![]() (The reps asked us to provide a couple of photos to indicate where and possibly why the damage occurred.) ![]() We reached out to Article’s customer service department, and it responded immediately, sending a replacement slat in a few days. After one too many exuberant leaps during testing, we cracked a slat. Pine is a cheaper softwood, and though it’s generally considered durable, it just can’t handle the same kind of roughhousing as a bed with hardwood slats. ![]() Where the Tessu does give up ground compared with our more expensive picks is in the area of toughness. The 16 pine slats-which measure ½ inch thick and, like the slats on all the beds we recommend, are no more than 3 inches apart-feel as comfortable and supportive as those on any other bed we tested. Each board also has its own leg underneath many other frames we tried had one or two legs in the center, but none provided this much support.Īlthough in our tests the entire process of assembling the bed, including unpacking and cleanup, took over an hour for two people to complete (more about that below), once you’re done you have a comfortable bed frame that looks terrific, doesn’t creak, and is covered by a one-year warranty. If you live in an area where high humidity is commonplace and you have no air conditioning or heating, we recommend that you consider a bed frame with more slats, just to be safe. ![]() Generally we don’t recommend frames that use solid platforms instead of slats because experts have told us that mattresses need airflow in order to keep mold away, but we think the 2 or 3 inches between each pair of boards here provides plenty of ventilation. In contrast, this bed uses four wide, fabric-covered support boards that provide more surface area and possibly more stability for the mattress (BenchMade says this can extend its longevity). Most frames we considered use around 12 to 16 slats (thin boards that run horizontally across the frame) to support a mattress. The stitching is straight and uniform, the frame is secured by heavy-gauge hardware and reinforced steel connectors, and the entire bed is supported by thick wooden legs. If you’re ordering a lot of IKEA furniture already and you particularly like the look, a Hemnes or Malm will probably do just fine.The Skinny Fat Bed is one of only two of our picks to come with a lifetime warranty (the other being Thuma’s The Bed), but this frame is so durable, you probably won’t need to take advantage of that coverage. You can replace the slats in the Hemnes (and the Malm) with a prebuilt bunkie board, but that’s an additional cost. Friends and co-workers with IKEA bed frames have noted broken or slipped slats in the past. The now-discontinued Lönset slat base had slats that were just over ¼-inch thick, and though they’re tightly placed, at 1¼ inches apart, the net effect was a less firm, flat support for a mattress. The package had dozens of pieces and little hardware bits to contend with (annoying if you need to reassemble a frame), and the bed wasn’t very comfortable the slat base was too flexible. The build experience was a familiar IKEA afternoon of screws, holding bolts, and dowels-and reading the instructions multiple times. We built IKEA’s Hemnes bed in lieu of testing the more universally known Malm, because the Hemnes bed is made with solid wood instead of veneer, and it looked more traditional.
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