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n. furniture intended for use in a bedroom
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Bedroom furniture, sometimes called a bedroom set or bedroom suite consists of a group of furniture in a bedroom or sleeping quarters. Pieces of furniture referred to as bedroom furniture usually include: beds, wardrobes, dressers, chests, nightstands, armoires, vanities, trunks, and mirrors. There are also many variations of these pieces as furniture styles have changed through time and as individual manufacturers have put their own spin on them.
Bedroom furniture is predominantly made of wood, but many bed frames are made of various metals as well. Bed frames include but are not limited to bed rails, foot-boards and head-boards. Foot-boards and head-boards are usually made up of a few materials including wood, leather, paint & other various fabrics. Steel or iron is usually used for bed rails.
Bed frames are most commonly built with support for a head-board (sometimes the foot-board as well). Knock down fittings are usually used for locking in the bed rails and frames to the bed posts. Knock down fittings are very easy to take apart. A few types of knock down fittings include:
- Hook with pin fastener: mortise slots are cut in a vertical manner
- Hook with plate fastener: eye plates are used instead of pins
- Bed bolts: bolts are drilled into the holes in bed posts for fastening
Types of Beds Available
- Air Beds
- Bunk Beds
- Cabin Beds
- Canopy (Four Poster) Beds
- Divan Beds
- Feather Beds
- Futons
- Hammocks
- Loft Beds
- Murphy (Wall) Beds
- Platform Beds
- Sleep Number Bed
- Sleeping Bags
- Sleigh Beds
- Sofa Beds
- Space Saving Beds
- Trundle Beds
- Water Beds
Chart of Bed Sizes
Though the bed sizes explained in the following bed sizes chart may vary in different countries, cultures and even in different parts of the same country, the chart is an effort to provide standard information about various bed sizes.
American Mattress Sizes
Name
Width
Length
Space Per Person
Reviews
Standard Bunk
39"
75"
39" x 75"
Small, for one adult or child; good selection for school-age children; upper and lower.
Narrow Bunk
36"
75"
36" x 75"
Small, for one child; good for pre-teens; upper and lower.
Twin / Single
39"
75"
39" x 75"
Small, for one adult; good for guest accommodations.
Twin Extra Long
39"
80"
39" x 80"
Bed linens can be difficult to locate and purchase.
Full / Double
54"
75"
27" x 75"
Wide enough for a large adult or two small adults.
Queen
60"
80"
30" x 80"
Best selection for two adults but possibly too small for some.
California Queen
60"
84"
30" x 84"
4 inches longer than standard Queen.
Expanded Queen
66"
80"
33" x 80"
6 inches wider than standard Queen.
Super Queen
66"
80"
33" x 80"
6 inches wider than standard Queen, also thicker.
King
76"
80"
38" x 80"
Standard King.
California King
60"
84"
30" x 84"
Not as wide but longer than a standard King.
Grand King
80"
98"
40" x 98"
For really large and tall people.
British Mattress Sizes
Name
Width
Length
Space Per Person
Reviews
Single
36"
75"
36" x 75"
Small, for one adult; good for guest accommodations.
Bunk
36"
75"
36" x 75"
Small, for one adult or child; upper and lower.
Double
54"
75"
27" x 75"
Wide enough for a large adult or two small adults.
King
60"
78"
30" x 78"
Wide enough for two adults.
Super King
72"
78"
36" x 78"
Large enough for two adults; good for guest accommodations.
One of the common traits of quality bedroom furniture is drawers fashioned together using a method called dovetailing or English dovetailing. This method involves the interlocking of two pieces of wood, usually at a right angle.
More modern methods make use of materials such as MDF (medium density fiberboard) finished with a covering that mimics exotic and rare timbers. Man made materials such as these are often described as "The saviours of the rain forests" as they satisfy a need for quality and beauty without using the planet's valuable resources.
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Usage examples of "bedroom furniture".
The unmatched suite of bedroom furniture, cheap and scarred, might have been purchased at a thrift shop.
For a long time she lay there, stiff, staring at the dark and newly ominous shapes of the bedroom furniture and at the window, where incompletely drawn draperies revealed a band of glass silvered by a fall of moonlight and by the rising beams of streetlamps below.
Worse still, in his opinion, was the bedroom furniture: chests and tables with cold marble tops, a platform rocker too dainty in scale, and an enormous headboard of dark wood, intricately designed and reaching almost to the ceiling.
Every wardrobe was full, the bedroom furniture was heaped with fabric, and dresses hung from temporary stands.
At the top of the stairs he manoeuvred past several items of bedroom furniture, and opened one of the several doors that he was presented with.
He'd already reduced most of his bedroom furniture to kindling, and the plasterboard walls weren't holding up real well either.
We'll get your bedroom furniture, and that way there'll plenty of room for you and the baby when it comes.
She had already given away all the dishes in his flat, made the silver kosher by boiling it, and brought from Haifa her bedroom furniture to replace Yael's.