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icarusI'm having fun here. In no hurry, but I do want to buy a new bed. (Finishing the chairs and the kitchen cabinets will come first, of course.)
So.
*claps*
*rubs hands together* Let's have some fun.
1. Our first contestant has casual mission styling crossed with Asian flair. At 12" off the ground, it's in the mid range of ideal bed heights. It has also the open foot board I require (having tall boyfriends, an open foot board is a must to avoid stubbed toes). It would, of course, have a 6" high quality handmade cotton futon mattress that costs more than the bed (plus shipping) giving it a lower line: 18" with the futon.
Introducing: the Jakarta
The bad? This is the bed WG and I had, so perhaps I don't want to go backward in time.
2. Our next contestant is a quality piece: not just a mahogany stain, but real mahogany wood, with a silky gleaming finish. Buyers tell us that it looks even richer in person. The curved headboard invites pillows and reading in bed. And it's sleek profile is low, lower, lowest, at a mere 9 1/2 inches from the floor: 15 1/2" with the futon. It has the open foot board, as required.
Next up: the Newport Tropical Modern
The bad? The flat edge headboard with the varied length slats... hmm... I don't know about that styling detail.
3. Our third candidate has a nautical feel crossed with a sturdy, rough-hewn cottage sensibility in dark walnut. Second-highest in quality among our candidates. There's an open foot bed and dark wood as required. The bed is adjustable, but upward, not down. It seems to go down to a low line at my mid range of twelve inches, again, 18" with futon.
Behold: the Manhattan
The bad: I can see it with my father's furniture, but I think it's just too heavy looking for my Asian-influenced furniture.
4. Our fourth contestant for your consideration (today) has old world British styling and a light, open headboard, for a dainty, airy feel. It belongs in a 19th century novel with a vase of tulips on a table alongside. There's an open foot board, as required, dark wood, and the bed falls in the mid-range, rising 12" off the floor (also adjustable, but up, not down), 18" with the futon.
Charmed, I'm sure: the Windsor
The bad? The details of this bed are not refined. There's a visible peg in each leg, and a squared off look to the larger side rails. It's less expensive than the others, but it also looks it.
5. Our fifth and final option for your delectation is the most stylistically interesting, and of course, the most expensive. It's hard wood with an eye-catching Asian design to the open headboard. Very unusual, and elsewhere I find it listed at $1,300 to 2,700, so this is a deal. It does have a footboard, however, and requires a box spring so would be higher than I'd like. The website is most uninformative, alas, but it is listed as low profile and seems to be a similar height from the floor as my other options.
Announcing: the Tribecca
The bad? It's hard to set aside the general Asian cool of this bed, and the foot board might be worth the risk (it is low), but requiring a box spring? I dunno. The main problem, naturally, is the price. Youch.
So.
*claps*
*rubs hands together* Let's have some fun.
1. Our first contestant has casual mission styling crossed with Asian flair. At 12" off the ground, it's in the mid range of ideal bed heights. It has also the open foot board I require (having tall boyfriends, an open foot board is a must to avoid stubbed toes). It would, of course, have a 6" high quality handmade cotton futon mattress that costs more than the bed (plus shipping) giving it a lower line: 18" with the futon.
Introducing: the Jakarta
The bad? This is the bed WG and I had, so perhaps I don't want to go backward in time.
2. Our next contestant is a quality piece: not just a mahogany stain, but real mahogany wood, with a silky gleaming finish. Buyers tell us that it looks even richer in person. The curved headboard invites pillows and reading in bed. And it's sleek profile is low, lower, lowest, at a mere 9 1/2 inches from the floor: 15 1/2" with the futon. It has the open foot board, as required.
Next up: the Newport Tropical Modern
The bad? The flat edge headboard with the varied length slats... hmm... I don't know about that styling detail.
3. Our third candidate has a nautical feel crossed with a sturdy, rough-hewn cottage sensibility in dark walnut. Second-highest in quality among our candidates. There's an open foot bed and dark wood as required. The bed is adjustable, but upward, not down. It seems to go down to a low line at my mid range of twelve inches, again, 18" with futon.
Behold: the Manhattan
The bad: I can see it with my father's furniture, but I think it's just too heavy looking for my Asian-influenced furniture.
4. Our fourth contestant for your consideration (today) has old world British styling and a light, open headboard, for a dainty, airy feel. It belongs in a 19th century novel with a vase of tulips on a table alongside. There's an open foot board, as required, dark wood, and the bed falls in the mid-range, rising 12" off the floor (also adjustable, but up, not down), 18" with the futon.
