Two brands sell this frame: the Nectar Ottoman Storage Bed shares it with DreamCloud's version, right down to the matching product codes. It's the storage step in Nectar's base range, an upholstered frame with a buttoned headboard and a lid that lifts along the side, so you reach your spare bedding from beside the bed, not the foot.
For a small bedroom with a clear walkway down one side, it's a cautious yes as a budget ottoman. Avoid it if the bed sits tight between furniture on both long sides. I don't rate Nectar, and I'd want the mid-beam and struts checked and the lift limits confirmed first.
The ottoman's wooden mid-beam is my first concern
The support under the lift matters more than the upholstery. A couple of owners describe a single wooden mid-beam carrying the metal struts. One says the first beam they were sent broke. Another says the wood isn't strong enough to take the struts. That doesn't prove every frame fails, but it makes the middle of this bed my first check.
Ask Nectar for the assembly instructions before ordering. Once it's built, check both gas struts are bolted tight to the frame and the beam, and that the lid stays open on its own before you lean into the storage.
Nectar's listing gives no weight limit for the frame or the lift. A bundle buyer found the bed's weight limit a lot lower than their Nectar mattress suggested. That gap bothers me most on an ottoman, because a lift set for a lighter mattress may not hold the base up while your head is inside. Get both confirmed for your mattress before you order.
The listing calls the frame "solid based", yet Nectar's own photo shows pale bowed slats either side of a centre rail. Ask for the slat spacing too. I start worrying once slats sit more than about 7cm (under 3in) apart, because the mattress can sink into the gaps.
The side-opening lid needs a clear bedside walkway
This frame only saves you space if you've left room to use its side-opening lid. Nectar says the mechanism can go on either side, which helps when a wardrobe or a wall limits your layout.
Nectar's page gives no measurements, so these come from the identical DreamCloud listing. The double's outer footprint is 146cm by 206cm (about 4ft 9in by 6ft 9in), and the king's 163cm by 215cm (about 5ft 4in by 7ft). Tape it on the floor and walk the route beside it.
The storage well is 17cm (under 7in) deep, 462 litres in the double and 536 in the king, so plan for flat bedding bundles rather than tall boxes. That suits spare sheets folded flat, and my 1,000 thread count sets fold thinner than you'd think.
The frame comes flat-packed in three parcels and the double weighs 59kg (about 9st 4lb) built, so plan the stairs and find a second pair of hands.
Owners love the storage space and doubt the mid-beam
The owner reviews cover Nectar's whole base range, divans included, so I read only the ones that name the storage. Those owners mostly talk about the space, calling it roomy and the bed well made. The lid divides them: a few found it easy to lift, while a couple of others say it takes some strength. They disagree on the storage floor too, one wanting a wooden board instead of the sheet they got, so ask Nectar which you'll get.
Among the low scores, the worst complaint is the middle of the bed: the mid-beam, a centre post that didn't screw in well, slats owners call poor. Only a few are clearly about the ottoman. A couple point at that beam and another at a gas lift that arrived undrilled, so I treat the middle of the bed as the thing to check.
A few owners found the frame too big for their mattress, with a gap between the two, so measure your mattress and ask Nectar for the frame's inside size before you order. One owner of a Nectar frame says their wife kept bruising herself on the hard edges in a smallish bedroom.
There's no home trial on frames, and Nectar takes a bed base back only unopened in its packaging, so settle the fit and lift questions before you open the parcels. Skip the protection plan offered on the listing too, because add-on plans are where the shop's margin sits.
What to buy instead
I'd buy the Louanna Upholstered Ottoman Bed Frame from Dreams instead, for about the same money. Its spec answers what Nectar leaves open: sprung slats, a safety bar to hold the base up, a downloadable assembly guide and a stated 10 to 25kg band for the mattress and bedding, so it suits a lighter mattress. It opens from the foot end, and the velvet will mark.
It stops at a double. For a king, or a heavier mattress in any size, look at the Ealing Upholstered Ottoman Bed Frame, where Dreams recommends 25 to 50kg of mattress and bedding for the lift.
