| It’s an unfortunate irony that contemporary | | | | and luxurious. |
| bedroom furniture, known and popularized for its | | | | The easiest solution to this problem for those who |
| clean, minimalist style, tends to strike homeowners as | | | | desire a more accommodating bedroom, but want to |
| spare and cold. | | | | retain all the features and benefits of a |
| Contemporary furniture utilizes simple, bold lines and | | | | contemporary bedroom, is simply to replace their bed |
| colors while incorporating the empty space around it | | | | with a platform bed. |
| to make a statement. Unlike antique-inspired furniture, | | | | A traditional box spring bed might look archaic |
| which is recognized for its opulent detailing and easily | | | | combined with such modern furniture and most |
| supplemented with an overabundance of bedding, | | | | transitional beds are too bland to make much of a |
| contemporary-styled beds are geometric and flat and | | | | statement. Platform beds, on the other hand, sit |
| encourage the same sense of straightforwardness in | | | | closer to the ground than the traditional bed |
| its bedding. | | | | (although this is relative; some platform beds sit flat |
| The problem, however, is that while many | | | | on the ground while others simply reduce the space |
| homeowners enjoy this modern minimalism, and | | | | of the box spring), at once enclosing the stark gaps |
| perhaps even encourage the clutter free | | | | underneath most contemporary beds and being |
| inducements of contemporary furniture in the other | | | | avant-garde for its novelty. Platform beds are also |
| rooms of their home, they are naturally irked by the | | | | incredibly versatile in that they can share the same |
| sense of loneliness and exposure that is created by | | | | bold lines of contemporary furniture while allowing for |
| the quantity of empty space. | | | | intricate ironwork or natural wood detailing—two |
| It’s no coincidence that the synonyms for | | | | key design elements carried over from traditional or |
| ‘bedroom’ include boudoir, berth, and | | | | formal furniture that encourage lavish bedding. |
| chamber—words with warm and enclosed | | | | Asian-inspired platform beds are especially hot right |
| connotations, interchangeably used to describe fires. | | | | now, the proximity to the ground being ideal for |
| By default, the bedroom is the most intimate room | | | | evoking the Japanese practice of sleeping on tatami |
| of the home (think of the term ‘bedroom | | | | mats or the Korean practice of sleeping on yo. |
| eyes’ and all its associations), and comfortable | | | | With a platform bed, it’s easy to maintain a |
| bedrooms are apt to be described as plus, inviting, | | | | balance between style and comfort. |