| You can see platform beds in home decor | | | | untreated mattress. As you may know, traditional |
| magazines, in interior design plans and even in | | | | box spring mattresses are potent, with their |
| prototypes developed for green housing. The | | | | petroleum-based polyester, polyurethane, nylon, |
| rooms containing a platform bed are usually | | | | formaldehyde, perfluorooctanoic acid, and other |
| flushed with light, open and immaculate, and at the | | | | compounds and gases. |
| same time very chic and very attractive. Did you | | | | You can insist on an FSC (Forest Stewardship |
| know that it could be the start of an Eco Friendly | | | | Council) Certified frame, one which, when possible, |
| Bedroom as well? | | | | uses only wood culled from responsibly-managed |
| Platform Beds are extremely popular right now. | | | | forests. These are mostly solid, not pieced |
| The simple, clean lines in this style of furniture | | | | together with glues and compounds that also emit |
| work well with minimalist decor preferences and | | | | VOCs like formaldehyde, as well. |
| styles influenced by artists and architects from | | | | And once you add only untreated, organic cotton |
| contemporary Japanese to Art Deco. The size | | | | bedding (foregoing the bleaches and dyes and |
| and depth of this clean, balanced architectural and | | | | subsequent carcinogens); natural, organic pillow |
| graphic style makes the platform bed ideal for | | | | stuffing; and surround the piece with only natural |
| efficient use of space and as a graphical element | | | | (hemp or other) area rugs resting on FSC |
| to highlight any room as a whole. | | | | Certified wood floors, you have a platform bed |
| Okay, you say, how is a platform bed a green | | | | and bedroom furniture that not only is more sleek |
| piece of furniture? Think about the use of | | | | in style but will contribute the health of you and |
| materials: the platform bed design requires fewer | | | | your family. You'll be contributing to the global |
| trees, so big planks of wood are not required and | | | | community. |
| are instead replaced by a minimum number of | | | | This is a great start towards making a difference |
| slats (not even always of wood). Like many | | | | in the battle against global warming and creating a |
| modern beds, the platform bed requires less | | | | more pollution free atmosphere. It's a way of |
| expenditure and bulk in the mattress department, | | | | insuring a brighter future for our children and |
| too. It only needs an innerspring or futon | | | | cleaner air for everyone to breathe right now. All |
| mattress. And all of this can contribute to | | | | of which should help you to get a better nights |
| conservation of a very important resource, your | | | | sleep. |
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| And when you extend your efforts to match | | | | not be used without appropriate links and |
| your green concerns, you can use a natural-fill, | | | | attribution. |