More than any other room in your home , your bedroom needs to be calm and considered – it’s where you start and finish every day. So , stick to a simple pallete of colours and materials , and don’t have more bedroom furniture than you really need. After the wooden bed and a wardrobe , we recommend just great flooring , a fabulous mirror , lovely lights and a simple bedside table. Here are some tips….. (more…)
American woods Posts
Beautiful Bedrooms
Monday, May 23rd, 2011Do we need to change our bed?
Monday, April 25th, 2011At AKKA Bedroom Furniture we continualy hear customers say ‘ we have had this bed and mattress since we were first married’ or ‘we just got this bed cheap and have made do ever since’.
There are normally tell tale signs when your bed and mattress need changing. Do you wake up in the night with an aching back or keep rolling into your partner? Have you ‘turned’ the mattress and now fall into a hollow part of the mattress formed by your body posture? When you lay towards the edge of your bed, does the mattress not support your weight and is showing signs or wear? (more…)
Real wood veneer
Monday, February 21st, 2011No nothing can beat the natural warmth , texture , colouring and feel of solid american white oak or american black walnut. That’s why when i designed and created our Milan and Toulouse bedroom furniture ranges it was important to me to not only remain true to the materials we use , but also to ensure that each piece was a tribute to the skill and dedication that our craftsmen have built up over the years. (more…)
Wallpaper or paint your bedroom?
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010Do you wallpaper or paint? I’m sure that has been a discussion that you and your wife or partner have had when the time has come to redecorate the bedroom. The woman’s view is to wallpaper but you are thinking of the extra work involved in wallpapering and try to convince her that painting is the best option!!
First thing is to decide the look and feel you both want to achieve. Generally a calm and relaxed feel will be required as this is a room that you will spend a third of every day in. Are you keeping your bedroom furniture or replacing it with new? Home magazines are a good place to look as they can show different looks and tastes for the bedroom. Many customers visit us a AKKA furniture to view our bedroom furniture so they can visualise the look in their bedroom. We can put together in our roomset at our warehouse the pieces of furniture you are interested in purchasing to give you a general picture. We stock a wide selection of wooden beds along with bedside cabinets, wooden chests, wooden dressing tables and wooden wardrobes all available in either american white oak or american black walnut. So the furniture is chosen, now for the walls! (more…)
AKKA Bedroom Furniture and where it’s wood comes from
Monday, November 8th, 2010At AKKA bedroom furniture we take the responsibilty of using ethical timbers very seriously. This means that we only use our american timbers that come with a forestry stewardship council stamp. This will identify that the timber has been sourced from a mill and forest owners that participate in managing it’s forests by re-planting trees after logging has taken place. This encourages people who live in the poorer parts of the world to see that they can still make money from the trees but also still see their natural habitat not totally disappear around them. (more…)
Bedroom Furniture – Beds
Friday, September 10th, 2010Bedsteads provide a classic or contemporary look to your bedroom. At AKKA Furniture all of our beds are made from either American White Oak or American Black Walnut. Oak has a real warmth and beauty and will age beautifully through the hand oiled grain. Walnut is distinctive and luxurious and is uniquely associated with quality. All beds come with wooden slats providing a strong base for your mattress. (more…)
Bedroom Furniture Sets
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010Bedroom furniture sets have been bourne out of the need people have to match all of their bedroom furniture. There can be a number of reasons for this:
Oak Furniture
Sunday, August 1st, 2010Oak furniture, which is very popular in the british home is generally made from either European oak or American white oak.
European oak is found in Slovenia, France, Yugoslavia and many countries from the Baltic region. American white oak is found in the east of the USA and South Eastern Canada.
Britain as a nation have fallen in love with oak furniture, and many furnish several rooms in this wood, including dining rooms, living rooms and bedrooms.
Buying bedroom furniture that will last
Thursday, July 29th, 2010You have finally found the vision on how you want your bedroom to look after researching the internet for months. Now down to the hard work of stripping the walls, filling in the imperfections and finally painting or wallpapering.
Have you done enough research about the quality of your bedroom furniture? No, then let me lend a hand.
Oak or walnut wooden beds
Try to buy a bed that is solid wood. Key factors to look for are no small finger pointed laminations on the siderails, head and tail rails. Look for signs of white sapwood showing towards the outside of the bed. Whilst this is not crucial to the construction, it shows that the manufacturer has taken time to put the sap face to the inside of the bed with the pure oak tones showing.
Furnishing your Bedroom
Monday, July 26th, 2010You bought your house a few years ago now and you have gradually decorated room by room, finally reaching your bedroom. This room need to feel tranquil and releaxed, so getting the mood right is important.
An important point to remember is you shouldn’t try to cram too much furniture into your bedroom space as this will ruin the look and feel. The immediate concern will be the bed, followed by storage needs. In a double bedroom a bedside cabinet either side of the bed is a good idea, particularly if you like to read at night as bedside lamps can be placed on them. A chest of drawers is a must along with wardrobes. The furniture can then be added to create the individual mood with bedding, curtains, pictures and accessories, thus adding style and personality.