The 10 Best Bed Frames in Australia

A bed frame is the structural base that holds a mattress off the floor, ranging from a plain metal platform to a fully upholstered frame with built-in storage or lighting. The best bed frames australia shoppers buy fall into a handful of distinct builds rather than one standard design, and the right pick depends more on room layout and storage needs than on styling alone.

Bed frames are built around a few core styles. Platform frames are the simplest, a flat base with no box spring required. Storage frames add drawers or a gas-lift base to use the space underneath. Upholstered frames add a fabric headboard for a softer look. Novelty frames, like floating or corner designs, solve a specific room-layout or styling problem rather than following the standard rectangle.

A queen bed frame needs to fit a 153cm x 203cm mattress (60 inches x 80 inches), with most frames adding 5cm to 10cm of clearance around that footprint. Weight capacity, slat spacing and whether the frame suits a spring or foam mattress matter more day-to-day than the headboard styling.

This guide compares bed frames across build type, storage and size to identify which frame suits a given room layout, storage need and styling preference.

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Best Bed Frames Australia Compared

Product	Link	Type	Best For	Key Spec
Artiss Gas Lift Storage Bed Frame	Check price	Storage platform	Apartments needing storage	Gas-lift base + 3 drawers
Artiss RGB LED Bed Frame with Bedside Tables Set	Check price	Bed and furniture set	Furnishing a bedroom from scratch	Bed + 2 bedside tables, matching lighting
Artiss ELLA Boucle Fabric Bed Frame	Check price	Upholstered storage platform	Soft, textural bedroom styling	Boucle fabric, gas-lift storage
Artiss Timber House Kids Bed Frame	Check price	Timber kids frame	Young children	Single, house-shaped, low-to-floor
Artiss OSLO Metal Bed Frame	Check price	Metal frame	Budget, no-frills use	Steel and MDF, no added features
Floating Bed Frame with LED Lights	Check price	Floating platform	Architectural bedroom styling	Floating profile, headboard charging station
Corner Bed Frame with Charging Station	Check price	Corner platform	Awkward room corners	L-shaped, guardrail installs left or right
Bed Frame with Storage Drawers	Check price	Upholstered storage frame	Everyday drawer access	Velvet, pull-out drawers, charging station
Ovela William Wood Bed Frame	Check price	Timber frame	Minimalist styling	Wood frame, floor clearance, no added features
Ovela Theodore Bed Frame	Check price	Upholstered frame	Understated styling	Fabric headboard, metal legs, no storage

1. Artiss Gas Lift Storage Bed Frame – Best Storage

Artiss builds this frame around a hydraulic gas-lift base that raises the whole platform for under-bed access, then adds three more drawers built into the frame itself for a second storage layer most gas-lift beds skip. The headboard adjusts for angle, which plain platform frames further down this list don’t offer.

The hybrid steel-and-timber frame is designed for compact apartments where a separate chest of drawers isn’t practical, so the storage is doing real work rather than sitting as a bonus feature. Lifting the gas-strut base takes one hand once the mattress is on, which matters if the space underneath gets used often.

All that storage adds bulk to the frame itself, so it suits a bedroom where floor space is tighter than storage space rather than the reverse. Anyone renting a small apartment without built-in wardrobes gets the clearest use out of this over a plain frame.

Pros

• Gas-lift base plus three built-in drawers for two storage layers
• Adjustable headboard angle
• Suited to compact apartments needing extra storage

Cons

• Bulkier frame than a plain platform base
• Overkill for a bedroom with existing wardrobe storage

Key specs: Queen, hybrid steel/timber frame, gas-lift base, 3 drawers, adjustable headboard

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2. Artiss RGB LED Bed Frame with Bedside Tables Set – Best Bedroom Set

This is the only entry on this list sold as a matching three-piece set, pairing the bed frame with two bedside tables finished in the same PVC leather and high-gloss trim. The foam-padded headboard and gas-lift base underneath match the storage frame above, minus the extra drawers.

