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Choosing between ottoman storage beds and a standard bed frame usually comes down to what a bedroom needs most, extra storage or a simpler silhouette. Dream Home Store carries both, which makes it a useful place to line up the practical differences. This comparison looks at how beds in the range stack up against traditional frames in terms of storage, material, headboard design, and features.
What Sets Ottoman Storage Beds Apart from Standard Frames
A standard bed frame gives a mattress a base and little else. Ottoman storage beds work differently because the whole slatted base lifts, turning the space underneath into one open compartment. That matters in smaller bedrooms where a separate storage box or under-bed bags would otherwise be needed. Dream Home Store lists this as a core feature across its ottoman collection, setting it apart from the plain wooden and metal frames sold elsewhere on the site.
The trade-off is usually about looks versus function. A wooden double bed frame from Dream Home Store keeps a plainer profile, while an ottoman frame adds bulk around the base to house the lifting mechanism. For bedrooms short on wardrobe or airing-cupboard space, that extra bulk brings hidden storage capacity a plain frame does not offer.
Velvet Beds: Style and Comfort in DHS’s Range
Velvet is the most common upholstery across the Dream Home Store ottoman lineup, and several models push the format past plain storage into added comfort or lighting features, covered further on. The Vertical Line Ottoman Storage Bed uses a tall, panelled velvet headboard for a streamlined look, while the Sunrise Ottoman Bed Frame pairs velvet upholstery with a wing-shaped headboard and a sunrise-inspired engraving on the footboard. Both sit on a metal frame base, according to the brand’s own product listings.
The Arch Plush Velvet Ottoman Storage Bed Frame takes a different headboard shape, with a 122cm-high arch design that extends beyond the bed base. The Cross Pattern Velvet Ottoman Storage Bed introduces a winged silhouette with a textured panel treatment instead. Across these variants, velvet remains the shared material, but headboard shape and height change the overall character of each bed.
Linen and Fabric Variants: Material Choices for Ottoman Beds
Not every ottoman bed in the collection uses velvet. The Linen Ottoman Bed Frame is upholstered in linen fabric and uses an end-lift gas mechanism, giving it a slightly more relaxed, textured finish than the velvet options. Dream Home Store also lists a Jacquard Fabric Ottoman Storage Bed Frame, available in double and king sizes, where lifting a strap at the foot of the bed raises the whole base on two gas pistons.
These fabric choices give the range a spread beyond one dominant material. Linen tends to read as more casual, jacquard brings a patterned texture, and velvet leans toward a plusher finish. Because the underlying storage function stays similar across materials, the choice mostly comes down to how the bedroom is meant to look rather than how much it can hold.
Headboard Designs: From Vertical Lines to Chesterfield Styles
Headboard design is where the ottoman storage beds collection shows the most variety. The Vertical Line model uses wide, clean vertical channels for a streamlined finish. The Horizontal Panelled Ottoman Storage Bed Frame flips that approach, using a 125cm headboard built from wide horizontal channels and padded wings instead.
At the more traditional end sits the Chesterfield Ottoman Storage Bed Frame, which uses a tall headboard with rolled ends and button tufting for a classic retro look. It is built on engineered wood and upholstered in velvet, and it uses a side-lift mechanism rather than the gas-lift seen on several other models. This range of headboard styles shows the ottoman format is not limited to one visual identity, even as the storage principle behind each bed stays broadly similar.
LED and Premium Features in DHS Ottoman Bed Models
The LED Plush Velvet Ottoman Storage Bed Frame adds a phone-controlled RGB lighting feature alongside a 125cm-high square-panel headboard, and it uses a gas-lift mechanism for storage access. It is described as suited to a bedroom that doubles as a study or lounge space, since it combines sleeping, lighting, and storage in one frame. The extra-thick padded headboard on this model is pitched as a comfort feature for sitting up in bed, not just sleeping.
It stands out as one of the few models in the current Dream Home Store lineup with an integrated electronic feature. That sets it apart from the plainer velvet and linen variants, which rely purely on upholstery and shape for their appeal.
Storage Access and Lift Mechanisms Across the Collection
How an ottoman bed opens matters as much as how much space it holds. Dream Home Store‘s range uses a mix of gas-lift, side-lift, and end-lift systems, and the choice affects how the storage compartment is approached day to day. The Linen Ottoman Bed Frame, for example, is built as an end-lift model, while the Chesterfield frame uses a side-lift system instead.
- Gas-lift models, such as the Jacquard Fabric Ottoman Storage Bed Frame, use two gas pistons to raise the entire slatted base from the foot of the bed.
- End-lift designs, like the Linen Ottoman Bed Frame, open from one end of the bed rather than from the side.
- Side-lift designs, such as the Chesterfield Ottoman Storage Bed Frame, raise the base from the side, which can suit rooms where the foot of the bed sits against a wall.
- Because the lift direction differs between models, the position of a bed against walls or furniture can influence which mechanism is more practical to use.
Across all three mechanisms, the shared result is a single, uninterrupted storage compartment under the mattress, with nothing opening at the sides unless the model is specifically a side-lift design. For a shopper, the choice settles less on whether storage exists at all and more on which access direction and fabric finish fit a particular room.
Closing Thought
Ottoman storage beds and standard frames both have a place, depending on what a bedroom lacks most: capacity or simplicity.
