Pure Design

Art of the Night

"The Queen of the Night descends to Earth on a crescent Moon."

Image: Set Design painting for Mozart's The Magic Flute
Details: Gouache on canvas, measuring 15 by 20 feet.
Artist: Karl Friedrich Schinkel [1781-1841]
Year: 1815
Current Location: Staatliche Museen, Berlin.

"Spite House" Story

One incident shows Bedworks platforms fit everywhere bulky boxsprings and spring mattresses can't:

The Spite House stands at 44 Hull Street in Boston's North End. It is a tiny house with a fascinating story. Legend has it that it was built around 1800, out of spite. The owner built it in an alley, to block the big home behind it that his parents left his luckier siblings. You'll notice that the Spite House has no front door, you must enter by a side door down a narrow walkway [what's left of the alley] to get inside. The Spite House averages a mere 9.5-feet wide.

In 1980, the Spite House's current owner was looking everywhere for a new bed. He faced a insurmountable problem: no Sealy, Serta or Simmons boxsprings mattress-set would fit up his staircase. So he came to Bedworks. We suggested a flexible foam mattress with a 20 year warranty, and we crafted our Queen Floating Platform bed in three pieces, each no bigger than 27" x 62" x 3". Our platform bed and mattress fit up his tiny staircase, when no boxsprings would. Now he finally could enjoy a good night's sleep.



FYI: Boston luckily does not hold the record for the narrowest house.

The narrowest house in the world is in Brazil. It is only 40" wide. Here is it's photo:

Platform beds around the world

Here is a Tibetan Monk studying on a foam mattress and platform bed:

Our mattresses can fit in any car!

One of our queen size futons fit in the back of a 2 door convertible.