# How to pick Mattresses, Bed Frames & Platform Beds

### Personal Shopper

- Pick headboards first so you know the sizes necessary
- Some headboards come with side rails or a metal bedframe, so they don't need a platform or additional metal frame

#### Mattresses

- Select **Mattresses - General** or **Mattresses - Grant** as the class 
    - Queen – for a couple
    - Full – adult(s) 18 or older
    - Twin - kids ages 2 and up
    - Twin Xl – same length as queen, good for tall kids or adults
    - Toddler Mattress – find them in the **Children's Furniture** item class if we have any. 
        - These mattresses fit in a crib or a toddler bed

#### Platform Beds- Grant  


- **We buy these with grant money**
- Twin, Full & Queen
- Only need a mattress 
    - No box spring is needed.
    - No slats needed
    - No other metal frame.
- Good if the truck or vehicle is small and we need to save space
- Comes in a compact box
- Assembly is required 
    - A picture is on the wall next to the frames
- Has 14 inches of storage space underneath and is very sturdy
- We have metal brackets for headboards only

#### **Metal Bed Frames- used (Item Class “Mattresses- General”)**

- First, pick used metal Bed Frames - if the size is available.

#### **Grant Metal Bed Frames - (Item Class “Mattresses Grant”)**

- **We buy these with grant money**
- If there are **NO** Used bed frames available, take one from the Grant category
- If the headboard/footboard comes with side rails, a metal frame is not needed
- None of these metal frames require slats to support a box spring
- \#17047- Twin/ Twin XL or Full
- \#25252- Full, Queen, or King- has a center span