Bottom of Bed Styles
There is much confusion around what’s considered a bed skirt and a box spring cover. Some even use the term bed wrap. To streamline communication, we thought we’d share with you our standard. We try to stay away from the term “bed wrap” to avoid confusion so instead, we’ll give you some important differences between the two most commonly used terms—Box Spring Covers and Bed Skirts. Box Spring Covers always have elastic (see our Bottom of Bed Features post for options) at the bottom to “hug” the box spring underneath. Bed Skirts on the other hand, have different styles and don’t necessarily wrap the bed underneath. Check out bed skirt styles below!
Continuous Wrap
Wraps around all sides of the box spring and does not typically have any features (pleats, folds, elastic, etc.) lengths vary from 1” past box spring length to ½” off the floor.
Tailored
Pleated with either two pleats (at floor corners) or five pleats (foot corners and middle pleats on 3 sides) this common style typically drops to ½” off the floor.
Quilted Box Spring Cover
Creating an upholstered wrap the bottom of bed, quilting decorative fabrics for bed-skirts or box spring covers adds an additional unique element, typically using 2” vertical channels.
Shirred Bed Skirt
Also referred to as gathered, this style gains its distinct look from the ‘fullness’ of ruffled fabric that runs continuously around the edge of the bed. There are no pleats, simply gathered fabric at 200% fullness.
Box Pleated Bed Skirt
The drop fabric is finished with box pleats spaced every 6”, or as specified.
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