It always fun when I go to the movies and see a bed of ours I wasn’t even aware was purchased for the movie. Because of where we’re located, in the Los Angeles area, we sell most of the antique iron beds that end up in feature films, TV shows and commercials. But much of…
It’s a curvature that the side pole of some antique iron beds make out beyond the normal dimension of a double size bed. Most true double size iron beds are approx. 53″ wide, give or take a 1/2″ either way. The “French Curve” can make the outer dimension of a standard double, as wide as…
Man has always chosen to personalize where he lived to feel more emotionally and physically comfortable. From the very first caves we inhabited as human beings we chose to beautify them with cave paintings that depicted the lives that were led in those days. From these really humble origins the art of interior design has…
If you’re going to be using a standard double/full size mattress on your double/full size antique iron bed, you’re not going to come across any difficulties at all. Antique double sizes and modern day double sizes are exactly the same. One thing you should know…..old iron beds have side rails that were made particularly for…
When selecting antique iron beds, it’s a good idea to consider the height of the headboard and the interior design on the headboard. Lets say you have big beautiful European square shams. Are they going to hide all the design on the headboard? If so you might want to consider having the headboard on your…
Quite a few years ago I had a person that was vacationing from San Francsico come into my store in Santa Monica, looking for antique iron beds. She mentioned wanting something that had a design of waves, or something with a fluid design. At the time I had close to 500 or more iron beds.…
Having been in the antique iron beds business for 40 years, I’ve been fortunate to have supplied quite a few studios and set designers with iron beds over the years. So even though I know the film or TV show , where the majority of my beds end up……. it’s always nice when a customer…
Yesterday I had occasion to see some of the news feeds on Yahoo. One of them was about the daughter of Kurt Cobain, singer/song writer and front man for the band Nirvana , which was considered the “flagship band of Generation X” and the father of “grunge rock”, and Courtney Love his wife. Back in…
Iron and Aluminum are two very distinct types of metal, quite different from each other, that display a number of varying properties. One of the first differences that you’ll notice between the cast iron beds from the 1800’s and the modern reproductions that are made of aluminum would be the significant discrepancy when it comes…
Cast iron stove came into being in the 1700s. The material of cast iron is iron mixed with carbon and silica and cast in molds. Much the same as castings on an antique iron bed. It conducts heat very efficiently, and is strong and sturdy, withstanding years of wear. Once again much the same in…