HELP I NEED A MODERN BED

I'm moving into a nice big loft and I want to find a white or steel modern king sized bedframe. I'm very much into the 60's retro, space oddysey 2001 sorta stuff as well as simpler modern things. I just don't know where to search online to find or locally. I'm also trying to not spend as much as a car on my bed...any help??? thanks!

IKEA Malm, $229 in king. ($229!!!) Comes in white. (I have it in oak.)
Add the integrated bed side tables for $100.
Not an heirloom piece, but looks great, and did I mention it's $229?

I have two friends that have Malm beds. They look great in person. I will have to say that only one of my friends got the side tables, and the bed looks waaay cooler with them. It almost makes the bed to me. It also can come with this long skinny table that hovers over the bed. It's to use as a writing/reading/eating surface in bed.

I got a Malm and upholstered it. I built up the side rails to be flush and covered it in a black texture patterned marine grade vinyl.

If I were gonna get a new bed frame. I think I'd opt for the Kodal, which wasn't out when I got mine. I also like West Elm's low platform.

If you don't mind putting one together, which is what you would be doing with the Ikea bed, there's also Ready Made's [url href=http://www.readymademag.com/store/]bed in a box[/url] The kit is only $115.

I saw the kit at the CaBoom Fest this year, and I have to admit it didn't look too special until I priced heavyweight casters. It comes with directions to complete the bed.

Sara

Try Modernica (www.modernica.net). Their beds do not exactly meet your criteria, but they are very simple and modern.

If you can squeeze into a quen size bed, bludot's Hot Rod bed does meet your criteria (white AND steel). www.bludot.com

CB2 has a cool steel one, but the king is $799. [url href=http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=400f=1043]Check it out at cb2.com here.[/url]

:: christy ::

http://www.roomandboard.com/rnb/dept.do?dept=RB121

Room and Board makes a nice steel bed out of materials that are pretty common amongst fabricators. I personally like the Parsons and Architecture beds but was pretty turned off by the cost. ...Figured out that I could buy the 2x2, 14 guage steel, have it mitered to size and welded at a fraction of the cost. I paid $2 a foot for the steel and gave the welder a generous amount to teach me how to weld and use his supplies. Met him at 5:15am and was able to bang the bed out in less than 2 hours. All told, I spent ~$300 for a queen size bed and it could have been significantly cheaper had I known how to weld prior to meeting him. As for the bed, it is entirely bombproof. doesn't flex, doesn't creak, doesn't move. if you want more images, let me know and i'll try to email them.

Did you weld it all together or can it be broken down if you ever moved?
While I am confident of my MIG abilities, I have stayed away from doing something like that because of staircases and narrow halls. I was afraid I would never be able to move the bed.
Did you fab up some sort of way to disconnect the rails from the foot and headboards? If so I'd love to see how.
post some more pics of that will ya? It looks good.
Thanks

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Room and Board makes a nice steel bed out of materials that are pretty common amongst fabricators. I personally like the Parsons and Architecture beds but was pretty turned off by the cost. ...Figured out that I could buy the 2x2, 14 guage steel, have it mitered to size and welded at a fraction of the cost. I paid $2 a foot for the steel and gave the welder a generous amount to teach me how to weld and use his supplies. Met him at 5:15am and was able to bang the bed out in less than 2 hours. All told, I spent ~$300 for a queen size bed and it could have been significantly cheaper had I known how to weld prior to meeting him. As for the bed, it is entirely bombproof. doesn't flex, doesn't creak, doesn't move. if you want more images, let me know and i'll try to email them. [/quote]

The bed can be taken apart.

I used angle irons for the rails and welded a ~1.5x2 stay to the headboard and footboard. After taking measurements I drilled through the stay and angle iron and fastened it all together with simple bolts. (See pics.)

The miter points that were welded together were all grinded down and then spray painted so that the appearance is somewhat seamless.

The cleaning and treatment of the steel involved a lot of mineral spirits, SOS pads and poly spray. Even so, there are bits where there is a little bit of oxidation. Though I hadn't anticipated there to be any rust/oxidation - i rather enjoy it now. ...kind of lends to the aura of steel as an object that's difficult to manipulate and control. Then again, maybe I'm just blinded by my happiness over the bed.

ok, i see. Looks good.