Queen Size Velvet Platform Bed Frame with Button Tufted Headboard

About this piece

A queen frame, sized for a 60 x 80 in mattress.

Underneath the finish it is built from steel frame and velvet, with wooden slats and 8 contact points, rated to 800 lb. What it holds: 8 in of clearance underneath.

Details worth knowing: the slat bearings are damped, which is where bed noise comes from and no box spring is needed.

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.