(Re)-Introducing Furl’s Wooden Storage Beds

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For several years, we produced and sold wooden storage beds. Customers love them for the way they look, feel, and how much they can store underneath. 

And then we stopped. Concerned about the impact on the environment. We need trees now more than ever.

However, wooden furniture is still incredibly popular. Wood has been used in furniture in one way or another for thousands of years. Over the centuries, wood has been used not only in furniture design but also in the construction of homes, and now, it’s increasingly being seen and used as a sustainable alternative to steel and concrete.

Here at Furl, wood features in many of our designs, not only in the internal construction of our storage beds and sofa beds, but also use wood for the finer details of headboards and feet.

Furl wooden storage bed

Re-introducing Furl’s wooden storage beds

For many years, we made a range of solid wood storage beds. They were hugely popular, but due to increasing costs and concerns for the use of the world’s raw materials, we decided to stop making them whilst we evaluated the future.

After some innovative thinking on our part and examining the best ways to incorporate wood into our storage bed designs, we are delighted to re-introduce a range of wood storage beds that we believe are better than the ones they’ve replaced.

Furl’s new wooden storage beds are more sustainable, more eco-friendly, and use a fraction of the earth’s resources. We are also proud to adhere to UK laws concerning the use of FSC-certified wood and non-harmful chemicals in our fabrics.

Over the years, we’ve also been working hard to reduce waste as much as possible, either through re-using wood, recycling, and even offering what we can’t use to artisans and craftspeople from our workshops.

Real wood veneers instead of hardwood

Rather than use solid wood (hardwood), we’re using carefully selected real wood veneers. This gives us more options when it comes to variety, as we’re now able to offer an increased range like Walnut, Oak, Maple, Cherry, White, and Black Woods to our range.

Wood veneers offer the same beauty, colour, and grain as solid woods, but as it’s a thin cross-section of real wood bonded to a stable material like MDF, it reduces the environmental impact and cost. We do still use hardwoods, as we integrate a solid wood edge to all bed parts for extra durability and beauty.

However, for the frame, the part of the bed that would use the most amount of wood, we’re sticking to real wood veneers from now on instead of hardwood.

Furl wooden storage bed

Find your favourite new wooden storage bed

We have 6 different wooden storage bed designs, and each one of them can come in Walnut, Oak, Maple, Cherry, Dark, or White Wood. All you have to do is decide which one is your favourite or how much storage you need.

Our Simplicity base has 20cm of storage. Low has 24cm of storage. Air has a combination of 15cm and 30cm of storage. Max, our most popular storage bed, has a huge 35cm of storage.

We make wooden storage beds in Single, Small Double, British Double, Continental Double, British King, Continental King, Super King, and Emperor. Starting at 90cm wide and ranging up to 200cm wide. Our wooden frames are slim and have almost the same footprint as the mattress.

You can also pick any type and style of headboard with 100s of fabrics to choose from, so you don’t have to pick a wooden headboard just because you’ve bought a wooden storage bed.

Choose a wood storage bed and add a touch of luxury to your bedroom. Take a look for yourself, visit one of our three London showrooms (Swiss Cottage NW6, Barbican EC1, Chelsea SW6), and experience the Furl difference.

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