To bed frame or not to bed frame?

It all started with a tweet, as many things do these days, one that exposed an insidious lie that rom-coms peddle willy-nilly—that men have bed frames.

Though the missive hardly went viral, it was clear that more than a few people on the internet agreed with the observation or experienced it firsthand: that a lot of men sleep on just a mattress—sans bed frame—on the floor. In other words, some men can’t be bothered to appoint their bedrooms in a “grown-up” manner.

The team here at Curbed had a lot to say about that. Some of us thought it was no biggie, while others could hardly stomach the thought of sleeping on just a mattress without any extra support.

But is that so wrong? It’s certainly a bare-bones, if not deliberately bohemian, look. It’s also a matter of resources. A frame or box spring can be an added expense, and if you can live without one, then why not?

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There’s also the question of what kinds of mattresses can go on the floor. Can a foam mattress simply be plopped on the floor in the same way that a traditional one can? Does it matter? Or is it a matter of preference?

So let’s say you’ve graduated to a bed frame—and no, we’re not talking about those metal frames on casters. Do you go with a flat platform, or one with wooden slats, or metal? Boxsprings or nah? Sound off, below.

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