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Near the end of renovating her newly buttoned-up apartment in Chelsea, food consultant and writer Christine Muhlke knew she needed to find a bed. In the past, she had been more than willing to keep her mattress on the floor, opting for the most pared-back of sleeping arrangements. But with a grown-up home in gestation and a desperate need for as much storage as she could fit, she tapped her interior designer Lithe Sebesta for ideas.
Sebesta sent her a few options to consider, all straightforward platform numbers on the shorter side that would line up with the edges of the mattress. “We wanted something that would disappear, with the same wood tone as the floor and cabinetry, and would allow us to ‘build in’ the headboard with the upholstered wall,” Sebesta shares. The one they landed on? None other than a Zara Home frame.
“It’s simple, timeless, and surprisingly well-made—no veneers here,” Muhlke divulges. “The corner joinery detail is my kind of subtle.” She also appreciates that the height is so low that it’s nearly hidden by a comforter, but handsome enough to show off if she prefers to tuck it in on occasion. Plus, the solid wood legs could more than accommodate Muhlke’s Muji storage bags. In fact, they had the contractors take 5 inches off their height to bring the bed to just 11 inches tall; that helped Muhlke feel like she hadn’t moved too far off the ground. How long will this purchase last her? She predicts at least a decade, maybe two. And if there’s an eye we’d trust when it comes to quality, it’s Muhlke’s.
Zara Home Wooden Bed Frame