The bedside tables carry the same 16-colour RGB lighting as the headboard, so the set is designed to be bought and styled together rather than matched piece by piece from separate ranges. That coordination is the actual selling point more than the lighting feature itself.

Buying a matched set locks in one style across three pieces of furniture at once, which suits someone furnishing a bedroom from scratch more than someone replacing a single bed frame in a room with existing furniture. The gloss PVC finish also needs a wipe-down rather than the timber care the wood-framed options further down this list need.

Pros

• Matching three-piece set: bed frame plus two bedside tables
• Coordinated 16-colour lighting across all three pieces
• Gas-lift base with foam-padded headboard

Cons

• Best value only when furnishing the whole room, not just the bed
• Gloss PVC finish shows marks more than a timber frame

Key specs: Queen, PVC leather, gas-lift base, includes 2 matching bedside tables

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3. Artiss ELLA Boucle Fabric Bed Frame – Best Boucle Upholstered

The ELLA swaps the vinyl and metal finishes used elsewhere in the Artiss range for a boucle-textured fabric bedhead, which is a genuinely different look rather than just a new colourway. A hydraulic gas-lift base sits underneath the same textured upholstery, so the storage function carries over despite the softer finish.

Reinforced wooden slats sit under the boucle padding, built to standard Australian mattress sizing rather than a generic international size. The padded bedhead is the part that does the visual work, since the base itself is a fairly standard gas-lift platform once the mattress is on.

Boucle fabric needs more careful spot-cleaning than the vinyl or metal frames elsewhere in this range, and it shows crushing over time the way a smooth fabric wouldn’t. It suits a bedroom built around soft, textural finishes rather than the cleaner lines of the metal frames later in this list.

Pros

• Boucle-textured upholstered bedhead, distinct from the range’s vinyl options
• Hydraulic gas-lift storage base included
• Reinforced slats built to Australian mattress sizing

Cons

• Boucle needs more careful spot-cleaning than vinyl or metal
• Texture will show crushing over time

Key specs: Queen, boucle fabric upholstery, gas-lift storage base, reinforced slats

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4. Artiss Timber House Kids Bed Frame – Best for Kids

Built to a single size and shaped like a simple timber house frame, this is the one bed in this guide designed to double as a play feature rather than disappear as plain furniture. The low, open frame keeps the mattress close to the floor, which matters more for a young child’s bed than an adult one.

The house-shaped silhouette gives a child’s room a cosy, tucked-in feel that a standard rectangular frame doesn’t, without needing a full canopy or tent add-on. Sturdy timber construction is built to handle the climbing and jumping a plain frame further up this list was never designed for.

The low-to-the-floor design and single-bed sizing mean this doesn’t scale into a frame a growing teenager could keep using, so it’s a purchase for the primary-school years rather than a long-term bed. Families wanting a bed the child is genuinely excited about get more from this than from a scaled-down adult frame.

Pros

• House-shaped frame doubles as a play feature
• Low-to-floor design suited to a young child’s bed
• Sturdy timber built for climbing and jumping

Cons

• Single size only, won’t scale to a growing teenager
• Playhouse styling won’t suit every child’s room decor

Key specs: Single, timber frame, white finish, house-shaped silhouette

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5. Artiss OSLO Metal Bed Frame – Best Budget Metal Frame

Where the rest of this range leans on upholstery, storage or lighting, the OSLO strips back to sturdy steel and 15mm MDF with a PVC finish, styled with a black powder-coated frame and dark wood accents. It’s the plainest frame on this list, and that’s the point rather than a compromise.

The industrial black-and-timber look suits a bedroom that already has its styling sorted and just needs a dependable base underneath, rather than a frame that does the decorating itself. No gas-lift, no drawers and no lighting keeps the price down against every other entry in this guide.

Anyone who wants matching bedside tables or built-in storage should look further up this list, since the OSLO is deliberately a no-frills base. It’s the pick for a spare room, a rental, or a main bedroom where the styling comes from everything else in the room rather than the bed frame itself.

