Do you like this bed? PIP

[McGavin]

I think we are going to order this bed this weekend.  We have a really small bedroom so I thought a metal headboard might keep it more open looking.  

Thoughts on it?

[sailorgray]

Yes, very much.

[sailorgray]

Ikea has these beds, too, which I LOVE:



www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S79889566/



www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S49849973/

[Deleted]

I have a similar one in our guestroom and like it. It seems to "go" with a lot of different styles/stuff.

[McGavin]

If I order it I'm only getting the headboard, our room is too small for the footboard. It's seriously tiny. You know when on House Hunters, the girl is always saying "Oh this walk in closet is big enough for my clothes but not my H's, ha, ha!" The closet is always bigger than my bedroom :^)

It's square room with two small windows.

[TBM]

I love it, but we have a very similar bed that is a family heirloom. 

It is very versatile.  We have mixed ours with every style of furniture under the sun, had it against an accent wall, hung fabric behind it, left the wall plain behind it....you name it. 

[kristilynnmy]

I likey and it's classic looking so I think you will like it for a long long time.

[auntie]

I like it a lot.

Iron beds are great because they play nicely with a lot of different kinds of furniture and in all kinds of settings.

[teeah22]

I like it. I have something similar in my guest room (headboard only) that I found on Craigslist for $25.

[Deleted]

I like it too! There's one at a local furniture store here I'm debating getting to break up our somewhat dated bedroom set a bit. I'm just waiting for a sale though. It's a bit spendy for what it is there right now.

[McGavin]

Jan 31, 2013 14:41:51 GMT -5 TBM said:

I love it, but we have a very similar bed that is a family heirloom. 

It is very versatile.  We have mixed ours with every style of furniture under the sun, had it against an accent wall, hung fabric behind it, left the wall plain behind it....you name it. 

I'd really love an old tarnished brass one. I have seen some gorgeous ones on CL but they are usually for doubles or 3/4 beds and H moves around too much at night for me to give up our queen mattress.

[TBM]

Jan 31, 2013 14:50:02 GMT -5 McGavin said:

Jan 31, 2013 14:41:51 GMT -5 TBM said:

I love it, but we have a very similar bed that is a family heirloom. 

It is very versatile.  We have mixed ours with every style of furniture under the sun, had it against an accent wall, hung fabric behind it, left the wall plain behind it....you name it. 

I'd really love an old tarnished brass one. I have seen some gorgeous ones on CL but they are usually for doubles or 3/4 beds and H moves around too much at night for me to give up our queen mattress.

We actually wanted an old brass bed but couldn't find one that we loved or could afford at the time.  One day we were visiting my grandmother, and on the way to the car we realized that there were several iron beds leaning against the wall of her garden (like trellises), so we asked her about them.   She couldn't understand why we wanted a rusty old bed, but told us to pick one out and if we came in and got her she would tell us about it.  It turns out that my father was born in that bed. 

Good thing we are good with a full size bed, because it is the only bed frame we have had for the past 35 years, and neither of us is willing to change that....ever.  Prior to that our mattress set was on the floor.

[McGavin]

Jan 31, 2013 15:35:46 GMT -5 TBM said:

Jan 31, 2013 14:50:02 GMT -5 McGavin said:

I'd really love an old tarnished brass one. I have seen some gorgeous ones on CL but they are usually for doubles or 3/4 beds and H moves around too much at night for me to give up our queen mattress.

We actually wanted an old brass bed but couldn't find one that we loved or could afford at the time.  One day we were visiting my grandmother, and on the way to the car we realized that there were several iron beds leaning against the wall of her garden (like trellises), so we asked her about them.   She couldn't understand why we wanted a rusty old bed, but told us to pick one out and if we came in and got her she would tell us about it.  It turns out that my father was born in that bed. 

Good thing we are good with a full size bed, because it is the only bed frame we have had for the past 35 years, and neither of us is willing to change that....ever.  Prior to that our mattress set was on the floor.

That's cool!  

[downtoearth]

Jan 31, 2013 14:41:50 GMT -5 McGavin said:

If I order it I'm only getting the headboard, our room is too small for the footboard. It's seriously tiny. You know when on House Hunters, the girl is always saying "Oh this walk in closet is big enough for my clothes but not my H's, ha, ha!" The closet is always bigger than my bedroom :^)

It's square room with two small windows.

I like it and our last house sounds like yours.  I like it best with the head and foot boards, but just the headboard is cute too. 

We had a super-shiny brass one that I painted white and we are planning to use in the basement guest bedroom as soon as we get a new bed ourselves.  DH hasn't let me use it yet b/c it doesn't fit the mid-century modern bedroom stuff we have really. 

[TBM]

Jan 31, 2013 15:58:09 GMT -5 downtoearth said:

I like it and our last house sounds like yours.  I like it best with the head and foot boards, but just the headboard is cute too. 

We had a super-shiny brass one that I painted white and we are planning to use in the basement guest bedroom as soon as we get a new bed ourselves.  DH hasn't let me use it yet b/c it doesn't fit the mid-century modern bedroom stuff we have really. 

That hasn't stopped us.  It takes a bit of effort, but we've managed to mix ours with every style.  We have another iron bed from CL that is even more Victorian looking than ours, a bit frillier, and we are putting it in a guest room with MCM furniture.  I love to mix things up anyway, ( think it is more interesting), but it turned out not to be as weird as we thought it might be.   I think the color of the bed (we paint ours at whim) and the right bedding really helps.