The upholstered metal box spring has the best of both worlds a look that polishes off your bed and the strength and durability of a metal bed foundation.
Box spring cover metal frame.
Alice has a question about bedskirts covering the box spring and bed frame hi at.
Mattress box spring and standard metal bed frame.
Benita at chez larsson offered a great how to for a streamlined bed skirt and the following idea from martha stewart is an even more basic solution from martha stewart online if you want to dress up your bed but find dust ruffles a bit fussy consider.
However a box spring can also look out of place against the style of your bedroom.
I was wondering that the standard was for bed dressing basics.
I like the ease of changing sheets without a bedskirt getting caught up in it all but then the box springs and frame on the side show because on one makes a long or wide enough quilt or comforter to hide that with the new thicker mattresses and then it looks ugly.
An easy way to streamline a room s look is to cover your box spring.
I just bought my first queen bed.
Crafted to look good enough so that you can forgo the bed skirt it s made tough on the inside with steel framework and clean on the outside with woven grey fabric paneling.
A box spring or divan in some countries is a type of bed base typically consisting of a sturdy wooden frame covered in cloth and containing springs usually the box spring is placed on top of a wooden or metal bedframe that sits on the floor and acts as a brace except in the uk where the divan is more often fitted with small casters the box spring is usually the same size as the much softer.
Skirts are fitted over box springs like fitted sheets over mattresses and have curtain like flaps on all sides that hang down to the floor.
A box spring provides support for your mattress and evenly distributes weight preventing sagging and overall improving the longevity of your bed.
Is a bedskirt the only option for covering the box spring and bed frame.
I have a king size iron bed that i really like but i hate having to have a bedskirt to hide the metal frame and box springs.
A fabric bed skirt also known as a dust ruffle is a traditional method of hiding bed frames as well as box springs.