Our bedroom section includes many ranges of bedroom furniture, in Oak, Painted, Rustic, Mexican and Indian.One of the most popular ranges is the
New Solid Oak Bedroom Collection from West Country-based
Devonshire Pine Ltd. Some of the most impressive items are the dressing tables and wardrobes which really show the quality of the furniture and offer superb value for money.
An effective way for Devon Pine to broaden the appeal of the bedroom range was to offer it in square and dark stain versions. Another Devon Range the
The Square Oak range can be distinguished from the solid oak range by the square-edged tops to cabinets and the change from metal handles to wooden knobs.
Although Dark wood furniture is slightly less popular than it once was, the richness of the colour still maintains a loyal following. The company caters for this with their
Dark Oak Bedroom range, which is essentially the same construction as the Devon New Oak range but completed with a dark stain before the final coat of lacquer. Other examples of Dark Bedroom Furniture include the
Convex Bedroom Range from CPW.
After the success of these ranges, Devonshirepine.co.uk, introduced the rustic range in 2008. The
Rustic Oak Bedroom range includes the same high standards of construction, features include dovetail joints to drawers and solid timber cabinet backs and drawer bases. It also has a much heavier styling with, for example, noticeably cabinet tops which are thicker. The look is finished with chunky, dark metal, handles and a distressed finish with features such as rounded corners and surface marks.
Rustic furniture is a very popular style and although competition is fierce, this range is selling well, no doubt thanks to the high quality construction and finish from this supplier.
Some people like the heavy style of the rustic range, there are several manufacturers offering this style, the Trafalgar range from
DFP Furniture is always a popular choice and the
Brampton Bedroom Furniture Range from ASL. Almost as dark but with more profound distressing is the
Rough Sawn Bedroom range from CPW.
Another very popular range from DFP is the
Oakhampton Ash Bedroom Furniture, this has a contemporary style which is well suited to the Ash Wood that is used in it's construction.
All of these bedroom ranges come complete with the normal items you would expect, beds, wardrobes, bedside cabinets, and dressing tables.
Some prefer a slightly less rustic appearance and to cater for this market, Devon Oak has subsequently now introduced the Distressed Oak Bedroom Range, this is also sometimes called the
Chunky Oak Range. This enjoys a similarly heavyweight style of construction but corners are left square instead of rounded and although there are still ‘distress’ marks and imperfections these are more restrained than the rustic range.
Also featuring here is Devonshire Pines classic pine bedroom furniture ranges such as
Badger Pine Bedroom Furniture, the
Chunky Painted Bedroom Collection, and the
Old Mill Bedroom Furniture which has strong overtones of it's traditional nature in it's name. In the same vein is the
Tarka Pine Bedroom furniture, the Otter inspired book becoming synonymous with the region of north devon and in turn the range no doubt named with that in mind.
Styles vary and now proving one of the most popular is the Mexican style, examples include the
Santa Fe Bedroom Furniture and
Corona Bedroom Furniture. Once again the normal range of items is available such as single beds, double beds, wardrobes and chest of drawers.
A supplier with not quite a wide range of products is ASL, this company is also based in Devon, but this time closer to the south east borders of the county. Like its larger counterpart to the west, the company’s contemporary-styled collection has minimalist styling and is once again completed with brushed metal handles. In acknowledgement maybe of the ancient Celtic associations of the region, the range is called the
Derwen Oak Bedroom Furniture range (with Derwen being the Welsh word for oak) another very popular range from is ASL is the
Ashley Ash Bedroom Furniture collection.
A company noted for the quality of its traditionally-styled ranges is Sussex-based
CPW Furniture. This is not surprising for a company that was initially established by stripping old pine furniture (the letters, CPW, stand for Country Pine Warehouse) it’s Chichester range of oak furniture, launched in 2009, is a successful combination of good quality construction, good design and good materials. Also from CPW are the Wealden Oak and Tuscany Oak bedroom furniture ranges . These have a contemporary styling although the sharp lines on some of the pieces are sometimes reminiscent of Arts & Crafts or even Art Deco styling.
