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style / Bed

material / oiled elm

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Intended to float in the room, the low platform allows the feet to recess into shadow - with the solid one-piece headboard as the main intervention, keeping pillows in place during the night and functioning as a low backrest to lean against when sitting up. Four wide boards makeup the base, the same width as the headboard - with the center slats providing space for air circulation.


Read more about the sourcing process and making of the furniture here.


The Bed is shown in standard queen dimensions and the headboard height & is designed around an approximately 10’’ thick mattress. Other sizes are possible, with prices subject to change.

94.75" L x 74" W x 2" H.

Height from ground to the top of the headboard is 21.75".
The natural oil finish seals and protects the wood - but it is suggested to use coasters, and to dust the surface with a slightly dampened towel. If stronger cleaning is necessary we can recommend a cleaner that will maintain the integrity of the oil finish. In the most extreme case, the wood can be sanded and the oil reapplied.

Each piece is made from locally sourced natural material. Wood settles over time and can react to changes in humidity and temperature - this can result in small checks or thin non-structural cracks. For the most part these changes are celebrated as the inherent expression and irregularity in the natural material.

Around seven years ago, my attention started to drift towards furniture and architecture. These disciplines don't seem to suffer from quite the same level of absurd seasonality or the incessant need for newness like the world of clothing. A well-made chair can come in a few species of wood or a few colors of oil finish - it doesn't get a different spindle size or shape of leg just for the novelty of being new every six months as so often happens with clothing. On the contrary, a successful and iconic furniture design can be produced for decades, relatively unchanged.

I gravitate towards that kind of continuity. With clothing, my goal is to strip a garment down to the most elemental version of itself, so that it doesn’t need to be reinvented or altered every season. I prefer instead to focus on material, seeking new expressions in rare and beautiful textiles that bring different personalities and feelings to the same forms. 

For more notes & photos on the furniture making process, please visit the notes post.

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The bed above is shown in oiled elm - other species such as douglas fir, old growth redwood or black walnut can be sourced as well.