Bedroom Furniture Terms Explained

The bedroom is the part of a home used mainly for sleeping. If a bedroom has a bookshelf or a computer desk, can serve as a study. Because the bedroom is the only private place in a home, it is often designed in a romantic way, and has only a night table and a bed. Other bedrooms have entertainment centers inside. Depending on your taste, furniture items in your bedroom may include a full, king or queen-sized bed with proper bedding, a nightstand, dressers and closets.
Now, let's take a look at a short list, not claiming to be exhaustive, of bedroom furniture terms you may not understand, although you see them often on furniture related websites.
• Armoire - A movable wardrobe, usually with one or two doors.
• Air Bed - A mattress filled with air, covered with cushioning and ticking.
• Baffle - A structure which reduces wave motion in a waterbed mattress.
• Bunk Bed - A type of bed in which one bed is stacked on top of another.
• California King Bed - A bed that measures 72 inches wide and 84 inches long.
• Chest - A rectangular piece of furniture with four walls and a liftable lid, used for storage.
• Comforter - A thick, fluffy blanket used as a cover on top of the bed.
• Daybed - Bed made out of wood or metal, used as bed and seating area.
• Double Bed - A bed that measures 54 inches wide by 75 inches long.
• Double Extra Long Bed - A bed that measures 54 inches wide by 80 inches long.
• Duvet Cover - A type of bedding, a soft flat bag filled with down or feathers, used on a bed as a blanket.
• Extra-Long Twin Bed - A bed that measures 39 inches wide by 80 inches long.
• Full Bed - A bed that measures 54 inches wide by 75 inches long.
• Full Motion - A waterbed that does not have wave reduction systems.
• Futon - A thin mattress of tufted cotton batting, placed on the floor or on a raised, foldable frame.
• Headboard - The piece of furniture that attaches to the head of the bed, to retain bed linens and pillows.
• King Bed - A bed that measures 76 inches wide by 80 inches long.
• Motion Reduced - A waterbed that incorporates wave reduction devices to reduce wave motion.
• Motionless - A waterbed that incorporates wave reduction devices to stop wave motion.
• Olympic Queen Bed - A bed that measures 66 inches wide by 80 inches long.
• Pedestal Decking - A flat board which sits on a waterbed pedestal, below the frame.
• Queen Bed - A bed that measures 60 inches wide by 80 inches long.
• Sleigh Bed - A bed with a high, scrolled headboard and slightly lower footboard resembling the front of a sleigh.
• Sleeper - A sofa which can be converted into a bed.
• Twin Bed - One of a matching pair of single beds.