Best Platform Beds

Seriously, platform beds rock! They are simple and elegant beds - simply elegant! If you've read my other lenses about beds, you know I already love canopy beds and round beds and the Squaring bed too! I'm also more than a bit nuts over all the beautiful platform beds you can find on the internet.

I really don't know what I did before the internet, online shopping and Google! While I've not yet gotten into online grocery shopping, I have found myself shopping online for pretty much everything else. You know? Like the platform bed!

The Big Sleep by Roberto Lazzeroni for IPE Cavalli is Italian-designed and made ensuring a timeless design that's sure to be an investment piece. This beautiful platform bed was spotted at Leigh Harmer for £4,544.00.

Let me show you some of the top-notch platform beds there are out there! You're getting sleepy ... When it comes to simple and elegant beds, you don't get any better than platform beds!

Photo Credit: The Big Sleep platform bed by Roberto Lazzeroni. 

Do You Love Platform Beds?
It's the popularity poll How do you feel about Platform Beds?

1. I love them and actually have one!
2. I really like these beds and would like to have one.
3. Oh gosh - I'm sticking with a normal bed.

My Confession : I Simply Adore a Stylish Platform Bed
If I am going to have a platform, it might as well be a bed!

I admire the high end styling of this kind of bed. You can really class up your bedroom with this type of furniture - and at a reasonable price as well.

"Ah, I've written a lot over the years about the best beds ever. If you have a smaller space or lower ceilings, there isn't a more stylish bed than a platform bed!" --The Brand Ambassador JaguarJulie

Avalon Platform Bed

I think this bed blends retro with sophistication.

Manufacturer: Living Divani

Designed by: Eero Koivosto

I am partial to the color green ... it is rather an ever-green color that can blend with a lot of interior decor. I actually have painted my guest bedrooms with this tone of color. It is a happy green!

Dream of India Platform Bed

Manufacturer: Holger Holzmann

Designer: Heinz Holzmann

This masterpiece of a platform bed was spotted at Das Moebel for Euro 4.620. I think that translates to roughly $9,240.00.

I love the wooden look of the platform bed frame and how it juxtaposes the headboard square angle with the rounded base. Very stylish! How about juxtaposing that bed against a contrasting wooden plank floor?

Eleen Platform Bed

Designer: Soda, 2005

It's also shown available in a white upholstered style with a higher headboard.

This was spotted at Zeitlos-Wohnen.

I love the milk chocolate brown and the simply elegant, low-rise base.

Extra Wall Platform Bed

I love the sleek design of the Extra Wall Platform Bed.

This simply elegant styling reminds me a lot of The Squaring that was a conversational pit.

It's the kind of sleek contemporary design that you might find showcased in Hollywood homes or on Big Brother!

Manufacturer: Living Divani

Designed by: Piero Lissoni

Florentine Platform Bed

This functional bed contains not only a bed, but also two nightstand tables on each side of the headboard.

The unique design features a curved glass headboard for a mystic, Asian look.

The wood platform and nightstands are finished in your choice of French, white, dove grey, or black walnut oak colors.

Grand Piano Platform Bed

Manufacturer: Flou

Designer: Mario Bellini

What an absolutely amazing design this is! It actually does bear a resemblance to a grand piano.

Of course, it's an Italian design! I love how the platform is shaped to work as a table.

Lowland Platform Bed

Are you feeling romantic yet?

Manufacturer: Moroso

Designed by: Patricia Urquiola

I love the color block styling of this platform bed; along with the margin of error, so to speak, around the sides!

Otto 79E Platform Bed

Manufacturer: Gervasoni

Designer: Paola Navone

It has two headboards, a plywood frame with stained pressed bamboo-lamination, adjustable slat supports.

It is available with or without wooden slat frame.


Sailor Platform Bed

What a knockout bed!

Manufacturer: Bonaldo

Designed by: Giuseppe Vigano

The focus is on the clean lines of this platform bed. Basic white design adds a fresh touch to your bedroom decor.

