Poll: Strange Question About Bed Frames (Globally)

[Frezzato]

I'm curious about bed frames around the world. Here in America, one of the most common, if not the most common type of frame is this horrifying monstrosity:

Spoiler: Horrifying Monstrosity

Horrifying Monstrosity
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You can spend $3,000 on a mattress, but if you choose not to get some special bed frame, you get stuck with this tetanus puzzle box (assembly required). Once assembled, it lies in wait for your feet. These frames are universally painted brown, like dried blood, and while the ends are capped off with cheap pieces of plastic, there are many, many areas [b]underneath[/b] the frame that seem to have been hand-sharpened by an experienced cutlery employee (for illustrative purposes I'll say that it's a master sharpener formally employed by Fiskars):
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Knife Bed
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So after cutting my right foot, twice now in as many days, I got to wondering just how many countries around the world have been infected with this repurposed Nazi technology.

Honestly, I would replace mine but I really don't have the money now. I've been thinking of blocking the gap under my bed somehow, so I'm also open to friendly suggestions for that as well.

 

[Thaluikhain]

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Um...ok. I expect people to voice a stereotype about people from the US being weird.

CAP: of course

Though, that works well with anything.

 

[Jamash]

Is that it?

I mean, is that all there is to the frame and you're suppose to put the mattress on top of that?

If so, where's the support for the bulk of the mattress in the middle of the bed?

It looks like it would just sag in the middle without proper support.

 

[Armadox]

Is that it?

I mean, is that all there is to the frame and you're suppose to put the mattress on top of that?

If so, where's the support for the bulk of the mattress in the middle of the bed?

It looks like it would just sag in the middle without proper support.

The support comes from the box spring, which is basically just another bed designed to be made entirely out of wood. Personally I don't see the point in a bed frame. I put the box spring on the floor and two mattresses on top of it. It works very well.

As for the op's frame, you don't get to complain til you try to sleep on a murphy bed. There is nothing worse then that...

 

[FalloutJack]

I have one similar to this. They don't design 'em for elegance. They design them for easy-adjustment with the wheels and being less cumbersome.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

I live in the US and I've never had a bed frame like that. I've also never used a box spring. All my bed frames have been made of wood with support struts in the middle to support the mattress. I always buy my bed frame and mattress for maximum comfort and style because there's nothing worse than skimping on something that you spend roughly 1/3 to 1/4 of your life using.

 

[Rolaoi]

I used one like that as a kid. It wasn't a choice at the time.

Today, I use a hammock.

 

[KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime]

It's bed frames like these that make me pay a carpenter for my four posters. Are they god awful expensive? Yes. But it's worth the cost for a bed that makes me feel like a princess.

 

[Pirate Of PC Master race]

Bah, just wrap each sharp sides with 1 meter of... i don't know, duct tape or something.

 

[CrystalShadow]

Bed frame? let's see. I had one matress resting directly on the... matress-like object (same shape, but not soft), which I had on the floor. (it has little feet).

A bed frame would have been redundant.

That aside, the most common thing I see when I see actual bed frames is the standard frame with wooden slats on it. These come in metal or wood, (though the beams along the length of the bed are usually metal), and have a wide variety of designs, but typically have a head and foot section that hold up the bit in the middle that the matress rests on.

I currently have an all metal one that resembles victorian wrought-iron fencing. It sits on 4 round legs, and there's not so much as a sharp corner on it anywhere. It is however powder-coated in white (with gold accents), but the shape is what you typically expect to see from wrought iron fences and gates, that are slightly ornate, but not extremely elaborate.

 

[Jux]

OP, get a wooden head and footboard with side rails, problem solved.

 

[llubtoille]

Is that it?

I mean, is that all there is to the frame and you're suppose to put the mattress on top of that?

If so, where's the support for the bulk of the mattress in the middle of the bed?

It looks like it would just sag in the middle without proper support.

I can only guess / hope there are wooden slats going from side to side to support the mattress.

 

[AuldMan]

These are cheap enough to offer "free" with purchase, they have wheels so the bed is mobile and most people don't think about replacing these terrible monstrosities. Wooden bed frames are stronger, don't sag and don't creak. We made out own way back when and it was worth it.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I've always used either a pretty old wooden bed frame or no bed frame at all (just mattresses on top of each other), so no.

 

[Vicarious Reality]

And i thought my bedframe was bad...

Mine looks like this without the holes

 

[Demagogue]

Oh hey... yeah I have those frames for my beds... as others have said, a wooden headboard / footboard and you'll be safe and sound.

I think I've only cut myself on them 2-3 times in my life time.

 

[KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime]

Bed frame? let's see. I had one matress resting directly on the... matress-like object (same shape, but not soft), which I had on the floor. (it has little feet).

The term you're looking for there is box spring.

 

[f1r2a3n4k5]

My mattress is directly on the floor. What I lose in storage space, I make up for in "bad interior decorator" points. And also $50.

 

[DanielBrown]

Never seen a bed frame like that.
From my own experience I've always had beds with nothing more than four wooden blockpolelegs to raise it up a bit. Other than that I can only remember seeing the wood fram pictured a few posts back. Currently I got nothing at all, so my bed is at floor level. Had to be done as my cat loved to sleep underneath the bed and the legs were getting more and more unstable...