3 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING A BED

Choosing a bed can be a tricky task. When should you choose a storage bed and when a frame bed? What should you consider when choosing the material, colour and headboard? Our designer Marko Ala highlights 3 points to pay attention to when choosing a bed.

1. STORAGE BED OR FRAME BED?

A storage bed is a practical choice if you need extra space to store bed linen or other things. Here it’s worth checking how sturdily the storage box is built. At OOT-OOT Studio, we designed the storage space of our storage beds in two parts. This way, you can put bed linen on one side, for example, and suitcases or shoe boxes on the other. Our bed base can carry up to 500 kg, so it is also well suited for storing books.

The advantage of a frame bed is its airiness. A bed on legs looks light, and as the floor visually continues under the bed, the room feels more spacious. A frame bed works well with underfloor heating, as it doesn’t block heat or cooling from spreading. We recommend checking whether a bed with a slim frame is also strong enough. We designed OOT-OOT Studio frame beds on an extra-strong, two-part metal frame with double legs. The legs are also high enough for various robot vacuums to fit underneath.

2. WHICH HEADBOARD?

High headboards are usually attached to or leaning against the wall. Beds with lower headboards attached to the frame can also be placed in the middle of the room. They also fit under a sloping roof and visually appear wider. With a fabric headboard, we like to check whether the cover is removable. The OOT-OOT Studio range includes several models where you can easily swap the legs, the cover or even the whole headboard for a different design. That way, you can give the bed a refresh even years later without having to replace its frame.

Storage bed NORD

3. WHICH MATERIAL AND COLOUR?

When choosing materials and colours, it’s worth taking the room as your starting point. Wooden frames and headboards are a good choice if you want to bring warmth to a room with stone floors and walls. But if the room already has a wooden floor or wooden cabinets, the result may become too woody. It’s also difficult to match different types of wood with each other. To keep the bed and headboard from blending into the room too much, it’s good to choose a slightly darker bed for a light interior, and vice versa. With tone-on-tone solutions, you need to make sure that warm and cool tones and different shades don’t clash. In the OOT-OOT Studio showroom, we give our customers fabric samples to take home, which makes choosing colours much safer.

Storage bed OSLO

Designed and made in Estonia
OOT-OOT Studio is a furniture company founded by designers Marko Ala and Joonas Torim, focusing on upholstered furniture and beds. Explore the collection at the OOT-OOT Studio showroom in Tallinn at Staapli 10, or visit our ONLINE STORE

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