What is a platform bed?
Answers: Mattress sits on a platform instead of a box spring
A platform bed is one that does not sit on a conventional metal frame and only have one mattress. It literally sits on a platform that is simply a bit larger than the mattress and some, instead of a solid wood platform, have several slats on which the mattress sits.
It is a bed consisting of a mattress resting on what amounts to an upside wooden box, the size of the mattress.
these days alot of things are being call a platform bed, just type it within on ebay and see how many different styles you come up next to. Generally speaking, a platform bed are those cool styled ultra low beds usually found surrounded by a downtown loft for an industrial look.
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