Sercio Platform Bed 

Manufacturer/Designer: Cranium Furniture

Who would have thought of a round bed as a platform bed?

This is from a very cool site, Cranium Furniture -- a boutique furniture store that matches our furniture to your color.

This amazing bed has been profiled by me for the past 8 or so years. I am in love with it. Think I also saw this simply elegant bed on Big Brother!

Skyline Platform Bed

Another sleekly designed bed with lots of romance built in!

Manufacturer: Bonaldo

Designed by: Giuseppe Vigano

In this particular design, I love the contrasting milk chocolate to dark espresso chocolate of the bed platform. The design is so sleekly elegant that it would be excellent in a loft apartment.

Link up with the cool platform beds
Live, Laugh, Love !! in your Platform Bed!

• Cranium Furniture
  Way cool site with Benjamin Moore color palette--create custom color furniture!
• DNA European Design
  You'll find awesome contemporary beds at DNA!
• Das Moebel
  The very cool Dream of India!
• Flou
  Absolutely amazing Italian furniture!!!
• Gervasoni
  Check out Otto 79E by Paola Navone.
• Leigh Harmer UK
  Check out the Big Sleep by Roberto Lazzeroni.
• Tables 21
  Quite frankly, I was surprised to find the stylish and functional Florentine Platform bed here and so reasonably priced!
• Zeitlos-Wohnen
  You'll find the Eleen by Soda at this site.

Get an Animal Print Throw!

You know, I actually have an animal print throw like the Bedford Home Throw Blanket, Fleece/Sherpa, Leopard! Throw it over your platform bed! Say, it gets a little cold even in Jacksonville, Florida.

This is 100% Polyester so it machine washes! It is composed of PV and Sherpa fleece. It measures 50 inches by 60 inches and will easily cover your platform bed or daybed or sofabed!

Love that animal print; you know?

Thanks for visiting!
Can't get enough of platform beds; how about you?

History: The Best Platform Beds was originally created on Squidoo by JaguarJulie on August 18, 2007. Highest lensrank ever achieved: #538 overall. Lens #71 in the quest for Giant Squid 100 Club Charter Member 2007.

Best Daybeds to Night Beds

Discover the best Day-to-Night Beds also referred to stylishly as Day Beds or Daybeds and Sofa Beds or Sofabeds. Ah, I'm just smiling at the thought of day to night beds. How about you?

Have you ever sat in a sofabed to ponder just how many cool designs there are in sofabeds and daybeds? Well, I've spent many hours pondering that very question. If you had to, could you pick just one favorite? I can't.

I'd like to show you some of the many cool designs I've come across and let you decide which one is your favorite! If I fall asleep, please wake me as when I start thinking about all these cool beds, I start day dreaming.

Welcome to the showcase of day to night beds! These sofabeds are so cool; they'll take you from day to night and back! The very best of the best beds! May your visit be a dreamy one!

Photo Credit: One of my favorite day-to-night beds! The Orbit by Dedon!!

Do You Love Day-to-Night Beds?
Please answer our Day-to-Night Beds Poll. How do you feel about Day-to-Night Beds?

1. I love Day-to-Night Beds and actually have one!
2. I really like the Day-to-Night Beds and would like to have one.
3. Oh gosh - I'm sticking with a normal bed.

My Confession: I truly love the round canopy day beds!

"I have been writing about the best beds ever for a lot of years. I personally have a very romantic Stanley Painted Coastal Cottage Chic 4 poster bed. I don't yet have one of these incredible beds. These are my current top pick for romantic day beds!"

--The Brand Ambassador for Day-to-Night Beds. --JaguarJulie

What makes a sofabed a good design?
Ah, day beds | daybeds | sofa beds | sofabeds | You name it!

1. It's multi-functional; i.e., it can transition quickly from a sofa or sofa bed to a bed. It's truly a day-to-night bed!
2. It has a canopy as an extra touch.
3. It's stylish and combines form + function in one.
4. It's on rollers so it can be easily mobile.
5. It's got a hideaway compartment.
6. It's a cool color or shape.

