Every Monday we post a recently built, remodeled or redecorated home with commentary from the designer. This week:

Designer : Jonathan Fong, Style With A Smile

Location : Santa Monica

Project goal : To add color and personality to a cookie-cutter town house without doing any construction or major remodeling. Everything was white when I moved into my condo. Actually, it was worse: The walls were painted Swiss Coffee, which, contrary to its caffeinated namesake, was a real snoozefest for me. So I asked, “What can I do to bring joy to my home, so I’m happy whenever I’m in it?”

Designer’s description : The task seemed simple enough. With just 1,400 square feet that included a combination living/dining room area, two small bedrooms and a pre-fab kitchen, I could have just painted the walls and been done with it. But I got a little ambitious.

The Model: In Richmond Hill, a nature-inspired suite has sparkly accents and a ...

“The low platform bed and night tables are very minimalistic,” Mr. Zavitski says, noting that the walnut wood and the weave pattern on both the headboard and tables keep minimalist from becoming cold and boring. 3. “Everything's woodsy in this room,”

How to choose the right bed

Sleigh beds are only one of many styles available to consumers. Other options include platform beds, storage beds, canopy or four-poster beds, decorative iron headboards, and leather or upholstered headboards. Another question to ask yourself,

e-tailer eFurnitureHouse.com Introduces a New Line of Platform Beds

Among the new releases are the Burlington leatherette platform beds, Webster leatherette platform beds, Winsor platform beds. The new styles of beds feature a combination of synthetic leather constructed headboards and wood frame in mainly dark wood

Just the Stats: Master bedroom

Features in master bedroom that retailers felt were gaining favor with consumers included nickel, pewter hardware, TV-compatible dresser/chests and platform beds. Features losing consumers' favor were wall-bed systems, bookcase headboards and brass

Relax: Charles P. Rogers Presents a New Bed

Relax features simple embroidery on the headboard to create the stuffed panels as well as complementing fabric panels on the rails for an overall contemporary feel. The bed is finished with squared mahogany feet, an upholstered platform and is

Popular Mechanics , 160 pages

Platform bed is constructed in five individual pieces that can be separated for moving ease. Night tables and headboard Begin construction by cutting the ...

, Nov 01, 1988

Popular Mechanics , 238 pages

BY ROSARIO CAPOTOSTO The popularity of platform beds is growing, and there's no end in ... Our headboard has enough room for a stereo receiver and speakers, ...

, May 01, 1984

Beds and bedroom furniture , 112 pages

This construction, called a platform bed, permits the rails to be located higher ... we wound up with a bed whose headboard barely showed above the pillows. ...

Creator: Fine Woodworking, Taunton Press | Crafts & Hobbies , May 01, 1997

can you help me find a plan to build a twin-size platform bed with a bookcase-headboard and footboard?

mu husband needs to build a platform bed with bookcase for our son, but isnt sure how to go about it. Can you help us?

I just found this website www.homeenvy.com. It has plans for all sorts of projects. Another one to try is www.100craftlinks.com. That has links (what a surprise) to all kinds of woodworking sites! Good Luck!

Right when you walk in to lowes or home depot, they have a bunch of books with projects in them. I have bought ones for flooring, landscaping, etc. They are about 20 bucks, and worth every penny.

where can i buy a platform bed frame that i can attach my headboard and footboard to? Can I purchase it throu?

where can i buy a platform bed frame that i can attach my headboard and footboard to? Can I purchase it through online?

Try this, http://www.comfyzone.com/ , http://www.debenhams.com/, http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html which help to find a high qyality bedframe with reasonable rates

I'm going to make a homemade bed platform with a headboard. What type of wood should I use?

I want it to look like this except with a headboard - http://i52.tinypic.com/2uykpr8.png

Ignore the red lines...

So what types of wood should I use? What type of screws?

Use pine 2x8s or 3x12s for the base, depending on how high you want your bed. You can make your joining in the corners invisible by using corner brackets and 1" wood screws on the inside. Use 3/4 inch plywood for the platform. Sand edges and rough