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handmade oak bed needs to be a classic. It needs to be beautiful and simple. It is a piece of furniture which should be designed to be timeless because it will last for many years to come.
It is an intrinsic part of our ethos to produce high quality products that are made as sustainably as possible, and this means that we have looked very carefully at where our oak is sourced.
An oak tree is a venerable thing; it can live for many hundreds of years. Many of our individual oak trees in the UK are protected by tree preservation orders, but the great forests have all but disappeared so sustainable English Oak is almost impossible to source in any quantity.
Across the channel the French have been encouraging forestry production since the 16th Century. They have had a controlled forest management system in place since 1827 which has not only enabled a market in commercially sustainable oak to develop but also inspired more modern global schemes such as the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification.
Mature oak trees with trunks of between eight and ten feet in diameter which are around a hundred and twenty years old are felled and new trees planted as part of a multi generational cycle that ensures the continuity of both forest and supply of wood. These trees are ‘Quercus Robur’, the same species of Oak indigenous to the UK, renowned for its rich colour and grain.
We have therefore chosen to have our Oak beds made from French Oak to ensure that it is properly matured and responsibly forested.
We have chosen to have our Oak sourced and our beds made by Broadleaf, the real wood specialists, who share our passion for craftsmanship, quality, sustainably sourced natural materials and whose workshops are located close to our own here in Wales.
In conjunction with Broadleaf we have created classic designs that will blend seamlessly with the spectrum of bedroom styles. Each one is traditionally hand built in time honoured fashion and hand finished with a natural, durable, low VOC hardwax oil in your choice of Broadleafís beautiful signature shades - Nude, Classic, Aged, Warm Oak, Rich Oak and Dark Oak.