Orbit by Dedon : Day-to-Night Bed

Ah, day beds | daybeds | sofa beds | sofabeds | You name it!

This is probably my favorite day-to-night bed -- the Orbit from Dedon.

It transitions from indoors to outdoors and can be used with the canopy up or down.

I love the round beds!


LexMod Siesta Outdoor Rattan Canopy Bed

This canopy daybed comes in espresso with white cushions.

LexMod Siesta Outdoor Rattan Canopy Bed, Espresso with White Cushions.

This canopy daybed measures 63-inches long by 63-inches wide by 31-inches high.

The set includes all weather synthetic rattan weave powder coated aluminum frame with water and UV-resistant, machine-washable cushion covers.

Use it outdoors in your backyard, on the patio, or bring it in for a sense of romantic mystery!
 
If you like the Orbit Canopy Daybed by Dedon, you will surely love this look-a-like model!

Daydream by Dedon : Day-to-Night Bed

 Ah, day beds | daybeds | sofa beds | sofabeds | You name it!

Yes, you've guessed it; I'm really into canopies!

This is the Daydream by Dedon which is a great outdoor sofabed / chaise lounge that'll surely take you from day to night.

Can you not see an afternoon siesta in the Daydream? I'm dreaming about it now.

Inout by Gervasoni : Day-to-Night Bed

Ah, day beds | daybeds | sofa beds | sofabeds | You name it!

This daybed is a Paola Navone design for Gervasoni.

I'm nuts about Italian furniture, particularly in sofabeds and beds.

The Inout is in teak with seat cushions made of polyurethane and back cushions in dacron and down.

Pierrot by Glenn Thomas : Day-to-Night Bed

Ah, day beds | daybeds | sofa beds | sofabeds | You name it!

The Pierrot is many things. It's a sofa, it's a sofabed, and it's quite possibly a daybed!

The design of the PIERROT is simple and linear, perfect for the guest bedroom or apartments needing practical and functional pieces optimizing all available space.

Transforming PIERROT from sofa to bed and from bed to sofa is easy and it is done from the front, lifting the seat slightly.

Slaapbank by Martin Visser for Spectrum : Day-to-Night Bed

Ah, day beds | daybeds | sofa beds | sofabeds | You name it!


If you're into green, [ah, ever-green] this is for you! It's form and function in one.

The Slaapbank sofa bed by Martin Visser is austere design that can be easily converted into a bed. The frame is made of matt chrome-plated metal. Choice of fabrics available.

I spotted this at SCP Furniture for 1,848.00 pounds.

Bart by Vico Magistretti for Flou : Day-to-Night Bed

Ah, day beds | daybeds | sofa beds | sofabeds | You name it!

What I like about the Bart is its clean styling plus the fact that it's mobile!

Yep, it has rollable casters that allow you to quickly transition this sofabed to a daybed to a bed wherever you want to put it!

I spotted this at the Flou website. Don't you just love it especially it's versatility? I also am partial to that pretty purple wall as a backdrop!

Duetto by Flou : Day-to-Night Bed

Ah, day beds | daybeds | sofa beds | sofabeds | You name it!

Wow! This is pretty cool. Love the color too.

The Duetto by Flou is Italian design at it's best.

The sofabed / daybed has a hidden compartment where you can store the pop-up bed.

You transition from a settee to a sofabed to a bed; day-to-night furniture!

Again, another pretty colorful backdrop! That green wall looks like the happy green color of my spare bedroom.

Daybed Deluxe Sofa by Innovation USA : Day-to-Night Bed

Ah, day beds | daybeds | sofa beds | sofabeds | You name it!

Innovation's IStyle Collection combines pop style with modular function, bringing modern elegance to any living space.

Designed in Denmark, the Daybed Deluxe Sofa will add flavor to any room with its sleek lines and comfortable style.

Founded in 1971 by renowned designer Flemming Hojfeldt, Denmark's Innovation Furniture came to the United States as Innovation USA in 1991.

