Day Bed Glossary
Armoire: Another name for a tall, wide wardrobe usually having two large doors behind which clothes can be hung or stored. Armoires originated in France where they were used for the storage of armor.
Bedroom Furniture: Furniture sets that are placed in your bedroom such as bed, dresser, chest of drawers and nightstand. Some bedroom collections even come with an armoire, chiffonier or storage chest. Depending on your preference, you may choose contemporary, traditional or transitional styled bedrooms.
Bunk Bed: Two beds that are joined together so that one is placed above the other. Bunk beds are often used in kids rooms and dormitories. Federal safety standards exist for bunk bed ladders and rails which protect children from falling injuries.
Bureau: A chest of drawers used in the bedroom. See dresser.
Canopy Bed: Canopy beds are beds decorated with a canopy. Sometimes they use four posts that are connected at the top with rails that fabric can be hung from. Other times, a hoop is hung from the ceiling over the bed and the fabric drapes down from the hoop. Originally, they were developed to provide protection from insects but now are more commonly used in a decorative fashion.
Center Glide: A center track that a drawer glides on.
Chaise Lounge: A type of sofa or daybed designed for reclining and resembling an elongated chair.
Daybed: A sofa with head and foot and/or back pieces, having a twin sized mattress which doubles as a sitting and sleeping surface. Daybeds often have decorative removable covers and matching pillows or bolsters which act as back rests.
Entertainment Center: An entertainment center is a shelving unit to place a TV and stereo equipment on. The larger TVs have become, the larger entertainment units have grown.
Four Poster: Any bed with four high posts positioned at each corner. Originally, the posts were designed to support elaborate fabric curtains and upholstered treatments which totally enclosed the bed.
Frame: The bed frame supports the mattress and attaches to the headboard and foot board. They often have self locking devices at each corner and are connected to threaded reinforcements inside the bedposts. The wooden skeleton of an upholstered piece.
Headboard: An upright structure rising above the mattress at the head of the bed. Common types include the chairback headboard, panel headboard and bookcase headboard.
Hutch: A low cupboard with doors usually surrounded by open shelves.
Hutch Mirror: A mirror incorporated into an open shelved cabinet designed to sit on a dresser.
Loft Bed: Loft beds are similar to bunk beds except there is sometimes only one bed and the lower space is used for storage or a desk. Often the beds are placed perpendicular to each other and the supports for the top bed also container drawers, shelving or cabinets for storage.
Night Stand: A small, low table or cabinet which sits by a bed.
Ottoman: An upholstered seat or couch usually without a back or an overstuffed footstool.
Platform Bed: Platform beds are beds whose bases consists of a raised, flat, hard, horizontal surface meant to support a mattress. Usually, they have a 'low-profile' footboard. You can use them with or without a boxspring, depending on your preference.
Sleigh Bed: The sleigh bed has a high, scrolled headboard and footboard resembling the front of a sleigh.
Storage Bed: Storage beds are beds that usually come with additional drawers underneath the bed to save space in the bedroom. Some storage beds have hydraulic lifts instead of drawers.
Trundle Bed: A low or collapsible bed which is stored under another bed.
