Log Beds
Log beds are one of the most common pieces of rustic furniture that were used throughout the United States of America over a hundred years ago, and which are still used in some parts of the country today. The log bed is commonly found in places such as the Pacific northwest, where there are lots of log cabins and where many people choose to live a life that is closer to nature. Rustic log beds are easy to come by in that part of the United States, and you can often purchase a log furniture bed whole.
Other options that you have for getting great rustic style log beds are to purchase log bed kits which give you all of the pieces of the log bed frames, along with log bed plans so that you can build whatever kind of log beds that you need. You can get log bed patterns for log bunk beds, twin size log beds, a queen log bed or a king size log bed. Free log bed plans are also available on the internet if you want to put together a log loft bed or any other kind of log beds from scratch. If you really want to go through the same kind of process that the pioneers went through to make their own log beds, you could go as far as cutting down your own lumber, cutting the trees that you chop down to form boards and logs that are the right sizes, and measuring out and building your own log beds. You can use plans that you find online or from books in the library to get the old style of log bed replicated correctly, or you can try to wing it yourself and see what happens.
Sometimes large scale furniture stores also offer their own takes on the log beds that are popular for log cabin furnishing and for rustic furniture collectors. Look for a log bed comforters sale and try various outdoors lifestyle based furniture catalogs at different times of the year to see what kinds of prices you can get when log beds go on clearance. Log beds can go a long way towards giving your log cabin or mountain getaway the rustic appearance that it needs. Whether you decide to buy a log bed kit from one of the major rustic furniture retailers, or you decide to put together your own log bed, you should be able to find a great price for whatever kind of log beds you want.
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