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Recent Examples of bedstead
The substantial rails are inspired by 20th-century iron bedsteads, but the color pop is very much a modern twist.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Aug. 2025
Calling it the Fair View, Mulrooney was meticulous in choosing the lace curtains, plush carpets, brass bedsteads and other finery that would make her new hotel the envy of the region’s other hoteliers, who housed most guests in rough dormitories.
—Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The Emerald Ridge room, for example, has original redwood-slat walls, an antique bedstead and river views, while the sunny Rhododendron boasts period wallpaper and a claw-foot tub.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Orwell typed for hours upstairs, sitting on his iron bedstead in a tatty dressing gown, chain-smoking shag tobacco.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
The only possible exit is a skylight, and the only means of reaching it is to build a tower from a bedstead and other bits of furniture.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
In guest rooms, fires and lamplight illuminate upholstered sleigh beds or traditional turned-wood New England bedsteads.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Aug. 2025
Calling it the Fair View, Mulrooney was meticulous in choosing the lace curtains, plush carpets, brass bedsteads and other finery that would make her new hotel the envy of the region’s other hoteliers, who housed most guests in rough dormitories.
—Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The Emerald Ridge room, for example, has original redwood-slat walls, an antique bedstead and river views, while the sunny Rhododendron boasts period wallpaper and a claw-foot tub.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Orwell typed for hours upstairs, sitting on his iron bedstead in a tatty dressing gown, chain-smoking shag tobacco.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
The only possible exit is a skylight, and the only means of reaching it is to build a tower from a bedstead and other bits of furniture.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
In guest rooms, fires and lamplight illuminate upholstered sleigh beds or traditional turned-wood New England bedsteads.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedstead
Noun
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Professionals can life extremely stubborn stains with their professional equipment to get your mattress clean and safe to sleep on once again.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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In Benghazi’s Ganfuda Detention Center, dozens of young women and girls crowd the floor of a warehouse strewn with foam mattresses and the plastic-bag detritus of an itinerant life.—
Mick Krever,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Thirteen different dwellings, a few not much more than a room with a spare foldout couch or futon, and none were dependable.—
Stephanie Land,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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On the second floor, there are still some rustic '70s-style futon mattresses built into roughshod beds.—
Chloe Schama,
Vogue,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some arrived as early as 4 a.m. to choose from pallets of fruits, vegetables, bread, milk, juice, dry goods and prepared sandwiches.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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Mondrian and van Doesburg believed that their style of art, based on strict geometric forms and a simplified color pallet, would bring unity to the world.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Nowadays, Khloé Kardashian will only accept one very special boy in her bed.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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To get on the trend, fill containers on your PET-io and garden beds with pet-safe plants like zinnias, daylilies, ferns, marigolds, roses, and blueberry bushes.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The bunks are just that—bunks, not beds, with mattresses that let the road through.—
Alex Abramovich,
New Yorker,
26 Dec. 2025
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Your lodging options include suites with kitchenettes, traditional rooms with mini-fridges and private baths, and a bunk room that sleeps up to 10.—
Alex Schechter,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Bedstead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedstead. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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