Ikea beds? For grownups?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have a bed from IKEA? One that doesn't take a box spring? Can you recommend it or not?
My husband and I are finally moving out of our full-size mattress and box spring on a metal frame and moving "up" (yes, I know - Ikea. But times are tough.) to a bigger bed. Just not sure about the whole "slatted bed base".
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!

[Anonymous]

We bought one about three years ago. We have the slats but we also have a tempurpedic mattress so we had to put something down so our bed wouldn't slide through the slats. It looks really pretty but I didn't get the highest quality bed because I had a tight budget and most of it was spent on the mattress.

[Anonymous]

We just bought one, and I had the same thought-- I never imagined I'd be buying Ikea for my bedroom again -- but they have great prices on latex mattresses and I like the bed. The one thing is that we moved up to a king, and it seems that at least for kings you need to give the center support bar a little extra support (as in, books underneath it) of else it bows a little, and then the slats start sliding off every day or two. It did seem like we could feel a little difference with adjusting the "adjustable" slats.

[Anonymous]

Skip the slats, they will bow. Just put the mattress on a solid base. Have you looked at Costco-they deliver and have an awesome return policy.

[Anonymous]

We had a Malm bed for 5 years. It was good enough for the price - very low bed, different from what I was used to before but we loved it. The mattress was also Ikea. We both still have good backs so I don't know about Ikea beds with other mattresses...