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post #31 of 43
5/5/09 at 12:41pm
Used to have Ikea Malm, and so did a few of my friends - those things are pretty damn bulletproof and like $150.
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post #32 of 43
5/5/09 at 2:03pm
I like (and own) the Edo collection. It's made from solid mahogany, no MDF or plywood:

http://undertheroof.stores.yahoo.net...atformbed.html
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post #33 of 43
5/5/09 at 5:21pm
we have this one:
https://stores.homestead.com/RVrtane...og/WORTH-5.jpg
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post #34 of 43
5/6/09 at 6:26pm
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Originally Posted by Flambeur View Post
Used to have Ikea Malm, and so did a few of my friends - those things are pretty damn bulletproof and like $150.

I'll second this.

Cheap, seems strong enough, minimal styling.
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post #35 of 43
5/12/09 at 11:56am
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Originally Posted by globetrotter View Post
honestly, I'd go to a discount mattress store and buy the most comfortable matress that you can find. then measure it, go to home depot and and get 2 X 4's and some half inch plywood. put 6 pieces of 2X4 the length of your matress on the floor and then nail 4 pieces of half inch plywood that are each 1/4 the size of your mattress to the 2X4's. this is as sturdy a bed as you could want, your matress is 4.5 inches off the floor and the whole thing costs you about as much as a dust ruffle in a furnature store. you really don't need anything more expensive that that until you are married.
I like this idea, except that my version of it, is finding the bed frame you really want and simply duplicating it yourself. If your budget is $400-$500 you could most likely frame it out in a solid American hardwood. Beds are pretty simple, you could certainly build one with a chopsaw, a router, and some finishing supplies. And nothing like telling the girl who you're laying on it with, that the solid (hardwood) bed she's laying on is something you built and finished yourself. I would want to build something like this: With tapered legs instead of the curved ones.
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post #36 of 43
5/12/09 at 1:06pm
Standart metal slat frame with no footboard or headboard (often free with purchase of a mattress).
Order 4 or 5-for the center. massive wooden legs (your choice of wood, stain, lenght, thickness etc) from a local lumber yard or wood shop. Ask em to drill them like cups in which you put the metal frame's legs (add felt pads to wooden legs).
All project cost is less than a $150.00.

Then you can contemplate which headboard you want to design and attach to the wall straight over/behind the bed. That of course if you want any headboard.

Don't ever buy assedembly required garbage from Ikea or any other stylish furniture stores. They are junk that would squeak after a few months.
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post #37 of 43
5/12/09 at 3:26pm
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post #38 of 43
5/12/09 at 3:53pm
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Yea but you need shocks with that package otherwise you might never sleep and always be sea-sick
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post #39 of 43
5/19/09 at 1:56pm
I went to Ikea, bought a cheap Pine platform bed. Drove to Walmart, bought a queen smart foam mattress. It's comfortable, and works, and looks ok, and it only cost like $200 total.. $150 to Ikea, and $50 for the mattress (I think?).
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post #40 of 43
6/6/09 at 8:01pm
I would love to have the bed with the springs on it.
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post #41 of 43
6/6/09 at 8:02pm
Does any one have any information on where I can buy one or instructions on how to build one?
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post #42 of 43
6/6/09 at 8:14pm
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Originally Posted by dkzzzz View Post

Don't ever buy assedembly required garbage from Ikea or any other stylish furniture stores. They are junk that would squeak after a few months.

Not in my experience. Had an IKEA bed for a good 6 years, which was assembled and disassembled at least 10 times for various moves. Gave it to the sis, and it is still pretty solid for the $250 or so I paid for it. You probably just need to learn how to use an allen wrench and follow assembly instructions.
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post #43 of 43
6/12/09 at 6:15pm
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Originally Posted by gnagy View Post
Does any one have any information on where I can buy one or instructions on how to build one?

http://www.thdesign.dk/index.php?opt...d=80&Itemid=50

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Designer: thor høy

Get it: 2800 euro, without mattress, order by mail

Maybe building wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.
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