking up out of each corner. The |
| exact dimensions of your bed before you go | | | | posts can support a canopy, but the canopy is |
| mattress shopping, since bed manufacturers | | | | optional. |
| sometimes don't follow the standard bed sizes | | | | - Pencil post bed. Pencil post beds are like four-post |
| exactly. | | | | beds, only the posts are tall and tapered like...well, |
| Bed Styles | | | | pencils. Harking back to their heyday in the 1700s, |
| Don't confuse bed sizes with bed styles. Bed styles | | | | pencil-post beds fit a room with colonial furnishings |
| refer to the headboard and footboard. The basis of | | | | especially well. |
| any bed is still the mattress and frame, which only | | | | |