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5 Best White Beds and White Bed Frames 2020 and 2021

A white bed is a nice neutral option which is unlikely to look dated, unlike that burgundy velvet diamante bed which your sister-in-law keeps bragging about.

If you've got your eye on a white bedframe, your main options are:

a simple white wooden bedframe is usually made from pine, whilst more expensive ones are made from a hard wood like oak. The good news is that you get a built in headboard but I personally am too prone to walloping my knee on the corner of a wooden bed whilst creeping to the toilet at 2am. You can also get white wooden bunk beds or white trundle beds.
a white bed with storage is usually wooden and has drawers which slide out underneath. Others are white ottoman beds which lift up and offer loads of space. They're practical and neat.
a white metal bed also has a headboard included. Poor quality metal beds can be a bit squeaky and blow away in a light breeze but good metal beds look good and are easy to keep clean.
upholstered white beds, white sleigh beds and white leather beds are not so common, but you usually similar ones in cream, silver and grey colour. The advantage of that type of bed is that they're softer than wooden or metal beds, but upholstered ones aren't as easy to clean. You'll find quite a good range of white fabric beds on Amazon.
a white divan base is another option, if you've already got a headboard. These aren't especially common, but you can get white divans from Divan Base Direct and other retailers.

We've selected five of the best white beds on the market in the UK by factoring in things like price, guarantee length, specification, customer reviews and awards.

Prices are for double white beds, although most are also available as single white beds and king size white beds.

1. John Lewis & Partners Wilton White Wooden Bed Frame - £199

John Lewis & Partners has a good choice of white beds within its Wilton range. They're generally not as pricey as you might expect, given the company's strong reputation.

You can buy the standard white bed frame in single, double and king size as well as more unusual options such as a small double white bed. You can also buy a John Lewis Wilton white bunk bed in the same range.

They're all made from pine, which is a pretty standard material for white wooden beds. Pine isn't as fancy as oak, but it certainly does the job and customer reviews for the standard beds are very good at between 4/5 and 5/5.

The slats which the mattress sit on are what's known as 'solid slats'. That gives a firmer feel than you get from sprung slats. The main thing to look for in a wooden bed is whether there are huge gaps between the slats. Some cheap beds have massive gaps, but these look to be fine. Different mattress companies offer different guidance, but as a guide, Simba Sleep say that their mattress needs to sit on slats which are less than 3 inches apart.

There's also lots of matching bedroom furniture to go with this white bed.

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John Lewis Wilton wooden bed frame

This white bed from John Lewis is good value and has positive reviews...

...and it's available as a single white bed as well as double, king size and bunk beds

2. Dreams Woodstock White Wooden Bed Frame - £199

This Woodstock white bed frame from Dreams has a lot in common with the John Lewis Wilton white bed, but there are a couple of key differences.

It's not available in as many sizes and variations but you can choose from the most common sizes, including single, double and as a king size white bed. You can't buy this one as a bunk bed.

It's got a different design, with horizontal rather than vertical slats at the head and foot, although you probably worked that out yourself.

You can choose whether you want solid slats or sprung slats. The sprung slat option will cost you a bit more, but they provide a bit of a softer and bouncier base for your mattress.

It's also made from a different material, as it uses ash which is classed as a hard wood. The John Lewis bed is made from pine which is classed as a soft wood. Generally speaking, hard woods make more solid furniture although it's not completely clear from the description if the Dreams Woodstock is entirely or just partly ash.

You get a rather ordinary one year guarantee with this one. Customer reviews are glowing red hot at 4.7/5 after more than 1000 ratings.

Dreams' Woodstock white bed gets an outstanding score from 1000+ customers...

...and it has a simple modern design

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Dreams Woodstock wooden bed

3. Birlea Atlas White Metal Bed - £165

If you want a white metal bed then this Atlas bedframe from Birlea is good value and it comes with a well-above-average five year guarantee if you get it from Happy Beds. Technically it's described as cream rather than white, but I hope you'll let me off.

It comes as a single white bed, small double white bed or double white bed. Small double is also known as queen size in the UK.

A key thing to look for with a metal bed is the weight capacity as that gives you can indication of how well built it is. The double version of this white bed is strong enough for up to 250kg, which by my calculations means two people of about 15-18 stone each. The exact number will vary depending on how heavy your mattress is.

It's got sprung slats which is a good thing, as you'll find that some cheap metal beds use thin metal rungs which don't really offer the same even distribution of weight for your mattress.

On Happy Beds, it's currently scoring just shy of 5/5 whilst reviewers on Amazon give it just above 4/5 at the time of writing.

The Birlea brand does well in reviews too, with an average of 4.7/5 on Google Reviews or 4/5 on TrustPilot.

You can only buy this white metal bed in three sizes, but it's good value...

...and it scores well with customers

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4. Mission White Bed With Storage - £339

This white bed has drawers which provide some useful storage for your pants and socks. They're a bit easier to access regularly than an ottoman bed, which is more suited for stuff you only need occasionally.

It's available as a double, small double or single white bed and was achieving an impressive review score of 4.5/5 at the time of writing.

As with a lot of wooden beds, it's made from pine which is a softwood which does the job and is perfectly solid but isn't considered as posh as an oak bedframe.

It comes with a generous five year guarantee and has a sprung slatted base which gives a slightly softer feel than you get with solid slats.

You'll also find this white bed advertised under the model name of 'Amani'.

If you want storage with your white bed, take a look at this 'mission' model...

...which has positive reviews and a long warranty

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Mission white bed with storage

5. Birlea Phoenix White Ottoman Bed - £349

A white ottoman bed, like this Phoenix model, offers a massive amount of storage space for hiding your spare bedding and assorted stuff. As with most ottoman beds, it's got clever hydraulics to make it easier to lift up and down (electric ottomans are quite unusual and expensive).

It's got sprung slats, which give a mattress a slightly bouncier and softer feel than you get with solid slats.

It's made from rubberwood, which is not especially posh but is a good strong material for making solid furniture.

You can buy this white bed in double, small double or king size. It comes with a five year guarantee if you get it from Happy Beds.

Some white ottoman beds have a base which is raised off the floor by a few centimetres. This one just has a base which sits on top of your carpet. That means you can store heavy things underneath without any risk of damaging the base.

It's another one made by Birlea and it scores about 4.7/5 from 300+ reviews on the Happy Beds website. On Amazon it scores 4.4/5 from 200+ reviews.

If you're adding a mattress to go with your white bed frame then I would get a pocket sprung mattress or a memory foam mattress. 'Open coil' or 'traditional' sprung mattresses don't offer such decent support. See our guide to memory foam v pocket springs or our guide to 10 of the best mattresses for more mattress related waffle.