There are many varieties of beds:
An adjustable bed is a bed that can be adjusted to a number of different positions
An air bed uses an air-inflated mattress, sometimes connected to an electric air pump and having variable, firmness controls. The portable version of an air bed can also be rolled up and packed, so is meant for travel or temporary guest use.
A bassinet is a bed specifically for newborn infants.
A box-bed is a bed having the form of a large box with wooden roof, sides, and ends, opening in front with two sliding panels or shutters; often used in cottages in Scotland: sometimes also applied to a bed arranged so as to fold up into a box.
A brass bed, constructed from brass
A brass plated bed is a cheap bed of iron, a false brass bed, with a thin covering of brass, which with time peels off and the iron is exposed.
A bunk bed is two or more beds one atop the other.
A loft bed is similar to a bunk bed, except there isn't a lower bunk. This leave space underneath for storage, other furniture, etc.
A captain's bed (also known as a "chest bed" or "cabin bed") is a platform bed with drawers and storage compartments built in underneath.
A camp bed (also "cot") is a simple, temporary, portable bed used by armies and large organizations in times of crisis.
A canopy bed is similar to a four poster bed, but the posts usually extend higher and are adorned or draped with cloth, sometimes completely enclosing the bed.
A curtained bed is a luxury bed with curtains.
A daybed is a couch that is used as a seat by day and as a bed by night.
A futon is a traditional style of Japanese bed that is also available in a larger Western style.
A four poster bed is a bed with four posts, one in each corner, that support a tester.
A hammock is a piece of suspended fabric.
A hideaway bed, invented by Sarah E. Goode in response to the needs of apartment-dwellers, folds up into another piece of furniture, such as a shelf or desk, when not in use.
A hospital bed is specifically designed to facilitate convalescence, traditionally in a hospital or nursing facility, but increasingly in other settings, such as a private residence. Modern hospital beds commonly have wheels to assist in moderate relocation, but they are larger and generally more permanently placed than a gurney. The "hospital bed" is also a common unit of measurement for the capacity of any type of inpatient medical facility, though it is just as common to shorten the term to "bed" in that usage.
An infant bed (also "crib" or "cot") is a small bed specifically for babies and infants.
An iron bed, developed in the 1850s, is constructed of iron and steel.
A kang bed-stove is a Chinese ceramic room heater used as the platform for a bed.
A Manjaa is a traditional Punjabi bed made of tied ropes bordered by a wooden frame.
A mourning bed ("illustration") is a formal canopied bed, with the deceased, a wax effigy, or symbols of rank
A Murphy bed or wallbed is a bed that can hinge into a wall or cabinet to save space.
A pallet is a thin, lightweight mattress.
A platform bed is a mattress resting on a solid, flat raised surface, either free-standing or part of the structure of the room.
A roll-away bed (or "cot") is a bed whose frame folds in half and rolls in order to be more easily stored and moved.
A rope bed is a pre-modern bed whose wooden frame includes crossing rope to support the typically down-filled single mattress.
A sofabed is a bed that is stored inside a sofa.
A state bed developed in Early Modern Europe from a hieratic canopy of state.
A toddler bed is a small bed for young children.
A trundle bed or "truckle bed" is a bed usually stored beneath a twin bed also sometimes referred to as a "sleepover bed".
A vibrating bed is typically a coin-operated novelty found in a vintage motel. For a fee, the mattress vibrates for a duration of time. Alternatively it is a modern bed which vibrates by use of an off-centre motor. It is controlled by electronics for varying time and amplitude settings and is used therapeutically to ease back pains.
A waterbed is a mattress full of water.
