ABOUT

This platform bed with a bridle jointed headboard was one of our original studio designs. Boyd & Allister got its start over 12 years ago making a line of beds for a local organic mattress shop. This simple design uses traditional joinery and clean lines, allowing the beauty of the wood to be the defining characteristic. . We make this design in a variety of different domestic hardwoods and configurations. Pictured in this listing are: a cherry frame with a live-edge alligator juniper headboard, a maple frame with a wormy maple headboard, and a cherry frame with a cherry headboard and a more pronounced footboard and a blackened ash frame and headboard. In all of the beds a top rail above the headboard showcases hand cut joinery with an exposed bridle joint where it meets the legs. The rails between the headboard and footboard disassemble with a traditional stub tenon and bed bolt construction. There are detailed pictures of the cap, made to resemble a through tenon, on the front legs which pivots to reveal the bed bolt. Each bed comes with a set of 8 slats that are constructed with reinforced hardwood ribs that make the slats rigid and prevent flexing. The total headboards of these beds are 42” tall and made for a 10” mattress to come to the bottom of the headboard (forgive the pictures as we only had a thin futon available for the photo shoot). It is not a problem to alter the height of the headboard to accommodate a thicker mattress. Finish is a natural oil and wax.

DIMENSIONS

Height: 42 in (106.68 cm)
Width: 63.5 in (161.29 cm)
Depth: 83.5 in (212.09 cm)

CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS

Available in Walnut, Cherry, White Oak or Ash