Newest metal beds combine value, style
By Thomas Russell -- Furniture Today, May 17, 2010
HIGH POINT —
Metal bed vendors showing at the April High Point Market continued to grow the category with new, value-priced models.
Value is often in the eye of the beholder, but with these beds it shows up in details ranging from aged finishes to decorative elements such as the shaping of the castings and finials. Here is a sample of some of the market winners from a number of style leaders in the category.
Vendor: Amisco
Bed: Mateo bed
Description: The Mateo bed is a transitional bed with 1 3/8-inch tubing and has decorative X-shaped elements in the head and footboard. It comes in 14 metal finishes and is shipped in 10 business days.
Suggested retail: $399 for a complete queen version.
What retailers liked: The bed received strong interest at market thanks to its styling, price point and versatility. It has a mattress support system that allows the use of a mattress only or a mattress and box spring. The support system offers three height adjustments.
Vendor: Largo International
Bed: 1551 Cullen
Finish: Burnished Silver
Description: The Cullen bed has a heavy tube frame with decorative burnished finials and detailed hand-cast aluminum interior castings on the bent steel grills.
Suggested retail: $399 complete queen version.
What retailers liked: Retailers who ordered or made firm commitments at market particularly liked the finish and other decorative elements including the finials and castings.
Vendor: Leggett & Platt Consumer Products Group
Bed: Pomona
Finish: Hazelnut
Description: The Pomona is a transitional metal bed with an arched headboard and footboard.
Suggested retail: $399 for a complete queen version.
What retailers liked: This was the company's top-selling metal bed thanks to the perceived value represented in its design, price and finish.
Vendor: Wesley Allen
Bed: Danbury
Finish: Antique Verde. Other finish options are also available.
Description: The Danbury is a transitional bed with British Colonial design influences. It also has decorative finials and castings and decorative turned elements that surround a medallion-shaped centerpiece on the headboard.
Suggested retail: $899 for a complete queen version.
What retailers liked: Retailers who placed orders for the bed at market liked the high perceived value of the design and the aged nature of the finish.
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