Log Beds: Sweet Dreams are made of these

2007-03-08 10:33:40

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INVOKING THE PAST

A log cabin deep in the woods or by the lake is a beautiful place to for a vacation getaway. Nothing can come close to the warm experience of being cooped up inside a rustic, wooden house with a bedroom that has log beds and rustic bedding.

However, you need not own a log cabin to sleep on log beds. You can design a bedroom with a rustic, country theme that you can furnish with rustic beds and rustic bedding.

Log beds like a cedar log bed invoke images of the good old days, when everything was handcrafted and made to last. Log beds are well known for their beautiful, hand-made craftsmanship that recalls old, time-tested methods of carpentry. Log beds use mortise and tenon joints instead of nails and screws. This method if joining the wood, while tedious and cumbersome, creates a more beautiful and durable log bed.

SECOND-HAND TREASURE

While there are brand new log beds available, your best bet is to go for used, rustic beds – the older the better. Rustic beds can be found in antique or second-hand stores. The best places are flea markets and garage sales, so be on the lookout because you may just find that cedar log bed that you have been dreaming of at a super low price.

Used log beds have a character and a sense of history that is priceless. Moreover, the materials used and craftsmanship involved are things that are hard to come by these days. The woods used and the artisans who created the log beds have lost their place in the modern world.

In these times where most things are mass produced in the factory line by robots and machines with no regard for pride and quality of work, owning a old cedar log bed takes us back to a time when life was simpler and the people were happier. And there is no dream sweeter than that.


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