box spring

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On Wednesday, Wolfum textile designer Annabel Inganni was thinking about her 14-year-old son as she waited to pick up a free mattress and box spring at Living Spaces in Monrovia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Message: I’m presently sleeping on the floor I’m low income and can’t afford to buy a mattress and box spring.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2022

Under a tree, Yeidi and her mother spotted a rusting box spring, left behind on the night of the evictions.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2021

The boudoir here has no four-poster bed or even a headboard, just a single mattress on a box spring with an unstable pile of books nearby.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2020

I dropped down beside the bed and shoved one arm under the crippled box spring.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx