Furniture question?

[damsel-ophelia.livejournal.com]

Hi folks,
I'm trying to get slats for a queen-size bed. Does anyone know where I can get them locally?
Thanks in advance!

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[inahandbasket]

They're really just 1"x3" boards, which you can pick up at home depot or any other full-service hardware store. or lumber yard.

[dani-namaste.livejournal.com]

I think you want to make sure it's a really strong material, though—my slats are oak and they're about 3/4' thick.

I think that there's a futon place on Prospect Street near Union Square—I forget what it's called but if you're coming up Prospect from Cambridge, it's on the left-hand side near that place that has all the radiators on the lawn. I think it might be just up the street from Whole Foods as well.

[constantinela.livejournal.com]

this.

[hissilliness.livejournal.com]

What I ended up doing was taking a Zipcar to the Home Depot in Everett and buying a dozen cosmetically damaged five-foot 2x4s for 50¢ each. So far (three months later) it's worked perfectly.

The clerk at Tags told me they will only do three cuts per order, so if I wanted more than six five-foot boards, I'd have to cut them myself (or make multiple trips). This seemed like it might possibly be doable, but getting the ten-foot boards home would be a pain in the ass.

Ikea does sell bed slats, but they apparently only work with Ikea beds.

[magpiefirefly.livejournal.com]

Ikea has them, and cheap, but it's out in Stoughton.

Slats for queen size bed

[deemqueen.livejournal.com]

If you're interested we have an extra boxspring from a store called European Sleepworks. http://www.sleepworks.com

We couldn't get it up the stairs and had to buy a split.

The slats in the boxspring can be rearranged for each individual sleeper. We would be happy to pass this on for next to nothing!