5 by 6 Panelled Bed
Handcrafted by Executive furniture ke in 005, Upper Savannah, Nairobi, Kenya
The 5 by 6 Panelled Bed is a wooden bed handcrafted in Kenya from chemfer. The frame carries the quiet confidence of workshop furniture: a tall headboard, a matching footboard and posts squared off at each corner. Small details give it away as handwork, from the shaped cap rail to the way the panel beading meets the stiles. The bed is built in chemfer and finished in a warm reddish tone that lets the grain read through the surface. Headboard and footboard are framed panels filled with vertical grooved boarding, a pattern that catches light along its ridges and adds rhythm without ornament. Side rails sit low and plain, fixed to the posts with visible round fittings. The moulded top rail rounds the silhouette where a hand would naturally rest. This is a bed for a main bedroom, a guest room or a family home where furniture is expected to be used every day. The deep red timber holds its own against pale walls and cream bedding, and it pairs comfortably with lighter oak side tables, woven rugs and linen. In morning light the panelling shows its shadow lines; under lamplight the finish turns softer and darker. Beds like this one sit at the centre of Kenyan furniture-making, where solid timber frames are cut, assembled and finished in small workshops rather than on a production line. Buying through Kamara means the piece comes from a maker working in that tradition, and that the money for it stays with the person who built it.
Price: KES 31,200
Material: chemfer
Availability: In Stock
Category: furniture