Pros

• Sturdy steel and MDF construction at the lowest price in this guide
• Industrial black-and-timber look suits most bedroom styles
• No-frills base is easy to move and set up

Cons

• No storage, gas-lift or lighting features
• Plainer styling than the upholstered options above

Key specs: Queen, black powder-coated steel, 15mm MDF with PVC, timber accents

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6. Floating Bed Frame with LED Lights – Best Floating Design

The frame’s base is set back from the visible edge, giving the whole bed a cantilevered, floating look rather than the flush-to-floor profile of every other frame in this guide. A fabric-upholstered headboard doubles as a charging station with built-in storage shelving, so the visual trick doesn’t come at the cost of function.

The floating profile relies on a strong internal frame to carry the weight without visible legs at the edges, which is a more involved build than a standard platform base. Open shelving in the headboard gives a spot for a phone, book or lamp without needing a separate bedside table.

The design reads as a genuine style statement rather than a practical upgrade, so it suits a bedroom built around a modern, architectural look more than a purely function-first buyer. Anyone who wants storage as the priority over aesthetics is better served by the drawer-based frame below.

Pros

• Cantilevered floating profile is a genuine style statement
• Upholstered headboard includes a charging station and shelving
• Distinctive look not shared by any other frame in this guide

Cons

• Style-focused design rather than a practical storage upgrade
• More visually complex to assemble than a flush platform base

Key specs: Queen, fabric upholstered headboard, floating profile, built-in charging station

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7. Corner Bed Frame with Charging Station – Best Space-Saving Corner Design

This L-shaped frame is built to sit into a room corner rather than against a single wall, with a semi-enclosed upholstered linen guardrail running around the open side. It’s a genuinely different room layout solution to every rectangular frame elsewhere in this guide, not just a styling variation.

The guardrail installs on either the left or right side depending on the room, which matters for a corner that only works one way around. A smart RGB LED system is built into the frame, and the semi-enclosed shape gives a child or a restless sleeper a nook-like, contained feel that an open rectangular frame doesn’t.

A corner design only makes sense if the room actually has a usable corner for it, so it’s a poor fit for a rectangular room with the bed already planned against a long wall. Anyone with an awkward corner that a standard frame wastes gets genuine floor space back from this layout.

Pros

• L-shaped corner design solves a room layout problem, not just styling
• Upholstered linen guardrail installs left or right
• Semi-enclosed shape suits a restless sleeper or a child’s room

Cons

• Only makes sense in a room with a usable corner
• More complex installation than a standard rectangular frame

Key specs: Double, L-shaped corner design, upholstered linen guardrail, RGB LED

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8. Bed Frame with Storage Drawers – Best Velvet Upholstered with Storage

Where the ELLA earlier in this list uses a gas-lift base for storage, this frame uses conventional pull-out drawers under a velvet-upholstered headboard, which is quicker to access for everyday items than lifting a mattress platform. The headboard doubles as a charging station with open shelving, similar to the floating frame above.

Velvet is a softer, deeper-pile finish than the ELLA’s boucle texture or the PVC leather of the matching-set frame earlier in this list, giving it the plushest hand of any upholstered option in this guide. The drawers sit within the frame’s footprint rather than adding bulk the way the storage frame at the top of this list does.

Velvet marks more easily under direct sun exposure than a synthetic finish, so it suits a bedroom without a window directly on the bed more than one that gets full sun on the headboard. Anyone who wants drawer storage without the visual bulk of a gas-lift frame gets the better fit here.

Pros

• Pull-out drawers are quicker to access than a gas-lift base
• Plush velvet upholstery with a built-in charging station
• Storage sits within the frame’s footprint, not added bulk

Cons

• Velvet marks more easily under direct sun exposure
• Less storage volume than the gas-lift frame at the top of this list

Key specs: Queen, velvet upholstery, pull-out drawers, built-in charging station

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9. Ovela William Wood Bed Frame – Best Minimalist Timber Frame

Ovela strips this frame back to a natural wooden construction with generous floor clearance underneath, the plainest silhouette of any frame in this guide once the upholstered and metal options are set aside. There’s no storage, no lighting and no fabric to maintain, just a timber frame and slats.

