If you are in the market for new bedroom furniture you won’t go wrong with the traditional style of a sleigh bed design. Popular since the early 1800’s, sleigh beds are named after the original winter sleigh that had rolled out edges at both the back and front that you would sit in covered in a blanket taking a winter ride. The same feeling of being cozy will be found in your own sleigh bed today, with that traditional rolled out look to the head and foot boards. Traditionally beds were made from wood; popular were cherry, oak and walnut. Today it is important to consider your fitted bedroom as a whole and think of color, dark wood is more traditional and relaxing. Lighter wood like oak and maple gives a more modern look to your whole room.
Away from the traditional wood sleigh beds, metal sleighs are now becoming more popular, especially for lofts or industrial conversions. Metal sleighs still have the sophisticated curve like a wood bed, so still give a chic look to your bedroom. Again be careful to choose the finish of your metal bed to go with other metals in your bedroom. Making a big impact right now are upholstered sleigh beds. These add a very warm look to your room. Leather is a great look, but you can pick a fabric to match shades, curtains, or maybe a chair in your room. Leather can sometimes give the room a manlier feel to it, like that of a den, so if you are looking for something more feminine maybe leather is not for you. If you want to put one in a child’s room, a twin sleigh bed would be the right size, and generally for a child’s room a pine sleigh bed would be a better fit than a darker wood, or even an oak sleigh bed would work. Lighter woods for a child’s room give you more decorating options.
Remember when purchasing your bed that we spend almost a third of our life sleeping, so getting the right size bed is as important as the look you are trying to create. A single and twin are the same, full and double are also the same size. Then the queen and king followed by a California king. You want to be comfortable and also for the bed to look good in the size of room you have, choose wisely and you will sleep well.
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