| If the public still went to "movie houses" and | | | | says I'm not like every other French country or |
| watched newsreels, they would have seen a clip | | | | colonial bed out there. I'm a platform bed: sleek, |
| about platform beds by now. Someone, or | | | | smooth, and utterly sophisticated. |
| maybe a family, would be seen gathered in the | | | | What really sets the platform bed apart is its use |
| furniture department, jumping all over the beds | | | | of wide, wooden slats to hold up the mattress. |
| on display. A disembodied voice with an old-timey | | | | The horizontal surface below supports the |
| accent would be telling you how these beds are | | | | mattress without the aid of a box spring, using |
| transforming homes everywhere as people wave | | | | wood, metal, or other flat surfaces like plywood. |
| happily through a sepia-finished lens. Or maybe | | | | This in turn saves you money, since it doesn't |
| not, considering how modern a platform bed is. | | | | need the box spring. The bed rests on the slats |
| Maybe everyone is already aware of the benefits | | | | and gives you the smooth, cutting edge look you |
| a platform bed. If you don't, read on (if it makes | | | | want. Take a nap after a long day, or catch up |
| you happy, read this aloud in an old-timey accent | | | | on the daily news in bed, or have an impromptu |
| for kicks). | | | | pillow fight. In a platform bed, anything is possible. |
| As a great addition or replacement to your | | | | You may want to hang on to some furniture |
| bedroom furniture, platform beds are an | | | | because, well, it's traditional, but let's face it-you |
| affordably easy way to give new life to the same | | | | need a fresh start. Out with the old, in with |
| old look. Its sleek appeal and Eastern influences | | | | modernity! The sharp lines and geometric |
| make it the perfect centerpiece for a | | | | proportions lend an understated, breathtaking |
| contemporary bedroom set. A low profile sets | | | | elegance. Stop being such an old-timer; take a |
| the bedroom apart from more classic furniture | | | | look around at platform beds for a quick update |
| fare, and gives you a different aesthetic-one that | | | | on your bedroom furniture. |