BH | Studio Namur Lift-Storage Queen Bed

Ticking, the sturdy striped weave first made to hold the feathers in a mattress, became a decorating staple in its own right in the country houses of Flanders and France, where loose covers over a simple frame were slipped off to be cleaned and put back fresh. A slipcover gives a bed like this the same easy, lived-in charm, and keeping winter blankets underneath is just as old a habit.

The headboard stands tall and narrows a little toward the top, with low side rails upholstered to match, and the whole frame is dressed in a woven slipcover, in Oat Ticking Stripe or plain Olive, Flax or Mushroom, spot clean only. Beneath the mattress is a deep store. Pull the strap at the foot end and a gas cylinder, a sprung piston like the one that holds up a car's tailgate, raises the platform for you, revealing room for spare duvets, pillows and out-of-season clothes. Padded bumpers near the headboard keep the mattress square while it rises. A deck of engineered hardwood slats does the work of a box spring, so you need none, and the frame is rated to carry 699 lbs.

Make it up with white percale and a wool throw in a primary bedroom, with winter blankets and the guest linen tucked out of sight below, and you may not need that extra chest of drawers. The slipcover brings a relaxed country note, lovely with a quilt in faded blue, a rush-seated chair and a jug of garden roses on the nightstand. This listing is for a queen bed frame; assembly is required.