Claudia, We have a metal bed frame that is standard or queen. The queen is 6 inches wider then the standard with 3 inches on a side and the length is the same. Where the head board would be on the frame isa plate with holes in it. This plate holds the box spring esembly from shooting off the other end. When you buy a head board, there are holes in it that line up with those holes on the plate and hold the head board firmly in place. You can move the bed for cleaning because the plates on either side hold the head board up off the floor a bit so you can move it.
Some frames can be adjusted to standard or queen. Others are queen and can be adjusted to king but the most popular size is queen. The kind of head board your talking about from Wal-Mart should mention in the add what size bed it fits. If you have a queen, then make sure you get a queen etc. Putting them together is childs play. If I can see what it looks like, I can put it together. My wife and I will go down to the store and she'll show me what she wants. I'll look it over real good and when we get it home, I can put most things together and the ones I have trouble with my sighted wife is there to read the instructions. We bought one of those kinds of head boards. Putting one together was pretty simple. Any bed frame you buy will accomidate a head board but given what you described, you don't need a new frame, just the head board. HTH Alan >> > >> >Okay, >> > >> >I need some explanation here. >> >We have a queen-sized bed that sits on a metal >> >frame with wheels. The bed has both its matress and box spring! >> >The headboard is what's called a bookcase style. >> >It's the width of the bed, with shelves on each >> >side and an open space in the middle. >> >We'd like a similar set-up for the new bed. >> > >> >However, we've been hunting, and this is what >> >we've found. The beds don't seem to have metal >> >or iron frames anymore; they seem to have a wood >> >base or frame. I'm wondering if we can connect a >> >headboard to this type of bed or not? >> > >> >As I said, the current frame is on wheels, so >> >that gives the bed some height; we need >> >something that's a little lower to the ground, >> >so it seems that wood frames are the way to go. >> >But, again, we also want this book case style >> >headboard, and they're difficult to find. >> >Walmart has one by Sauder that we can put >> >together, and this is what I'm thinking of doing. >> > >> >Is it logical that you can purchase a bed frame >> >separately from the bed itself? Am I right in >> >thinking that you can't connect headboards to >> >wooden frames? And if I'm wrong on this, how is >> >this done? Would it be by drilling holes into >> >the frame and screwing the headboard to it? >> >I'm not sure if this is making any sense, but >> >since I don't have any sight, all of what I'm >> >picturing here has been things that I've only been able to touch! >> > >> >Claudia
