I've had my current double bed and bedframe for the last 10 years + since my early 20's.
Now i am in my 30's and can afford a new setup, was wondering if anyone had great reccomendations for a bedframe, budget is not too much of an issue. As i prefer a quality product which i won't have to rebuy for another 10 years.
Any reccomnedations OzB?
Anything but Fantastic Furniture lol. Ikea has fairly solid bed frames, but if you want better quality, any major retailer like harvey norman, domayne etc are good
Harvey Norman? Surely you jest!
move along
OZ Design Furniture is really nice.
You can also get matching bedside tables, a tallboy etc. That way it looks like a bedroom suite and matching.
Do you want wood or iron? Storage or not fussed? Minimalist or chunky? Plain, everday colours or something funky?
timeless design, one that doesnt squeek when doing the dirty and also something modern looking?
In that case ikea is not for you
The so-called "zero gravity" adjustable bed bases look interesting. Anybody got one? I see them advertised all the time in the Daily Errorgraph Harvey Norman ads. Sealy ones in that case but plenty of others available too. Tempur for the more dollars than sense type customer.
Oh, I see Bunnings even has them.
I've just had a look for Tempur bed base prices at Harvey Norman.
"Price on request"
If you have to ask you can't afford it, ha ha ha.
Get a hardwood timber bed frame and never have to worry about getting another bed frame again. They are built to last and are timeless in design
Mine is a Tasmanian Blackwood bed-set because I like that style of hardwood. There are loads of options depending on the type of wood that you like
Where would i find something like this though? I'm quite clueless
Depends on where you are and your budget.
Generally specialty furniture stores will stock them. Buy a classical type bed set and it will never go out of style because it’s hardwood. It’s pricey upfront but you won’t be replacing them in a hurry/ever.
I have this brand which I got from 40 winks, the Cobar is mine but the pics don’t don’t do it justice because it doesn’t capture the graining in the wood:
https://astrafurniture.com.au/
I bought it 12 years ago in my late 20’s and have no desire to change it. The bed still looks and feels new.
From a google search this is another place that has them, can’t comment about the quality but these beds will never go out of style:
https://www.iconbydesign.com.au/bedroom/bed-frames/
If you are looking at hardwoods spend some time
In furniture stores to see what types of woods that you like. The attractiveness of these are in the colour and grain of the wood, not the design of the bed
Temple and Webster have decent selection of bed frames ranging in price. Mine is a grey fabric with a bedhead and storage on the side and front of the frame, was about $850 with delivery. Took me about 5 hours to assemble.
For mattresses check out Sleep Republic, we have their Queen for a few years now and it is very good. I reckon upgrade from a Double size to a Queen :-)
Consider an ensemble plus bedhead. Browse the interiors mags and see that beautiful people and the hotel/accommodation sector all source ensembles
Quokka.
The Koala bed frame isn't stylish (well one of them) but it's the most solid bed I've ever seen. No creaking. Builds in about 5 mins no screws or pieces.
I was looking at the Koala bed, its expensive, do you currently have it?
Yes we have this one “timber bed base” at one of our properties.
There are usually codes you can find to discount the frame.
It never creaks or makes noise. Pretty decent. We have it on a rug.
Buy a queen bed while you are at it. Unless you are very short I guess.
milk crates and cable ties for the base.
I like the IKEA bed frames because they have a solid steel supporting beam through the middle of the frame. My metal IKEA bed frame is now 15 years old and still going strong, even after a lot of bedtime action and after moving house 3 times. Most structurally sound bed frame I've ever used. In comparison, a wooden bed frame I got from Super AMart in the past only lasted 2 or 3 years, and never felt very structurally sound.
For a mattress, I favour any decent spring mattress, with a separate memory foam topper, and some kind of cooling layer (e.g. gel) on top of the memory foam.
The topper(s) not only provides comfort, it also keeps your mattress clean (will last longer), while the topper can be vacuumed once a month to get rid of dust mites.
I don’t believe the “bedtime action” part of your story (unless the action you refer to is quietly sleeping). I have an ikea base in the spare room, and boy do I know.
By “base”, do you mean “frame”?
Yes. And the mattress is Ikea as well actually (which probably doesn't help).
For mattresses, get a mattress in a box — Noa/Eva/Ecosa are all good, but there are dozens of other stores — ideally make sure they offer a month trial. If you have the money, I would buy another https://www.sleepingduck.com/ in a flash, but they are at a higher level of quality/value/price, 100% better value anything you will find in department stores or HarveyNorman / 40Winks / Snooze.
The easiest bed frame to assemble, take apart and reassemble is always going to be a solid timber with all-bolted connections, second is an upholstered or paint finish MDF bedbase, but they don't last a very long time, last choice would be generic flatpack furniture like Ikea / Fantastic Furniture / Temple and Webster, whislt their quality is all very similar Ikea assembly on most of their bed frames is a nightmare, due to the extra bracing that is very difficult to put on, we would never buy Ikea bedframes again.
You can find solid timber at https://focusonfurniture.com.au/ or if you're on a budget https://b2cfurniture.com.au/ (Koala-style bedframes but more reasonably priced).
For MDF I would look at Temple and Webster, they have a huge range (it's actually a marketplace like Kogan, and includes a lot of the same product you find at Bunnings and other smaller furniture retailers).
This is what i needed, thank you very much
King Furniture if you really want to splurge, otherwise Ikea is good enough if you're not after something of a fancy design (I prefer simple designs myself).