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Bed Linen Finds: Presentation For Your Bedroom
Roundup

As we were cleaning the bedroom the other day, we noticed that we could really use some new bedding. The pillows were flat, the sheets were faded, and there wasn't anything inviting about the bed ...

How Tos For Your Bed
Roundup

Easily the most important piece of furniture in your house, the bed makes it so you can get rest to work, decorate and stay healthy. But this piece of furniture also comes with what seems a zillion ...

Efficient Bedroom Space with Built-in Bunks

Whether they come in singles, doubles or multiples, bunks are a clever solution for packing more sleeping options into less living space. Plus, bunk beds bring out our inner Peter Pan and images of ...

Farm Fresh Bedrooms

Waking up to green meadows, clean air and farm-fresh scrambled eggs may not be possible for city dwellers such as ourselves, but that doesn’t mean we can’t wake up to farm-fresh style. The simpli...

Round Up: 5 White Upholstered Beds For Under $800

While buying a new bed is a big investment, consider going a step further and getting a nice headboard or bed frame to compliment the look. While wood or iron frames are fairly common, we love the l...

Hot or Not? Modernica Case Study Alpine Series Bed

The newest of Modernica's catalog of midcentury designs, the Case Study Alpine Series Bed is all about curves. The multi-ply bentwood walnut frame has an interesting appearance we're not sure whethe...

Beds For Men: It's a Man's World, Women Just Sleep in it
The Wall Street Journal

Are men and women that different when it comes what they want in a bed? (We'll leave what they want in bed to another blog). Apparently bed manufacturers think so; there's a whole new section of th...

Tips For Enjoying More Room In Bed

No, we're not talking about pushing your partner out of bed. We are talking about upgrading the size of your bed. In the last few weeks a few of our friends have finally decided to go from queen to ki...

Bedroom Eye Candy: Low Bed In Front of a Window

For a long time, our bed was sans headboard: We had a simple West Elm lowriding bed frame pushed up against the wall. It wasn't until we made the leap and got a "proper" bed frame when we realized ho...

Dressing a Bed to Function as a Sofa

If you're living in a studio apartment, this solution is probably old hat to you: having the bed function as a sofa. If you've been contemplating doing this in your home, there are a number of ways to...

The Hamburger Bed
Ridiculous...We Know!

We weren't sure we wanted to post this, but after being IM'ed and Facebook messaged by several friends/colleagues that we "had to post this", we gave into our playful inclinations. Sure, it's not some...

Two Sleek Modern Beds from Frighetto

While looking for bed images for our most recent This or That? survey, we came upon the sleek Ayrton bed designed by Ora Ito, a stunning low platform bed with an integrated side table and profile that...

Look: A Meccano Style Loft
Melbourne

We stumbled across this February 1976 issue of ‘Home Journal’ for just 40cents at our favourite op shop over the weekend and with and the feature article made us want to pull out our childhood mec...

The BoConcept Fahrenheit° Mattress in the Test Lab

Parting is such sweet sorrow...especially if you're parting with a mattress that you wished you could keep forever and ever. Such was the case a week ago when we bid our BoConcept review Fahrenheit Ma...

Inspiration: Figueroa Hotel
Los Angeles

On Saturday we attended our friend's wedding at the Hotel Figueroa in Downtown, Los Angeles. We had stopped by "The Fig" as locals call it, years ago for drinks and remembered it having quite the Cas...

Good Questions: Can I Upholster My Ikea Malm Bed?
Los Angeles

We've been talking lately about tips and ideas for redecorating or freshening up home decor in this tough economic time. AT reader, Danielle, wrote us a question about taking her existing Ikea Malm be...

Lucky Luke Design Bedside Lamp Headboard

We've posted several of our favourite bedside lighting options before, showcasing an array of lamps that go above and around the bed where you cozy up to your favourite read. But how about integrating...

LA Good Question: Platform Beds

Dear ATLA, I was wondering if anyone knows where to get a platform bed with legs like this. Do platforms like this ever come with headboards? Alternatively, does anyone know a way to make such a bed? ...

Fixing a Sagging Mattress With Memory Foam

When we first got our W Hotel mattress it was like an epiphany...a glorious awakening...no...slumber! Unfortunately after just less than a couple years, whether due to manufacturing issues or our comb...

The Floating Bed

The lovechild of a hammock and a circular bed, the Floating Bed looks like an interesting outdoor furniture option; it rocks/moves like a hammock but also provides a more stable resting space thanks t...

A Bathtub in the Bedroom?

We've begun noticing a recent trend in having a bathtub in the bedroom. We're guessing the toilet is tucked away discreetly next to a closet or something, but we're a bit curious about whether or not...

BedUP by Décadrages

"They sky is falling!... oh, no, it's just the bed..." We've mentioned "murphy beds" before, but here's something different... How about a bed that comes from the ceiling?......

Look! DIY Platform Bed With Storage

David tells us his DIY platform bed project isn't yet complete, but we think he's done such a spectacular job with his bed/storage to this point, we wanted to go ahead and share what's he's completed ...

Float Your Nightstand? Gladsax nightstand by Hildurs hus

If you're lacking floor space near your bed for a nightstand, here's something that may inspire you: the Gladsax nightstand by Hildurs hus hangs on the wall and keeps all the necessary bedside items ...

Mandal Headboard from Ikea: Think Outside the Bedroom

We don’t need a headboard but we’ve been eyeing the Mandal at Ikea for a while. We like it, as it’s shown here, stacked three high…...