Category: Furniture

A Letter from our Customer Like many wives, I have suffered through untold nights with poor sleep due to my husband’s snoring (I admit, my spring allergies have caused me to snore too in recent years). After investigating CPAP therapy and numerous “better sleep” websites, a friend recommended that I look into “incline sleep”. Various sites on this subject agreed that inclining our frame with a 5% slope would in their research help improve and […]

Every year about this time, home fashion magazines unveil for their readers what they see as dominant trends in the industry. So it’s no surprise that this year, publications such as Martha Stewart Living (January 21, 2019 issue, These Decor Trends will be Big in 2019) tell us that ” American Made” , “Natural Materials” , ” Handmade” and “Custom Furniture” are predicted to be among the leading trends in home decor. While an extension […]

Let’s be honest. Trying to live a healthy, clean life is not easy. We are under constant pressure to buy this and consume that. Fast food is everywhere. Highly processed foods are cheap and toothsome. Sugary drinks are offered in our schools and office buildings. It is hard to put up defenses and make a concerted effort to put the healthiest foods in our bodies. [Don’t get me wrong, I am not a 100% kind […]

No sooner than The Lumber Liquidators scandal of selling flooring with unsafe levels of formaldehyde is out of the news [CBS News, 60 Minutes March 1, 2015 ], do we hear that the very same Lumber Liquidators admits to the illegal importation (and false statements pertaining to) of wood from forests which are home to endangered species. On February 2, 2016, Bloomberg News reports that Lumber Liquidators has agreed to pay $13.15 million in fines […]

One of the more frequently asked questions we receive at Dapwood is “whether or not to get unfinished furniture” or “what are the advantages of having hand-rubbed linseed oil finish applied.” Finished vs. Unfinished Furniture Just to be clear- unfinished furniture is simply bare wood that has been sanded smooth. No finish has been applied. Our advise is simple, if you have extreme chemical sensitivities then it is probably best to order the platform bed […]

History of Desks While the standing desk is a recent phenomenon, desks and work surfaces have been utilized by humans for centuries. The earliest written history of the desk can be traced back to Medieval times in which illustrations show the first desks being used for reading and writing. During the Renaissance, desks became slimmer and the use of drawers became more prolific. In the 1850’s we became familiar with the first change in desk […]

Short on space but don’t want to sacrifice style for utility? Or need a multi-purpose room to double as a guest bedroom and office? Dapwood’s eco friendly daybeds offer the perfect solution. Not exactly sure what a daybed is, daybeds are typically three (sometimes two) sided frames so that throw pillows can be added to make it like a sofa during the day and used as a bed at night. Most daybeds use twin size […]

When I was growing up, I was an active little boy spending my days exploring the world and playing Cowboys and Indians. When I became exhausted from the day’s adventures I would stagger into my twin bed but I always yearned for a bunk bed! I don’t know if it was the ladder or the elevated height to hover over my little brother but a bunk bed was the pinnacle of kid sleeping. To this […]

From time to time, Dapwood receives requests to build Teak (Tectona grandis) furniture. While Dapwood is always open to customer requests (because after all we proudly promote the fact that unlike most competitive brands, we craft furniture to customer’s individual specifications) we do not believe teak furniture to be an eco friendly, or quite frankly, a morally acceptable hardwood. Let us explain. 1. Teak is a tropical hardwood which comes from Southeast Asia. One third […]

We are often asked how to describe our hand crafted furniture. While the obvious answer is that we make Dapwood furniture, that does not really help others understand our style or our drive to make the best American made eco friendly furniture. Unfortunately, like most things there is no simple answer so we often are left to use terms like: Modern Furniture Contemporary Furniture Amish Furniture Arts and Crafts Furniture Craftsman Furniture Prairie Style Furniture Stickley […]