Why Platform Beds Deserve Your Attention
Need more reasons to ask your designer to custom-build a platform bed for your room? Here are six
Chiquit Brammall
28 November 2019
Houzz Singapore Editor. Architect-turned-design journalist. Serial renter and wannabe-minimalist.
Houzz Singapore Editor. Architect-turned-design journalist. Serial renter and wannabe-minimalist.... More
1. It creates extra storage
Possibly the most common reason that homeowners go for a built-in platform is that they need more storage. Building a platform over drawers allows the same footprint to cover two functions: the sleep space and additional storage.
Possibly the most common reason that homeowners go for a built-in platform is that they need more storage. Building a platform over drawers allows the same footprint to cover two functions: the sleep space and additional storage.
2. It’s child-friendly
Children are prone to rolling off their beds, so many parents eschew a traditional bed frame for a mattress placed on the floor, or in this case, the platform.
3. It automatically delineates zones
Whether you’re separating the study from the sleep space, or some other function, a platform is a physical boundary signifying a change in function or use of the space. In this room, a study desk is incorporated in the platform’s design, and the step-and-a-half up to the beds signals the change of zones in the room.
Children are prone to rolling off their beds, so many parents eschew a traditional bed frame for a mattress placed on the floor, or in this case, the platform.
3. It automatically delineates zones
Whether you’re separating the study from the sleep space, or some other function, a platform is a physical boundary signifying a change in function or use of the space. In this room, a study desk is incorporated in the platform’s design, and the step-and-a-half up to the beds signals the change of zones in the room.
4. Bedding won’t touch the floor
Neat freak? A platform keeps your sheets securely abovefoot, so that they’re not in the way when you’re cleaning the floor.
Neat freak? A platform keeps your sheets securely abovefoot, so that they’re not in the way when you’re cleaning the floor.
5. It makes a space cosier and more intimate
A platform automatically decreases the distance between the top of the bed and the ceiling. This gives you the feeling of a lower ceiling, which exudes a cosier, more intimate ambience.
Find a design professional for your platform bed
A platform automatically decreases the distance between the top of the bed and the ceiling. This gives you the feeling of a lower ceiling, which exudes a cosier, more intimate ambience.
Find a design professional for your platform bed
6. It allows for some serious customisation
Check out this cleverly designed pop-up table emerging from the platform. Instant breakfast-in-bed nook, or a tuck-away work-in-bed desk.
Check out this cleverly designed pop-up table emerging from the platform. Instant breakfast-in-bed nook, or a tuck-away work-in-bed desk.
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Do you have or are thinking of having a platform bed? What are the pros or cons for you? Let us know in the Comments section.
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so very nice disinig
I had designed a platform bed as part of my portfolio while in college, and my professor had given me a big fat ZERO. His reasoning was if a person using a platform bed got up in the middle of the night to take a leak would most likely trip and fall. This was about 30 odd years back.