Queen Bed Frames

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Sharing a double with someone who starfishes gets old fast. Most Australian bedrooms have the floor space for a queen size bed, and the extra width is the difference between a good night's sleep and quietly resenting your partner by 3am. Early Settler's queen bed frames come in solid timber, iron, upholstery and leather, across eight colours, with gas lift and drawer storage options built in. Every frame is designed to sit comfortably alongside the rest of your bedroom furniture . What size is a queen bed frame? Queen mattresses in Australia measure 153cm wide by 203cm long. The frame itself always takes up more room than that. A standard queen frame sits around 160cm wide and 218cm deep, while a four-poster or canopy runs closer to 175 by 226cm, since headboard depth and a footboard both add to the footprint. Allow at least 60cm on either side for walking past and opening drawers or a wardrobe door. Queens are the standard size for Australian master bedrooms, which is why the range runs deeper here than in double bed frames or king single bed frames . Do I need a queen bed base with the frame? No. Every Early Settler queen bed frame includes its own slat support, so there is nothing extra to buy underneath. The three terms get used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. Frames hold the mattress on slats. Separate queen bed bases are standalone platforms, in timber or upholstered, that sit inside or under a frame. Ensembles are a base and mattress sold as one unit, with no frame at all. Slats hold the mattress and let air move beneath it. Ours come as pine slats or flat slat systems, so a queen mattress is the only other thing you need. What are queen bed frames made from? Early Settler queen bed frames are made from solid timber, iron, upholstery and engineered timber. Solid wood lasts longest, so a hardwood frame is the pick if you want it to outlast several mattresses. Each material behaves differently once it is living in a room: Solid timber – Americ