This is particularly well illustrated by the wardrobe from the Wealden range and Wealden double pedestal dressing table. CPW also offers a number of pine ranges such as the
Romney Pine Bedroom Furniture range, the beds in this range are fairly unique with the knicker rail.
Those looking for cheaper furniture, but who would still prefer wooden furniture to some of the composite material offerings from some of the DIY and lifestyle stores, might wish to consider the ranges from our supplier of self-assembly ranges,
Core Products. In typical no nonsense fashion is the
Anna Beech Bedroom range, this range has a contemporary style and fits well into the Core Products portfolio.
Core specialises in sourcing better quality flat pack furniture from around the globe. It is a major UK supplier of Mexican Style furniture but its Vermont Bedroom Furniture are made from a blend of hardwoods that, if not solid oak, certainly do look the part.
The home address for Coreproducts.co.uk is in Perth, Scotland and roughly half way between here and CPW, in a county that calls itself ‘the Heart of England,’ is yet another well established company, namely
Kettle Containers Ltd.
This company that originally set up to import furniture by the container-load, Kettle is now developing its operations to such an extent that it has changed its name recently to Kettle Interiors. Whatever the name, kettle-containers.co.uk currently supply a
contemporary style range of bedroom furniture called, the Contemporary Bedroom Furniture range and a rustic-style collection that goes by the name of the Rutland Bedroom Furniture range, then there is the slightly distressed reclaimed style bedroom furniture of the
Hampshire Bedroom Furniture. These are fully assembled ranges of both a dependable quality and finish, although not all pieces are quite as keenly priced as some of their competitors.
Also from Kettle Interiors are the Regency and Victorian ranges, both offer hand carved decoration but one is painted, the Victorian Painted Bedroom range, and the other,
Regency Bedroom Furniture, isn't. A more traditiopnal type of furniture is the
Cottingham Bedroom Furniture.
It is maybe easy sometimes for suppliers to fall into the trap of always taking the safe option when it comes to furniture styles, but one company that appears consistently to produce furniture that is both fashionable, fun and competitively priced is PD Global. This company, for example, was one of the first to introduce various ranges of distressed painted furniture just as it started to become popular and it happily supplies traditional and contemporary ranges of oak furniture. Some examples of this are the
Bergere Painted Bedroom Furniture range compare this with the more traditional
Tarka Painted Pine Bedroom collection.
PD Global also offers several ranges in a wide range of finishes, these are mostly made of pine and can be finished painted, lacquered or waxed. A number of examples, the
Rossendale Bedroom Furniture collection, the
Ogee Bedroom Furniture and the more traditional
Grosvenor Bedroom Furniture and the
Ascot Bedroom Furniture.
It's well worth checking out the
Camber Pine Bedroom Collection as this range is also offered in a variety of finishes. Another example is the
Whitworth Pine Bedroom Furniture.
It is gratifying to note that our bedroom furniture ranges are often viewed as a worthy alternative to the furniture ranges of the former furniture retailer,
Durham Pine.
