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Inspiration: Antique (or Antique-Inspired) Beds

While poking around Peacock Alley's new linen collections, we came across a marketing image of an antique (or perhaps an antique-inspired) bed with painted head and foot boards. We see this look so ...

Brilliant Beds

Necessity is often the best designer. We've seen some pretty amazing examples of beds made by hand, modified, altered, or even just brilliantly styled to suit the owner's needs. For five ideas, from...

The 3 In 1 Tent Sofa

Have you ever wanted a little privacy when having an out of town guest stay with you? Well this 3 in 1 tent sofa transforms, giving the user the ability to put a roof over their head for some incogn...

Test Lab: BoConcept Sleeper Sofa

Product: Sofa Bed Designer: BoConcept Price: $949 Rating: Recommend* We're always on the lookout for good sleeper sofas to recommend to apartment dwellers, so when we had the chance last week to sp...

High and Low: Light Wood Platform Beds

Ever wonder why furniture is more or less expensive? A lot of the time it has to do with what it's made of. Solid wood usually costs more than particleboard with a veneer finish. We've rounded up a...

Squaring Bed by Giuseppe Viganò

click thumbnails for larger pics This bed reminds us of a 1970s home decor photo we found in an old book and saved to our clip file, but it's actually a design from the 21st century. Created in 2004 ...

Heavy Metals at Etsy

click thumbnails for larger pics These five Etsy finds are made of steel. From a heavy steel plate bed to a delicate crocheted wire dish, each of these designs incorporates cool crisp metallics in on...

Mies-Inspired Headboard

This headboard, in a bedroom designed by Montreal's FX Studio Design, bears an uncanny resemblance to two Mies Van der Rohe cantilever chair backs......

Five 100% Cotton Pieces for the Home

click thumbnails for larger pics Pure cotton is a breeze to wear and is also a comfortable, casual material for décor. These are just five favorite home décor items in 100% cotton......

On Sale: Beds and Headboards

click thumbnails for larger pics Searching for a bed, or maybe just a headboard? A bed frame is among the priciest pieces of furniture in a home, but it will (hopefully) last you many, many years. We...

Under the Apple Tree Romantic Bed

This bed really stunned us with its over-the-top romanticism — treetops over your head! We found it on the Etsy-esque European crafts marketplace Dawanda. What do you think? Too pretty, or just ...

Reader Small Space Solution: Christopher's Murphy Bed

We love to see setups like this: a home office, sitting area, dining area, kitchen and bedroom all in one not-so-big space. Christopher wrote to us last year when doing research on adding a Murphy Bed...

Alcove Window Beds from Hotel Aire de Bardenas

Designed by architects Emiliano López and Mónica Rivera for the desert-like landscape of Navarre, Spain, the Hotel Aire de Bardenas is composed of a series of small dwellings that overlook a wheat...

Gray Upholstery and Textiles from e15

We've highlighted the high-end styles of German company e15 before (here, here, and here) but after glimpsing their new Habibi Side Tables over on design*sponge, we went back for another look at the...

On Sale for the Bedroom: Favorites from CB2

These four pieces would work well together or on their own, and they're all on sale now. For starters, the "lobster red" low matchbox bed is an AT favorite, and we've combined it here with the Link si...

New for a Spring Bedroom from Room & Board

Room & Board for the springtime bedroom is a little bit soft, a little bit pink....but it doesn't have to be (we were just pulled to pink with these four pieces). In a similar vein, pillows and blanke...

Coming Soon: A Greener Murphy Bed

This modern Murphy bed is LEED & FCC certified, has been created with eco-friendly woods, developed to be urea free and formaldehyde free AND we cant complain about the super simple styling...jump be...

Pipe Furniture by Manhattan Clean Line

Manhattan Clean Line is a small, mysterious company that started building furniture as a solution for cramped New York apartments and a general lack of inventive furniture. See more pipe works after ...

La Literal Bunk Beds by Lievore, Altherr & Molina

Yesterday when we profiled small space solutions from DanHostel, several commenters asked about the maker of the bunk beds shown in the photos. After a little searching, we found the answer: it's th...

Good Questions: Alternatives Without High Delivery Charges?

Lemonadefish sent us an email: I am on the verge of ordering the Hemnes bed from IKEA. I love the slender posts, and I even like the yellow color. Because I live far far away from a store, I would hav...

Story of a Table: Finished Table! (Plus a Sneak Peek...)

Here it is! Our finished table. It's not in our house yet, but it's getting close. Along with this farm table we also ordered two other custom-built pieces of furniture from David Ellison of the Lorim...

IKEA 2009 Catalog: 10 Best New Items

We took our first look at the brand new IKEA catalog on Friday - today we are following up with our picks for the best of what is being presented as "new" for 2009 - from lighting to beds, these are o...

High and Low: Mad Men - Don & Betty's Bed

We have Mad Men fever, it's true. How could you not be in love with the gorgeous set and decor shown on AMC's drama? One of the pieces that always catches our eye is Don and Betty's button-tufted fr...

NeoCon 2008: TG Couture Launch

Chicago designers Gary Lee and Thomas McWalters launched their brand new line of furniture, TG Couture, for VENU at NeoCon this week...jump below for a first look: ...

ICFF 2008: One Night Stand - New Sleeper from Blu Dot

Good news for studio dwellers. New from the Blu Dot folks in Minneapolis, a sofa with a "hidden agenda" called the "One Night Stand". Simply remove the back cushions and flip the seat forward to revea...

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