This was spotted at All Modern Furniture.

Wing Klappsofa by Innovation USA : Day-to-Night Bed

Ah, day beds | daybeds | sofa beds | sofabeds | You name it!

Does this look slightly similar to the Daybed Deluxe Sofa? It's also from Innovation.

This beautiful transitional sofa /sofabed / daybed is a colloboration of several designers from Innovation.

Andreas Lund, Per Weiss and Flemming Hoejeldt created this multi-functional piece in 2005.

This was spotted at Adero Design.

Barcelona by Mies van der Rohe : Day-to-Night Bed 

Ah, day beds | daybeds | sofa beds | sofabeds | You name it!

Wow! This is hot--I'm wild about the animal print.

This superb design from Mies van de Rohe has been a success since it was first presented at the Berlin Exhibition in 1929.

Materials: Daybed is constructed of first quality hardwood, with cushions of 100% Argentine leather squares, resting on durable straps, with chrome plated steel legs. Seat is PU-foam covered with leather. A high quality reproduction of the original.

Spotted at Modern Furniture Classics for $2,086.00.

Which Day-to-Night Beds is Your Choice?
You name it! Please take our Day-to-Night Poll. Of these Day-to-Night Beds mentioned, which is your choice?

1. Day Bed
2. Daybed
3. Sofa Bed
4. Sofabed
5. More than one! 

Link Up with some Cool Day-to-Night Beds
Ah, day beds | daybeds | sofa beds | sofabeds | You name it!

• Adero Design
  You'll find some of the coolest designer furniture pieces at Adero!
• All Modern Furniture
  All Modern Furniture carries the Innovation USA line.
• Domo Collections
  Dedon furniture is exclusively distributed in Australia by Domo Collections.
• Flou
  A wonderful selection of Italian furniture!
• Janus et Cie
  Wow! Check out this website to see the cool line of Dedon and other wonderful furniture.
• Modern Furniture Classics
  See the Barcelona style day bed.

Get an Animal Print Throw!

You know, I actually have an animal print throw like the Bedford Home Throw Blanket, Fleece/Sherpa, Leopard! Throw it over your daybed! Say, it gets a little cold even in Jacksonville, Florida.

This is 100% Polyester so it machine washes! It is composed of PV and Sherpa fleece. It measures 50 inches by 60 inches and will easily cover your daybed or sofabed!

Love that animal print; you know?

Thanks for visiting!

Do you love love love daybeds? How about canopies? Own one? What's your favorite?

History: The Best Day-to-Night Beds was originally created on Squidoo by JaguarJulie on August 18, 2007. Highest lensrank ever achieved: #1,010 overall. Lens #70 in the quest for Giant Squid 100 Club Charter Member 2007.

You're Getting Sleepy - Romantic Beds to Please

I've written several lenses on a series of romantic beds that are sure to please the most discriminating of tastes. Personally, if I could afford it, I'd pick from each of these styles and feature them in separate bedrooms. I'd furnish the patio with the Barlow Tyrie Teak woven day bed and put the Cappellini daybed by Jasper Morrison in my sitting area. Then, the Zanotta canopy bed would be in my master bedroom. Or, maybe I'd pick the North River Pencil Post Canopy Bed. It's just so difficult these days when there are so many cool beds available.

• Canopy Beds -- Feng Shui
• Day-to-Night Beds
• Platform Beds
• Round Beds
• The Squaring Bed by Giuseppe Vigano

You know that I love Martha Stewart, right? When her newsletter hit my in-box this morning, I went investigating to learn more about the nutty cookie recipe! One thing led to another, and I was onto shopping with Martha! Hey, pretty cool -- I'd love to shop with Martha.

I stopped dead-in-my-tracks when I saw the bed featured above. It is the North River Pencil Post Bed from Martha Stewart Furniture With Bernhardt. It has a suggested retail of $1,738 for the queen size. Photo courtesy of Martha Stewart Living.