Collection: Queen Bed Frames

Queen bed frame size: will it fit your room?

A queen bed frame holds a mattress 60 inches wide and 80 inches long, the standard queen size given by the Sleep Foundation. The frame itself is always bigger than the mattress, and how much bigger depends on the style. A low queen platform bed with no box spring adds a few inches. A storage bed with benches adds a lot more: our listing for the Lethbridge Velvet Storage Platform Bed gives its queen footprint as 99 inches long by 92 inches wide.

The Sleep Foundation suggests leaving at least 24 inches of space at the foot of the bed and on both sides. For a plain queen mattress, that works out to a wall at least 108 inches (9 feet) wide. The room should be at least 104 inches (8 feet 8 inches) deep before the headboard. Do the same sum with your frame's real footprint, and the Lethbridge needs a wall about 11 feet 8 inches wide. Our Canadian queen bed dimensions guide has the metric numbers and a room-by-room chart.

Height matters too, especially for anyone with stiff knees. Beaudoin lists its Level platform at 13 inches tall (our Level platform bed review covers how it goes together) and the base of its Adam bed at 17 inches. The Sleep Foundation puts most queen mattresses between 8 and 14 inches thick. A 10-inch mattress puts the sleeping surface about 23 inches off the floor on the Level. Beaudoin lists no deck height for the Adam, so ask us for its sleeping height.

Queen mattress frames by type and price

Queen mattress frames at Mattress Miracle fall into six groups, and the prices below are today's queen prices. Twenty-seven of the 38 come from Beaudoin, which says its beds are designed and manufactured in Canada, and 26 of those are Beaudoin upholstered queen bed frames. The other 11 are from IFDC.

The $230 folding frame is the cheapest way onto a queen, and its own listing pitches it for guest rooms, dorms and temporary setups. For a bed you sleep on every night, the usual step up is the Level platform bed, which one person can put together in minutes, at $535. Beaudoin rates the queen Level for 850 lb.

Storage beds take two forms. Drawer beds such as the Queen Bed Frame With Storage Underneath ($545) and the Celestre ($625, two wire-mesh drawers on each side) pull out from underneath. Bench beds such as the Windsor ($995), Lethbridge ($1,495) and Black Velvet ($1,700) have three lift-up storage benches. On the Lethbridge and Black Velvet, two benches run along the sides and one sits at the foot, so measure for the bigger footprint worked out above.

The 26 Beaudoin upholstered frames come in 14 fabrics and run from $1,270 for the Ennis to $1,480 for the Chelsea. Most are sold in two versions, one with a Woodland footboard and one with an Absolute footboard. Beaudoin's spec page for the Adam upholstered bed frame lists an 850 lb capacity, a one-year warranty on manufacturing defects, and a choice of platform or box spring support.

Which queen frame does your mattress need?

A queen frame should match the mattress you sleep on, and the mattress warranty is the rulebook. Foam, latex and most hybrid mattresses go straight onto a platform, so every platform bed on this page lets you skip the box spring. A traditional innerspring that calls for a box spring needs a frame built to carry one, such as a Beaudoin bed set up with box spring support. Our queen box springs start at $149.99 in 2, 5 and 7 1/2 inch heights.

Two checks save most warranty headaches. First, look for centre support: a queen spans 60 inches, so a frame should have a centre rail with a leg to the floor. Second, read your mattress warranty for its slat-gap limit, because makers set their own number. Putting a box spring on a platform bed mostly makes the bed taller, which is rarely what anyone wants. Our guide to box springs, foundations and platform beds walks through each mattress type.

Beaudoin lists the Adam as compatible with adjustable bases. If you want the head or foot of the bed to move, we carry queen adjustable bases, and an advisor can tell you which frames take one.

Delivery, setup and old mattress removal

Mattress Miracle delivers queen frames within Ontario. Order online and white glove delivery and setup is free on most orders, anywhere up to 200 km from Brantford, from Paris and St. George to Milton, London, Toronto and Peterborough. Longer drives may carry a small distance fee, confirmed when you book.

One exception matters on this page. An order under $500 that includes a bed frame pays $80 delivery in Ontario, the same rate checkout shows. On their own, the $230 Foldable Metal Bed Frame, the $400 Elysian and the $445 Padded Bed Frame all fall under that line. Once the whole order reaches $500, delivery is free. Old mattress removal is $20, arranged with your delivery.

Buying a queen mattress and frame together

What matters for delivery is the order total. Once a frame and a queen mattress together reach $500, the $80 rate falls away and white glove delivery is free on most orders. A combined order under $500 still pays the $80. Our advice for a tight budget is to spend on the mattress before the frame. As one example from today's prices, the Level platform ($535) with a Sleep In Ortho Care queen ($695) comes to $1,230. Browse our queen size mattresses, or read the mattress and bed frame pairings our advisors suggest for other combinations.

Visit our Brantford showroom

Mattress Miracle has been in Brantford since 1997 and on West Street since 2010. Our advisors are not on commission. Parking at the store is free, and the wheelchair entrance is on the side of the building: call ahead and someone will be there to let you in. If you can't make the drive, call during store hours and an advisor will walk the floor with you by phone, or browse bed frames in every size.

Mattress Miracle | 441 1/2 West Street, Brantford, ON | (519) 770-0001

Hours: Mon-Wed 10am-6pm, Thu-Fri 10am-7pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12pm-4pm.