Akka furniture is currently offering up to 50% off some of their most popular items.  The oak two drawer bedside cabinet is one such offer.  As with all our cabinets, it has dovetailed drawers front and back for extra strength.  We also offer a three drawer chest which in a larger bedroom, can also be used as a bedside cabinet.  There are seven different beds to choose from, the Milan bed being our most ‘modern’ with its design influences from Zen and the Far East.  More traditionally, our Vienna bed has beautiful spindles encompassing our two woods, oak and walnut.  Every piece is crafted with care, using beautiful American Oak or American Walnut.  We also stock wardrobes, dressing tables and underbed drawers which fit neatly beneath most of our beds.

If you feel its time to put your summer clothes away for the next few months why not consider underbed drawers for neat, convenient storage.  AKKA’s underbed drawers, made in solid oak or solid walnut, are designed to fit neatly under your bed for optimum storage, fitted with wheels for ease of use.  These drawers are solid wood with dovetails front and back.

 The six AKKA wooden bedroom ranges are different yet have in common beautiful designs and are handmade with the utmost care and attention.  As well as beds, AKKA make beautiful and useful bedroom accessories.  Wooden wardrobes, tallboys, blanket boxes and chests of drawers all fulfill your storage demands, and are aesthetically pleasing.

The extraordinary autumn heat may have disappeared, but AKKA wooden bedrooms will bring some warmth back into your life.

Because we at AKKA appreciate the beauty of trees and all they bring to the world (and the table!), all of the timber we use at AKKA comes from FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council) certified renewable and well-managed sources in America. We don’t believe we should sacrifice the planet for the sake of beautiful furniture but we do believe this responsibly sourced furniture can be used to make some of truly stunning bedroom furniture.

AKKA is the home of beautiful handcrafted wooden bedroom furniture. There are ranges for every taste, from the minimalist to the classic and these are made from either black walnut or whIte oak .  Not only do AKKA make wonderful beds and amazing wardrobes but they also create many other wooden bedroom accessories, from chests of drawers to underbed drawers, mirrors, dressing tables, tall boys and blanket chests.  Every piece of wooden furniture is crafted with loving care and no short cuts are taken in their creation. AKKA believe that nature has provides us with beautiful wood and in return, AKKA use care and appreciation to create wooden bedroom furniture that will last a life time.

AKKA furniture can bring these styles to your bedroom.  The Toulouse bed comes in solid oak brings Louis Phillipe classic feel to your bedroom.  You can accessorise with a Toulouse bedside and solid two chest drawer.  For a more contemporary French feel, take a look at Paris The combination of oak and walnut on the solid veneer headboard of this bed is an enchanting mix, but we also offer the opportunity to own a bed with a beautifully upholstered, plush leather headboard.  This high quality pull-up leather has been lightly brushed with the addition of beeswax to give a pleasant matt appearance and a sense of hotel chic to your bedroom.  The leather comes from the Selvaggio range of our partner, JMT Leather.

The Milan bedroom range is made from solid oak and has a modernist style, perfect for a more minimalist feel to your bedroom.

If you have been inspired by your travels this summer and want to recreate a whole new look in your bedroom, then please take a look at all the AKKA ranges.  The beautifully handcrafted bedroom furniture we offer are all made with loving care from solid oak or walnut. We create wardrobes, chests, tallboys, dressing tables, mirrors, blanket boxes and underbed drawers.

The ideal bedroom temperature is around 65 degrees Fahrenheit. A room that’s too warm can disrupt comfortable sleep.

Here are some that might help you achieve a good nights kip during the balmy nights:

• Too many blankets and pillows will just send the thermometer sky high. Keep your bed covers to a minimum. 
• Go natural! – man made bed linen is not as cool as natural fibres.
• A slightly open window helps but it’s not always feasible to do this. A fan also cools things down by moving air from bodies and taking the heat with it.
• A more drastic action is to take a pair of cotton socks, rinse them in cold water, wring them until they are damp and put them on. Cooling your feet lowers the overall temperature of your skin and body.
• Sleep in a ’spread eagle’ position, so heat doesn’t gather around you and think of ice bergs!

 Akka Furniture hopes these tips help. We believe that bedrooms should be special and our wooden furniture is created with care to turn your bedroom into a sanctuary that works in every season.

Made from oak and walnut, our beds, cabinets, wardrobes and accessories, are all stylish yet timeless, crafted to last a lifetime. Take time to look through our ranges to find one that suits.  As well as beds, Akka Furniture can provide you with an array of wooden wardrobes and your storage needs can all be met with our many beautiful and functional pieces which include chests, tallboys and blanket boxes.

Is the bedroom being used by one person or two?   How many pieces of furniture can I fit in?  What pieces are essential?  Obviously a bed, do I need more than one chest of drawers?  How many wardrobes will I need?  Could some pieces be dual purpose?  If I have a large bedroom, should I go for larger items i.e. a triple wardrobe which may look more in proportion in the room?

