modern walnut daybed

Written By Robin Wade

modern walnut daybed

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We've been working on the walnut daybed on and off for the past couple of weeks.  Just like our tables, the legs and structure have been cut clean and straight, leaving the back (typically the table top) natural, twisted, and wonderfully just like God made it (previously in the form of a tree).

I can't make trees (although I can plant them), but I think I made a beautiful first attempt at a daybed.

This modern walnut daybed has been built to a standard size.  We make and sell the wood parts, the rest (including the mattress and fabric) will be left to the designer.  Note the standard mattress that will fit is readily available at any Sams, Costco, etc.  One more note;  I don't know of an American manufacturer of these mattresses.  I'm thinking there probably are a few left.  Maybe in Mississippi or ??  If you are a manufacturer of standard daybed size mattresses, please let me know.

We'll have this modern walnut daybed oiled and finished next week, and hopefully have some pics as well.

modern walnut daybed

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Robin Wade
Robin Wade Furniture is a celebration of nature—a melding of a forward thinking commitment to the environment and a quiet, harmonious design aesthetic. From his "slow studio" in North Alabama, award-winning wood artist Robin Wade designs and crafts one-of-a-kind handmade furniture. Years before a piece is ready to enter a client's home or a gallery, the process begins—naturally—with the tree. Sustainably harvested, each specimen of hardwood is flitch sawn into natural-edge wood slabs, debarked by hand with a draw knife, and stacked to dry, usually for years, before the final cure in the kiln. From here, Wade and his team use both hand and power tools to bring Wade's vision to life, and then finish each piece with a hand-rubbed oil blend. Each organic furniture creation by Robin Wade Furniture balances the raw, natural beauty of environmentally, locally sourced hardwoods with minimally invasive, clean lines—a juxtaposition Wade calls both rustic and modern. “I haven’t yet found a better artist than nature,” he says.
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