How Do You Pick a Bed?
Picking a bed goes wrong when style comes first. Work instead through five stages in order: the size your room can genuinely take once walkways are accounted for, the mattress that matches how you sleep, the frame type and the storage you need from it, the route the bed has to travel through the house, and only then the look. This guide sets out the measurements behind each stage, including the 70cm of walkway to leave beside the bed, the 60cm wardrobe doors need, and why a frame is always larger than the mattress inside it. We compare pocket sprung, foam, hybrid and open coil mattresses, weigh ottoman storage against drawer divans, and cover the mistakes that cause regret later, from slat spacing to a bed simply too big for the room it stands in....