From time to time we receive customer reviews on the quality of our furniture and service which we post on our customer comments page. We also hear from customers about their experiences with other retailers but of course we could not, in fairness, post these on our website. So if you would like to see independent customer reviews of the following furniture companies, we suggest the accompanying links:
For Pine Solutions, pinesolutions or pinesolutions.co.uk go to:
www.trustpilot.co.uk/review/www.pinesolutions.co.ukFor Oak Furniture Land, oakfurnitureland or oakfurnitureland.co.uk, got to:
www.trustpilot.co.uk/review/www.oakfurnitureland.co.ukFor Furniture 123, furniture123 or furniture123.co.uk, go to:
www.dooyoo.co.uk/online-shops/furniture123-co-uk-1/reviews/For Konteaki, konteaki furniture or konteaki-furniture.co.uk, go to:
www.reviewcentre.com/reviews150085.htmlFor Furniture Today, furnituretoday or furnituretoday.co.uk, go to:
www.reviewcentre.com/reviews203569.htmlThings you may not know about bedroom furniture It is perhaps surprising to realise that, for ordinary people, the bedroom is a comparatively new invention. During the Middle Ages only the wealthy could afford houses with a separate room for sleeping. The majority of people lucky enough to have a bed kept it in a corner of the main room of the dwelling. Others slept wherever they could, and it was common for people to sleep in the hay loft above their livestock. In fact this latter practice continued for farm servants and the like right up to the beginning of the Second World War.
Gradually however, the incorporation of separate rooms for beds into houses became standard practice. Furniture in these early bedrooms was limited due to the space available and the wealth of the householder, but apart from a
bed there would usually be somewhere to place or store clothes. Typically this would be some sort of
chest of drawers.
Wardrobes were for hanging clothes, so were expensive and unnecessary ‘luxury’ items for many.
By Victorian times if not before, the collection of bedroom furniture was also likely to include a washstand. Bathrooms did not exist and those people who appreciated the desirability of washing would have a large bowl and large jug of (cold) water in their bedrooms. This was placed on a washstand, which was typically a cabinet with a top that was resistant to damage from water splashes. Marble was a popular choice of top for washstands, but ceramic tiles were also used. Toilets were situated at the end of the garden, so chamber pots were also essential items in the bedroom. Many were placed under the bed although people with slightly more wealth or refinement kept theirs in nightstands – small cupboards that evolved into today’s
bedside cabinet.
Manufacturing developments during the Victorian era meant that mirrors could be produced more easily and cheaply. This led to the greater use of another item of bedroom furniture, the dressing table. Now ladies could sit at their dressing tables to prepare their make up in the reflection of an affordable, good quality mirror.
Thus by the end of the 1800s, the archetypal bedroom suite has been compiled. This was; bed, nightstands, chest of drawers, wardrobe and dressing table. As plumbing improved and bathrooms became more commonplace the washstand gradually fell out of use.
A point of interest for these Credit Crunch times is that in the USA during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young people who got married were rarely able to afford their own home, so many stayed in the houses of their parents. The only room that was exclusively ‘theirs’ was their bedroom. Many furniture makers, reeling from the collapse of their markets, used this fact as a lifeline by producing cheap suites of bedroom furniture. Being the first furniture they ever owned means that such sets still have strong romantic memories for the people of that generation – and this is reflected in the prices paid when such sets come up for auction.
Since the middle of the 20th Century the composition of a typical set of bedroom furniture has undergone further change. A subtle change is that modern homes are now smaller than they were at the end of the 19th Century, so all bedroom furniture tends to be smaller in size than in previous decades. Curiously the exception to this is the double bed. At one time a 4ft 6in bed was the norm, but today many people choose a 5ft or even 6ft bed. A more pronounced change is the introduction of televisions and computers into the bedroom. Space has to be found to accommodate these items so
small desks, the equivalent of the Victorian ladies bureaux, have appeared. In some cases these are similar if not identical to dressing tables. The function of the dressing table with
mirror has now, in many cases, been transferred from bedroom to bathroom.
The nightstand as mentioned earlier has become a bedside cabinet, often with drawers replacing the cupboard space. Wardrobes, once so coveted, seem to be at something of a crossroads. In some ways, lack of space and changing clothes fashions would appear to be making the wardrobe redundant, but for other people the facility to hang clothes from a rail is more convenient than folding them to fit into drawers, so here the
wardrobe is increasing in popularity. Whatever happens, it appears that in the modern world the bedroom is still a place to connect with our origins. Despite occasional passing fashions, bedroom furniture continues to be predominantly made from natural materials, such as wood, bamboo and rattan.