A good idea is to use mirrors to give the illusion of space.  Different paint colours can make a room look bigger or smaller.  Maybe you have a beautiful picture that you would like to base the design or colour of your room around?  If you are giving your bedroom a total revamp it is always helpful to look through home magazines for inspiration.  How long are you intending to use the bedroom furniture, this will determine how much you are willing to spend on it.  Speak to retailers about your ideas, sometimes their advice can help in your decision making, be it a wooden bed, a chest of drawers or what size wardrobe.   Finally set yourself a budget and stick to it!

It is sometimes worthwhile buying a whole bedroom set at once as you may be able to negotiate a sizeable discount! The purchase of quality furniture does not come cheap so you must be sure that what you are buying is what you can live with.

There are a number of good reasons why you should choose F.S.C stamped timber for your bedroom furniture sets.

1. All the timber can be tracked from the forest to the finished furniture product.

2. F.S.C  timber is endorsed by such charties as WWF , The Woodland Trust and Greenpeace.

3. Some parts if not all of the forests are protected because endangered or rare animals and plants are located within it’s boundaries.

4. Forest owners try to employ local people to run and log the forests. This way the local people can earn a living from their local source – the forest.

5. Future generations will be able to work and earn from the forests.

6. It’s not only furniture that the F.S.C label can be found on. Decking , floors , paper and kitchen utensils are just a few other examples.

AKKA furniture makes sure that we fully utilize the full potential of all the log from the tree. We take all of the premimum central cuts of timber and make sure these are used for the drawer fronts , cabinet tops and also the siderails for our solid wooden beds. This means that all the external parts of the wooden cabinets , oak beds , walnut beds and other bedroom accessories we manufacture are showing off the best parts of a quality timber such as american white oak and american black walnut. We don’t just scrap the whitewood called sapwood,  this is used for our drawer sides and backs on the wooden chests. By choosing this method the white of the wood is hidden within the carcass.

1. All of the furniture will match.

2. One delivery – Minimum disruption to the household and customers having to take time off work to accept delivery.

3. Customers can haggle on price.

4. Takes away the worry that the company might discontinue that bedroom furniture range that you might have been collecting over months or years.

5. Worst case of all , the supplier / manufacturer going out of business in these troubled high street times.

Companies and manufacturers offer various types of bedroom furniture sets

1. Bed with two bedside cabinets.

2. Bed with two bedside cabinets and a chest of drawers.

3. Bed with two bedside cabinets , chest of drawers and a free standing wardrobe.

However most shops will work around the customers needs for a room set as everyone’s needs vary so much.

Taste’s can be influenced by what is on display at any one time in the shop. Customer’s come in with a vision of what they have seen on a television programme or in a magazine and can be deviated by another display in a totally different wood type plus a higher price point. At AKKA Bedroom Furniture we have seen this many times. We have a design of Shaker bedroom furniture that we manufacture in both american white oak and american black walnut. Customers come into the showroom looking for oak but their eye is often drawn to the walnut.

Walnut has a real elegance , with it’s rich dark grain. Why not book an appointment and come and view our walnut furniture for yourself, were sure that you won’t be disappointed.

We can also show you bedroom furniture roomsets in oak and our totally new range called Toulouse whichis our take on the the Louis Phillipe style of furniture.

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.

Oak and walnut wooden chests

The main construction of the chests should feature solid wooden legs all round.  The top should be solid wood also with no man made products.  The drawers should be dovetailed all round and solid in construction and strength.  Are the drawer fronts made out of one piece of wood?  Many manufacturers joint their drawer fronts whereas quality manufacturers use one piece of timber.  The backs of the drawer should be grooved into the back legs and no screws, nails or pins used to hold the back panel in place.

Oak and walnut wooden wardrobes

Wooden legs should be used in all wardrobes, the back panels again should be grooved into the back legs.  The veneered back panel should be veneered both internally and externally.  Whilst this  is not compulsary, it shows the manufacturer puts high emphasis on a consistent finish.  Internally, the hanging rail should not be of cheap metal, it is far better to have a solid turned rail and brackets.  If the wardrobe has drawers, again the drawers should be dovetailed and made of one piece of solid wood.

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.

Beds are available in two common types, divans or bedsteads.  At AKKA Bedroom Furniture we specialise in solid wooden bedsteads in both American White Oak and American Black Walnut.  Sizes of beds vary depending on your room size.  The key is to ensure you have enough room to walk round your bed comfortably and that you have enough space to open wardrobe doors and and cabinet drawers.

Our wooden chests are variable in size both in width and height.  One tip is to maximise the height for the amount of floor space available.  Wardrobes can be free standing or built in.  Free standing wardrobes may be able to fit into an alcove or small space but it is important to double check dimensions.