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Ash is a beautiful timber.
The reason I designed this traditional bed to be made in ash isn't just for great strength and durability,
I've used ash because I love how the turned bed-posts and spindles really show off the natural grain of this beautiful organic material.
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Ash is used for tool handles, oars, snooker cues, hurly sticks,
it's been used in the frames of cars,
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Your bed is made from the timber of a single Irish ash tree.
The colour and wonderful grain variations in the timber are the result of nearly 200 years of nature's influence in the Irish landscape.
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The bed shown here is made to fit a standard UK single mattress.
Your bed is made to order,
so your bed can be custom-made to fit your preferred choice of mattress.
(I don't supply mattresses, there's to many to choose from, so you'll need to buy this separately.)
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A natural timber should have a natural finish.
I hate to see wood encapsulated within an industrial nitro-cellulose lacquer
- sure it looks good, but it feels like plastic and smells like a chemical accident.
So I've finished this bed with a hand-rubbed blend of waxes that accentuates the natural beauty of the grain that gives you pleasure to the touch.
And it smells nice, like good furniture should.
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Putting a bed together is something that many people hate.
I designed
this bed to be assembled by my seven year old son, Bowen.
Two end-boards, two sides, and a solid ash slatted mattress support - just five sections.
Each part is clearly marked,
only one size of screw is used,
and supplied with a great little screw key to ensure simple and secure assembly.
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I designed the night table with useful little everted ends.
These rounded ends create bump-safe corners,
help prevent books toys and drinks falling off,
and help little fingers find the edge of the table in the dark.
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Like the bed, the whole table is solid
natural ash, made with timber from the same tree as the bed.
The little drawer-box is solidly made using the organic strength of half-blind dovetails.
The drawer glides naturally on polished ash runners, and have little stops to prevent the drawer pulling out by accident.
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