Full Size Metal Bed Frame

About this piece

This is our full size frame, built around a 54 x 75 in mattress.

It is built from steel frame, faux leather and linen, with steel slats and 9 legs reaching the floor, rated to 1,000 lb. Storage comes as 12 in of clearance underneath.

The rest of the specification: the slat bearings are damped, which is where bed noise comes from and no box spring is needed. Assembly takes about 30 minutes with the tools supplied.

On any frame the figures that decide how it lives are the same three: how far apart the slats sit, how much the frame carries in total, and how much support runs down the centre line rather than only at the corners.

Every bed page here states the three numbers that decide how a frame lives: slat spacing, total weight capacity and the clearance under the frame. Slat spacing matters most, because a mattress warranty usually requires slats no more than about three inches apart, and a frame that fails that quietly voids the mattress rather than the frame. The rest of the room is on bedroom, and how to choose a size is worked through in The Bed Frame Guide: Slats, Storage and Why Beds Squeak.

Sizes, load ratings and what fits what are stated the same way across iPormis bedroom furniture, so two pages can be compared without opening either box.