The extra floor clearance under the frame makes it easier to clean underneath and store flat items like suitcases, without the bed being marketed as a storage solution the way the gas-lift and drawer frames above are. Strong, durable slats are the main functional spec on a frame this simple.

The plain silhouette works in almost any bedroom style precisely because it doesn’t commit to a look the way a velvet, boucle or floating frame does. Anyone who wants the bed to recede into the background rather than anchor the room’s styling should start here rather than with the more styled frames above.

Pros

• Natural wooden frame with generous floor clearance
• No fabric or upholstery to maintain
• Plain silhouette suits almost any bedroom style

Cons

• No storage, lighting or headboard features
• Less of a style statement than the upholstered or floating options

Key specs: Queen, natural wooden frame, durable slats, generous floor clearance

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10. Ovela Theodore Bed Frame – Best Understated Upholstered

The Theodore sits between the plain William Wood frame above and the more heavily featured storage and floating designs earlier in this list, adding a fabric-upholstered headboard on metal legs without gas-lift storage, drawers or lighting. Sturdy plywood and foam give the headboard its shape and softness.

Metal legs keep the base stable without the visual weight of a full timber or steel frame, which suits a bedroom aiming for a lighter, more open feel. The beige finish and clean lines are designed to read as understated rather than as a statement piece the way the floating or corner frames above are.

A plain upholstered headboard with no storage will disappoint anyone who wants the functional extras several other frames in this guide include. It suits a buyer who wants the softness of an upholstered bedhead without committing to a bolder colour, texture or built-in feature.

Pros

• Fabric-upholstered headboard on a lighter metal-leg base
• Understated beige finish suits a calm bedroom palette
• Plywood and foam construction holds its shape

Cons

• No storage, lighting or drawers included
• Less distinctive than the floating or corner designs above

Key specs: King, fabric upholstery, metal legs, plywood and foam headboard

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How to Choose a Bed Frame

Build type should be the first decision, before styling. A platform frame suits a straightforward bedroom, a storage frame suits an apartment short on wardrobe space, and a novelty design like a floating or corner frame only makes sense if the room layout actually calls for it.

Storage mechanism varies more than shoppers expect. A gas-lift base gives more storage volume but requires lifting the whole platform to access it, while pull-out drawers are quicker for everyday items but hold less overall. Pick based on how often you need to get in, not just how much space is on offer.

Upholstery changes both the look and the care routine. Velvet and boucle both add a soft, padded headboard, but velvet marks more easily in direct sun while boucle shows crushing over time. A metal or timber frame avoids both trade-offs at the cost of a plainer look.

Size should match the mattress you already own or plan to buy, not the room. Readers still choosing a mattress can compare options in our guide to the best mattresses in Australia before locking in a frame size.

Room layout decides whether a novelty design is worth considering. A corner frame only earns its keep in a room with a genuine unused corner, and a floating frame needs enough clearance around the bed to show off the cantilevered profile. Neither adds value in a boxy room with the bed already planned against one wall.

Assembly and care differ by material. Metal and timber frames are generally the fastest to assemble and the easiest to keep clean, while upholstered and novelty frames with built-in electronics take longer to set up. Readers finishing the bed can also check our guide to the best bed sheets in Australia to match linen to the finished frame.

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Verdict

Anyone short on storage in a small apartment gets the clearest case for the Artiss Gas Lift Storage Bed Frame, since its combined gas-lift base and drawers do more work than any other frame in this guide. A bedroom built around a modern, architectural look should look instead at the Floating Bed Frame with LED Lights, where the cantilevered profile and built-in charging headboard justify the more involved setup. For a family choosing a first bed for a young child, the Artiss Timber House Kids Bed Frame gives them a bed they will actually be excited to sleep in.