Charmed, I'm sure: the Windsor
The bad? The details of this bed are not refined. There's a visible peg in each leg, and a squared off look to the larger side rails. It's less expensive than the others, but it also looks it.
5. Our fifth and final option for your delectation is the most stylistically interesting, and of course, the most expensive. It's hard wood with an eye-catching Asian design to the open headboard. Very unusual, and elsewhere I find it listed at $1,300 to 2,700, so this is a deal. It does have a footboard, however, and requires a box spring so would be higher than I'd like. The website is most uninformative, alas, but it is listed as low profile and seems to be a similar height from the floor as my other options.
Announcing: the Tribecca
The bad? It's hard to set aside the general Asian cool of this bed, and the foot board might be worth the risk (it is low), but requiring a box spring? I dunno. The main problem, naturally, is the price. Youch.
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Date: 2012-10-16 07:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-16 08:05 am (UTC)The second one has been weighing on my mind, especially how pleased the people who've bought it have been.
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Date: 2012-10-16 08:10 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-10-16 11:18 am (UTC)... and now I'm looking at =all the beds= (bed-shopping is completely foreign to my life, I haven't ever owned a bed... some of them are pretty!) What do you do in a bed? Do you sit up to read? Do you need bars for handcuffs, or a shelf for your glasses and a glass of water? Do bookshelves over your head make you feel nervous?...
Whoa, there's a bed-making company called Hooker Furniture! This is fascinating!
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Date: 2012-10-16 11:28 am (UTC)http://www.cymax.com/Modus-NEW18-xxF-Newport-Low-Profile-Sleigh-Bed.htm for bright colors
http://www.cymax.com/American-Drew-Sterling-Pointe-Panel-Bed-Cherry-181-31XCR.htm for light, bright, and white
(I mean, I have no idea what your color scheme is, but I think the heavy navy stripes on that bed do it no favors.)
Some of these beds are mind-boggling! White leather platform beds! Four poster beds! Wow. *mind, blown*
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Date: 2012-10-16 03:21 pm (UTC)It's a small basement apartment. Most of my current furniture is dark wood transitional style, Asian influenced (some cherry, some mahogany finish). I have a separate bedroom, but I'm using that as an office/prayer room.
Thus the bed is in a studio-like livingroom, bedroom, dining/kitchen area. So what I get has to go with everything else.
In addition to just enjoying the beds as separate pieces, I'm also envisioning them in this space. I like #3, but when I say heavy-looking, I mean that it probably dominates the space too much. If it were in a bedroom without the studio effect, it would work.
Actually, the first bed, the Jakarta, probably has the same problem.
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Date: 2012-10-16 03:43 pm (UTC)I definitely need a headboard (in feng shui that represents financial stability), something with no edges for me to bang my head against.
I tend to:
a) sit up and read,
b) sit up and watch TV, and
c) sit up and do my morning practice in bed
... so something that allows me to sit up in bed is necessary.
I prefer no bookshelves or storage under the bed, as in feng shui, clutter affects ones ability to sleep and I have enough insomnia as it is.
I wish to avoid fabric headboards, as they wear out/get dirty over time.
I like wood, dislike metal. Metal (what I currently have in a borrowed bed) you reach out and touch something coooolllllld in the middle of the night, which causes me to curl up in an uncomfortable ball (especially when a cat or other friendly co-occupant has moved me closer to the sides/edge/headboard).
My wood in my apartment is all dark wood.
I prefer low line beds with a custom futon to keep them even lower to the ground. That has to do with the whole "doing practice first thing in the morning" thing. Also, in my apartment, the bed has to be as unobtrusive as possible since even the double bed is a little large for the space. The low line helps that.
I'd like the bed to be the same height as the seats of most of my furniture, about 13" off the floor.
The bed at some point in the future will be in its own bedroom, so it has to be attractive in and of itself. Which is what I'm asking for help with here, crowd sourcing impressions. And also, well, shopping is fun, isn't it? :D
I do like #3. I'll take a second look at it.
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Date: 2012-10-16 01:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-16 06:05 pm (UTC)I have a bed similar to No. 2 as in the headboard curves slightly inward. I like it because to me that makes for a more comfortable backrest when sitting up than a straight head board. And the colour is gorgeous.
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Date: 2012-10-17 01:45 am (UTC)