Ashford Hydraulic Lift Storage Bed

The amount of storage in a hydraulic lift bed is genuinely hard to appreciate until you see it in person. The entire area beneath the mattress becomes usable space. Not a drawer here and a drawer there. The full footprint of the bed, from head to foot, opens up when you lift the mattress. On a King, that's a significant amount of room.

The Ashford uses gas-piston assisted hydraulics to lift the mattress. It's a controlled, smooth motion that holds itself open while you access the storage. There are no complicated mechanisms to operate. You lift a handle built into the base and the mattress rises. That's it.

How Hydraulic Lift Storage Works in Practice

The storage underneath isn't divided into drawers or compartments, which means you have the flexibility to store things of different sizes. Seasonal clothing in bins, extra duvets and bedding sets, suitcases, sports equipment, whatever your household needs to tuck away. Many customers tell us the Ashford effectively replaced a separate storage unit or extra closet shelving they had been relying on.

Because you're lifting the whole mattress, you do need reasonable clearance above the bed to open it fully. A ceiling at standard height is fine. Very low-slung ceiling rooms or bedrooms with sloped ceilings above the bed could present a challenge. It's worth thinking about your specific room when considering this frame.

Canadian Made With a 10-Year Warranty

The Ashford is Canadian made and backed by a 10-year warranty. For a bed with a mechanical component like hydraulic pistons, that warranty matters more than it would on a simple platform frame. It means the manufacturer stands behind the lift mechanism, not just the frame itself.

Available in Double, Queen, and King. The sleek design means there's nothing fussy or bulky-looking about the frame from the outside. It looks like a clean, modern platform bed. The storage is entirely hidden until you open it.

When you're ready to choose the mattress that goes on top, our mattress quiz can help focus the conversation. A mattress that works well with a hydraulic lift base should be in a manageable weight range. Extremely heavy mattresses can make the lift more effortful over time. Our team can advise you on this when you visit. Browse the full range in our mattress collection, and if you're completing the room, our bedding collection has storage-friendly duvet sets that fold compactly for use inside the lift compartment.

We've been selling beds in Brantford since 1987 and the hydraulic lift style has become one of our most consistently recommended options for customers who need serious storage without sacrificing how the bedroom looks.