Yikes! My ex- bought one like 2 and 5 from an unfinished furniture store and stained it himself. I am sure he didn't spend over a couple hundred dollars (30 years ago).

I also had a "yikes!" reaction, but thought maybe it was just my inner depression-era grandmother trying to have her say. Her say would have been, "For that money, that bed should DANCE!"

Where's the cheaper options? Ha! That Chadhaus bed is absolutely gorgeous and exactly what I've been looking for, minus the pricetag. Now I'm sad.

Yeah really - who can afford a $2,000 - $4,000 bed? I'm lucky that I *might* be able to afford a bed from Ikea that has under bed storage.

DO NOT BUY FROM ARROWHEAD WOOD. I bought a bed from them and it took nearly 9 months to get it. It arrived missing 2 parts, they sent me a part to fix it and while I was waiting for the part, one of the panels fell off (keep in mind the bed was unassembled and standing, untouched, on the side of my room), and then guy I hired to put it together looked at me and said "They designed a king sized bed without a central support." He said he wouldn't feel comfortable putting it together because it would just flop into pieces when we used it and he'd feel responsible.

Yep, a bed without a central support. Crazy.

Worst money I ever spent.

Do not buy.

There's not much here in terms of affordable options, but that Hudson Bed is great.

Excuse me while I clean the my chai latte from my screen. The pieces are nice, but the prices are startling to say the least. If I could afford Loft Bed or Matera, I wouldn't need to worry about storage space; I could afford a bigger space. I guess it's inline with the house tour of Kris Fuchs 5000 square foot apartment. My place would fit in that living room and still be able to walk around it with plenty of elbow room.

make your own headboard from a big piece of live edge lumber, and get one of these. Save $5K.
http://www.worldmarket.com/product/dark-mahogany-chase-storage-platform--bed.do?camp=ppc:GooglePLA:none:goobase_filler&gclid=CNLH7NvZp7UCFUWo4AodsQgADw

I think the expensive beds are worth it. Most cheaper storage beds lack the graceful proportions of a couple of these. Detailing can also be so important. I've looked at a couple in catalogues that looked great but when I went to see them in person they seemed shoddy.

None of that means I can afford to pay $4-5,000 for a bed, but I do think it's a case of "you get what you pay for."

I always wonder whether beds like these are truly worth it, given the nature of many small space apartment layouts requiring the bed be right up against a side of a wall. One side of the shelves would be sealed off essentially.

I would think maybe a large trundle setup (without the extra mattress) be a more feasible option for storage or a regular bed with a bed-skirt and some bins that fit under be better value. I suppose using the drawers on the other side for some other DIY could also be worth the value.

"5 Stylish, Modern, and Wildly Overpriced Storage Beds" is more like it. There are more affordable options out there, not to mention it might be easier just to build something, depending on where you live. We're in a small city, surrounded by corn and soybeans. There aren't any shops that sell anything but very traditional, matchy-mathcy bedroom sets. Unless there's free shipping, we're breaking out the power tools when we move.

who does AT think their audience is that they are promoting bedframes that cost thousands of dollars? jeez.

Thousands of dollars for beds made of veneered MDF? Wow.

What about buying this box spring replacement from IKEA and turning any bed into storage? $300 for a queen...

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10098893/#/70098890

Wow.

All but one of those beds costs more than what I paid for my CAR.

Blu Dot has a storage bed that allows you to customize the drawer colors, which is kind of fun. It's priced less than many of the models listed above.

http://www.bludot.com/modern-bedroom-furniture/modern-beds/modu-licious-bed-queen-config.html

Tema Home (I believe they have a shop at ABC Home) also has a reasonably priced storage bed, however it's better suited to seasonal storage since you access it by lifting the mattress. I believe it is priced under $2000.

http://shop.temahome.com/epages/1641-080514.sf/en_US/?ObjectPath=/Shops/1641-080514/Products/aurorabed160lift/SubProducts/9500.757204

I got a deal on the Matera from DWR and I will say it's a gorgeous and well made bed. We love it and feel it was worth the expense to add storage in our NY apartment. The drawers are the roomiest I've seen on a storage bed, and the soft closing hardware is fantastic. To anyone in the NY area the Annex in NJ is a good place to try to find deals on DWR products.

If I could afford a $5400 bed, I probably could afford a larger place to put it.

Exactly, Vaporgirl, I was thinking the same thing. I'm pretty sure that if you can afford to buy a 5k bed, you probably don't have a space problem.

What silliness, $5000 beds.