BH | Studio Alnwick Spindle Full Bed

Turned wood, rods shaped on the lathe into rows of beads and bobbins, is an old English craft, and turners were making bobbin-turned chairs and stools in seventeenth-century England. In America, once steam-powered lathes could turn long runs of beads cheaply from the 1840s, the spindle bed became so linked with Jenny Lind, the Swedish soprano whose 1850 American tour was a sensation, that the style still bears her name.

Built for a standard full-size mattress, this is solid hardwood, with a headboard and a lower footboard each lined with beaded turned spindles and framed by rounded posts ending in turned feet. The headboard rises a little over 39 inches, high enough to sit back against with a book or a laptop. Slats of wood carry the mattress directly, with no box spring required, which keeps the bed simple to set up and easy to move. Finished in Jet or Alabaster, the turning has a sharp silhouette. Assembly is required.

A full bed is the right size for a guest room, a first apartment, a teenager's bedroom or a dorm, and this one brings real character to all of them. Against a soft grey or buttermilk wall the spindles draw a clean outline. Try white percale sheets, a navy and cream gingham duvet, a vintage trunk at the foot for spare blankets and a small woven basket of books on the nightstand. This listing is for the bed frame only; mattress and bedding are not included.