Platform Beds

What Is a Platform Bed?

A platform bed supports the mattress directly on the bed frame without requiring an additional bed base. Our platform bed frames use solid timber slats to support the mattress, with a headboard-free design that gives the bed its simple, uncluttered shape.

Platform beds are often associated with lower frames, but they don't all sit at the same height. Our collection includes both standard-height and low bed frames, so you can choose the sleeping height that works for you.

A platform bed could be worth considering if:

• You want a simple bed frame without a headboard
• Your bed needs to sit beneath a window or sloping ceiling
• You prefer a lower or less visually dominant bed
• You want the option of a particularly low Japanese-style design
• You need built-in storage without adding a large headboard

Which Platform Bed Suits Your Space?

The platform range isn't limited to one design. The main difference comes down to how low you want the bed to sit and whether storage is important.

Keep Things Simple

Our classic solid wood platform beds give you the stripped-back platform design at a more conventional height. With no headboard to accommodate, they're also easier to position against walls where windows, shelving or other features might otherwise get in the way.

Bring the Bed Closer to the Floor

A low platform bed reduces the height further, making it particularly useful in attic rooms, loft conversions and bedrooms with restricted ceiling height. It can also change the proportions of the room. Keeping a king, super king or emperor frame lower to the floor can make a larger bed feel less dominant within the available space.

Choose a Japanese-Style Platform Bed

Our Japanese-style bed is one of the lowest and most distinctive designs in the collection. Its solid timber platform sits close to the floor, while the recessed base creates a subtle floating appearance beneath the frame.

The result is a particularly simple design that works well where you want to keep furniture low and leave more open space above the bed.

Add Storage Beneath the Mattress

If storage matters, our ottoman storage beds include headboard-free platform options with concealed storage beneath the mattress.

This gives you the cleaner profile of a platform bed without losing valuable storage space, which can be particularly useful in bedrooms where there isn't room for additional furniture.

Platform Bed Sizes

Our platform beds are available across six standard UK sizes, from single frames for smaller bedrooms through to emperor beds where space allows:

• Single – 90 x 190cm (3’0” x 6’3”)
• Small double – 120 x 190cm (4’0” x 6’3”)
• Double – 135 x 190cm (4’6” x 6’3”)
• King – 150 x 200cm (5’0” x 6’6”)
• Super King – 180 x 200cm (6’0” x 6’6”)
• Emperor – 215 x 215cm (7’0” x 7’0”)

When measuring up, check the external dimensions of the individual frame as well as the mattress size. This is particularly important if your platform bed needs to sit beneath a window, between existing furniture or within a restricted loft space.

Solid Wood Platform Beds, Made to Order

Every wooden platform bed frame in the collection is made to order from solid Scandinavian pine or solid European oak. Our solid pine bed frames provide a more accessible route into a solid timber bed, while our oak bed frames showcase the distinctive grain and natural variation of European oak.

Your chosen timber can then be paired with a finish to suit the room, from unfinished light and white options through to medium, walnut and black. Premium Rubio Monocoat finishes are also available for oak platform beds.

Each frame is manufactured and finished in our North Yorkshire workshop rather than bought in as a completed bed. If the standard dimensions don't work for your mattress or available space, we can also discuss a bespoke wooden bed made to your requirements. All of our wooden bed frames are backed by a 12-year guarantee.