BH | Studio Alnwick Spindle Twin 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.

Sized for a standard twin mattress, the frame is solid hardwood, with a headboard and lower footboard each set with a row of beaded, turned spindles between rounded posts. The headboard rises just over 39 inches for propping up with a book. Wood slats span the frame and carry the mattress on their own, so you will not need a box spring. In Jet, the spindles read crisp and graphic against a pale wall; in Alabaster they look soft and fresh. Assembly is required.

Twin spindle beds are a classic for a child's room or a shared room: set a matching pair side by side with a small table between them and the room looks like an old family house by the sea. It suits a small guest room, a home office that doubles as a spare room, or a dormer bedroom under a sloping ceiling. Dress it in a patchwork quilt, a striped cotton blanket and a chunky knit pillow, with a rag rug on the floor. This listing is for one twin bed frame only; mattress and bedding are not included.