Bedding Help

[duffless2323.livejournal.com]

So I got a really nice Queen bed from some moving friends, my bed was 10 years old. I ran into the standard somerville problem of the box spring not fitting. Anyone have a recommendation of platform bed vs. box spring? Additionally, split box springs seem to be very expensive...100 a piece plus delivery, any suggestions of a cheaper place? Any suggestions on where to get a fairly cheap platform bed? Ikea is my only thought right now. I need to figure out if platform or split box spring is the better use of my money. Help!

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[rufinia.livejournal.com]

I have a slat bed from ikea, and I am never going back to a box spring, ever. It's more confortable, it's better looking, and it's MUCH easier to move.

[duffless2323.livejournal.com]

hmmm....questions, did it fit in your car? I was leaning against platform beds because I like being higher up, how low to the ground is it? Final question, how sturdy is it, I'm concerned about not putting it together correctly and it not being sturdy enough.

thanks for the response :-)

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

I don't have a car, so that wasn't an issue. I think my slat bed is about as high as the boxspring was, and if you get one from Ikea, they are easy to set up- a trained gerbel can do it. The ikea beds come in flat peices and I jsut moved two weeks ago, and took it apart and put it back together no problem.

[arachne8x.livejournal.com]

You can get taller platform beds, we have a very tall one which fits lots underneath it. We got ours from a mattress store near Lechmere on cambridge street but can't remember how much it cost.

[duffless2323.livejournal.com]

hmm was it big johns?i bought my bed there like 10 years ago, but I can't seem to find them online anymore.

[peebers.livejournal.com]

We got ours at Porter Square Furniture or something. It's across the street from Shaw's on Elm St. It's a real platform bed made of real (unfinished) wood. It's comfortable and sturdy and easy to put together. We didn't pay much (under $90) and Eddie, the guy who owns it is local and a good guy.


It's an option closer than IKEA.

[abilouise.livejournal.com]

I second this option. I like our unfinished slat bed a lot, and, as a pile of wood, it fits up the stairs nicely and lots of crap fits underneath.

[mistresshellena.livejournal.com]

I've heard that you can slash open the bottom fabric, saw through the frame at the top and bottom and fold the box spring up like a sandwich to bring it upstairs. Never actually done this myself, so if you're squeamish about doing this, maybe others will comment on my post with their own experiences using this method.

Note if you get a split box spring: You need to make sure that your bed frame has extra central support so that it doesn't cave in on you.

Noooooo. . . .

[shana-lyons.livejournal.com]

No. . . . Whatever you do, don't do this. Learn from our mistake. We did this. My fiancee is a mechanical engineer. He swore he could reinforce it to the point we'd never know. So, we sawed the bottom rail in half in the front yard, folded it like a taco, and brought it upstairs. We then reinforced the sawed area with metal brackets he bought from Home Depot. In theory, it should have supported something like three times our weight.

In practice, it was a disaster. It creaked and wiggled and caved in in the middle. We ended up buying a split box spring not much later. Don't taco your box spring. Pick either the platform bed or the split box spring. We've had both at different times. They're both great.

Re: Noooooo. . . .

[davelew.livejournal.com]

In my defense, the homecut boxspring survived three moves and ten years. It was the fourth move, and the fourth time being folded like a taco, that finally FUBARed it.

Cutting and sawing the box spring can work if you're handy, but it will also cut decades off the life of the boxspring.