Homemade Log Bed Frames

Uses

• Homemade log bed frames can, of course, be used in your home to support your mattresses. They can also be put to other uses. For example, you could craft log bed frames by hand and sell them to cabin owners, country businesses, and fans of rustic home style. Or you could place log bed frames in a showroom to spotlight your wood-crafting skills, or to show off rustic textiles like quilts and flannel sheets.

Advantages

• Homemade log bed frames offer several advantages over mass-produced bed frames purchased from a store. Log bed frames can cost very little to make, assuming you already possess the tools needed and can get low-priced or free logs. Also, if you use logs from your area -- the most logical choice for price and logistical reasons -- the resulting bed frames will be a locally sourced and produced product. Finally, if you make your own log bed frames, you can tailor the dimensions and detailing of the frames to match the rooms in which they will be placed.

Decor Styles

• While homemade log bed frames can theoretically be used in a space with any style decor, country and rustic decor styles are strongly associated with log accouterments like bed frames. If you are bringing log bed frames into a space with no trace of country or rustic style, you may wish to add rustic touches to ensure the log bed frames don't look out of place. For example, hang a frontier-style lantern from the ceiling. Put up plaid curtains. Stamp a border of bears and pine trees along the top section of the walls.

Materials

• Before you make -- or commission -- homemade log bed frames, you will need to select the materials that will be used to make them. The major decision is, of course, what kind of log to use. Make a list of your options and consider the advantages and drawbacks of each kind of log. If you are harvesting the logs from your own land, you may not have many options to choose from, especially if you own a single-crop plantation forest. Log factors to consider include availability, drying time, cost and appearance.