
Stunted? While it stood out in the crowd, we don't think we like CB2's new Indie Bed. While this reinterpretation of a 4-poster bed is definitely unique, the posts are at a bizarre height. While traditional four-poster beds might bring your eye upward or create a cozy retreat, these eye-level posts would seem to only trap your view and make the room seem smaller. Are we right? What do ATers think?..












No good. Bad scale.
Blogged it...
view blackbird's profile
My vague memory of when DungeonBeds sold through an otherwise conventional housewares boutique in the Castro (Barking Frog?) was that the posts were about this height, and that had a functional purpose related to the deployment of chains.
view wende in the twin cities's profile
Obviously this is an upside-down college-dorm "loft" structure.
view MrGreen's profile
so fugly.
view kdkaboom's profile
Not a fan of it either. Good idea, poor execution.
view mellymel's profile
Not pretty but may be good for recreational activities.
view SeanG's profile
Not a fan...but I really like those sconces (?) up above....
view alisong's profile
Looks unfinished.
view ebrown's profile
ick
view LaDonnaNichole's profile
What's the point, exactly, of a "we hate this bed, don't you?" post?
Not enough negativity on the site for you already?
Jeez.
view patrick (the other one)'s profile
Agree that it looks unfinished. And while I don't like it in the context of that particular photo/environment, I don't think it would be bad in a more Zen-inspired, Asian bedroom, along with some fabric and high ceilings. Then again, that's not really my thing either. Not great, not terrible, just ... meh.
view AJC's profile
looks like a gigantic upside-down ikea lack table.
view thinkingwoman's profile
p(too) -- Perhaps we're supposed to bond against the common enemy of the imperfectly designed bed.
view wende in the twin cities's profile
p too - agreed. What are we doing now, home fashion "don't's?" If it ain't good, don't post it.
view One Eyed Daruma's profile
Friendly criticism: The post has three consecutive sentences that start with "while."
Got copyeditors?
:-)
view gigi foucault's profile
i wouldn't want it (no headboard) but i do see why some would appreciate it as a bold statement and relative simplicity of design.
view jens's profile
agreed. shitay....
view -kellen's profile
Bad. Those posts are the perfect height to hang stuff on, and I don't need more encouragement not to put my hoodies back in the closet.
view dancingspring's profile
gigi foucault, the repeated "while" was intended to give structure, as in M.L. King's "I have a dream" speech. It was intentional.
Also, MrGreen detests those little face-things you teenage girls make with colons and parentheses to add "emotion" to your post.
view MrGreen's profile
The name makes me wince-- "Indie" bed? In my Gen. X adolescence, we'd have lampooned anyone who bought it as a "Poseur".
view SYB_in_DC's profile
It would make a good contest to start with one of these and see how many different ways people would finish it.
view robyn's profile
I agree with robyn - I don't like it as is, but I can think of a bunch of interesting ways to modify it into something I would like...
view Rosie's profile
Hideous
view designerny's profile
I dunno...I like the way it looks in the photo, anyway. I'd have to see it in person to decide if I thought the height of the posts seemed weird.
Someone said they like the wall sconces...those are from Crate & Barrel. I've been thinking about getting one for my living room.
view JyoJyo's profile
*puke*
view bellaknollie's profile
When I saw it - in the catalogue, I think - I just wondered why. It just looks like they forgot something.
view akhalil's profile
I like it. You would need a larger bedroom than I have to make it work, but I like it.
view Szig's profile
Given my height, when I wear capris total strangers are practically tempted to say to me, "Where are the rest of your pants?" That's basically how this bed makes me feel. . .
view eeeck's profile
Hmm. I must be getting senile. I would have thought P(2)'s post would have the obscene suggestion and Wende's would have the upbeat positivist one.
That said, I do like the concept. I think it would fly had the posts been tapered toward the top, or perhaps has some sort finial to finish them off. As the posts stand down they just stop at a weird height.
view JonathanB's profile
A friend of mine has a house with (I kid you not) 6-foot ceilings on the second floor. This bed would be perfect.
view Anne in Chicago's profile
We all hate this. We all have great taste. They suck!
Maybe AT should focus less on spawning more and more new sites and focus on some quality content...
view southernwayfarer's profile
i like that there is no definate footboard/headboard, and while i dont like it as a "normal" north/south bed, i think it could work great as an east/west daybed.
and i agree that we dont really need to read posts about things that you dont like; and where do you stop, its GOOD design that is hard to find, that is what should be featured. it almost makes me think you posted something negative about cb2 as a way to balance all the other postitive things youve posted about them in the past, trying to make yourself feel less of a sell-out to the big boxes?
and the sconces are from cb2, crate sells a similar one, but its bigger and slightly different
view ryan mcnitt's profile
You could put an eye out with that thing.
view mamacita's profile
Hmm. I must be getting senile. I would have thought P(2)'s post would have the obscene suggestion and Wende's would have the upbeat positivist one.
As a summer break, we are trading personalities. Look for your normal posting stereotypes to return after Labor Day.
view wende in the twin cities's profile
now you tell me....
view JonathanB's profile
I can not make it without double entendre until Labor Day.
view patrick (the other one)'s profile
Looks like all that is missing is a horse or two to tie up to the post.
view Fio's profile
surely a four-poster would require a bon huit
view JonathanB's profile
it reminds me of that mdf stuff on trading spaces. haha
view mariegael's profile