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authentic, antique, iron beds circa 1800s
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Accessorizing Your Antique Bed Frame
April 22nd, 2013
 The beauty of just about anything in life, be it a beautiful woman, or a piece of bedroom furniture, can be enhanced by the way you accessorize them . Bracelets , necklaces and earrings on one , and lamps, pillows and comforters on the other. Although a Spartan setting might call for a minimal amount of [...] ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
April 21st, 2013
 They are unmistakable. Their construction is very standardized. Yet the metal beds being made in England in the 1800′s all have the same problem …… instability. Why? Because there are way too many connecting points, where iron tubing is joined to brass tubing or iron rods are connected to iron tubingand those connections are problematic [...] ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
April 2nd, 2013
 It is said there is no great form of flattery than to impersonate someone. When it comes to original “antiques” and “reproductions”, it couldn’t be more true. You can count on the rarity and popularity of original antique iron beds, by the number of companies that are reproducing them. You can also tell which beds [...] ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
March 19th, 2013
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March 18th, 2013
 Elevating todays mattresses on old antique beds can often pose quite a dilemma. When antique iron beds were being made back in the 1800′s, the rail system that held the mattresses off the ground was at an average of 13″. Todays Hollywood and Harvard bed frames are only 5″ off the ground. This whole issue [...] ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
March 14th, 2013
 I receive at least 2 emails a day from people wanting to buy side rails for their antique bed. It’s unfortunate that people aren’t aware of how vital their side rails are. If they were, more people would take care not to misplace them when they move or disassemble their beds. Because they look like [...] ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
March 7th, 2013
 There are a number of things that make one antique bed more valuable than another. The first thing: is the size of the tubing. To be more specific, the size tubing going across the top of the bed. Nearly 85% of all the iron beds that were made back in the 1800′s had 1″ thick [...] ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
March 6th, 2013
 To understand the possible adjustments you might need to make to your antique bed, to use your modern mattress…..You first need to understand what was being used as a mattress and springs back when these beds were at their most popular in the 1800′s. In the 1800′s there was no such thing as a mattress [...] ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
March 3rd, 2013
 To trace the origin of the switch in popularity from one item to another , you need look no further than the price the new item was offered at. Dollars and cents always seems to be at the inception of a changing of the guard……. For the longest time wooden beds held the spotlight in [...] ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
March 3rd, 2013
 When most people think about antique iron beds, they think “white”. What most people aren’t aware of is that “white was probably the least popular color that beds were painted back in the 1800′s. “White” only became popular when “reproductions” started to help satisfy the demand for the lack of original antique beds that were [...] .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
