Buying bedroom furniture can be a little overwhelming when you’re faced with so many options to choose from. Even after deciding to purchase the most obvious piece of bedroom furniture, the bed, you will be faced with all sorts of things to consider such as what kind of bed do you want, in what style and should it have a headboard and footboard or neither? The good news is that there is no right or wrong answer to any of these questions when you’re shopping for bedroom furniture. Trying to decide what kind of bedroom furniture to buy will depend on personal preference and the size of the room. Cheap bedroom furniture can economically provide you with everything you need – and remember; cheap means you just didn’t have to pay a lot. Bedroom furniture sets are another great (and cheap) way to furnish a bedroom at a fraction of the cost it would when buying each piece separately.

Bedroom furniture sets typically consist of a bed, a dresser and at least a single nightstand, but often two nightstands, depending on the manufacturer. In addition to a basic bedroom furniture set, e-tailers / retailers / manufacturers will offer other standard pieces of bedroom like nightstands, dressers, mirrors or even wardrobe armoires as part of a package or at discount when the basic bedroom furniture set is purchased.

A standard bed consists of a mattress resting on some type of foundation, like a box spring, that supported by a flat, rectangular frame. When buying bedroom furniture sets, keep in mind that the standard bed and mattress sizes are: twin, full, queen, king and California king. Select a bed that will proportionately fill the room; one that seem too small or too big for the room itself and the other bedroom furniture in the room. Popular types of beds include the sleigh bed, the poster bed, the canopy bed, the platform bed and the panel bed.

Intended to hold clothing, a typical dresser consists of two columns of three drawers. A dresser might also include a row of smaller-sized drawers above the standard sized drawers, designed specifically to hold more delicate items like jewelry or lingerie. When buying bedroom furniture for a small bedroom, consider purchasing a chest of drawers instead of a dresser. While a dresser generally stands at waist height, a chest of drawers is taller and narrower, giving you the equivalent storage space of a dresser without taking up as much room.

When looking for cheap bedroom furniture, nightstands are readily available. Nightstands maximize storage space, allowing you to organize items and tidy them away. They are also designed to stand at a proportional height level with the bed. A nightstand is often used to keep items like lamps, books, clocks and other necessary objects within easy reach.