Custom Bedroom Furniture in Sarasota, FL

Custom bed frames sized to the mattress you own

A bed frame is only as good as its fit. We build around the mattress's real dimensions, leaving a small allowance so sheets tuck in without the mattress sliding. Standard U.S. sizes are a starting point:

Platform beds use solid slats or a panel and skip the box spring; traditional beds use rails and slats with a box spring or foundation. We also set overall height to suit you, from low modern platforms to taller beds with room for storage drawers underneath.

Beds are the start of most orders, not the whole of them. The same commission can cover nightstands, a dresser or tall chest, a bench for the foot of the bed, a headboard wall and an armoire for a room without a deep closet, all drawn together so heights and reveals line up across the wall.

Can an antique bed be resized for a modern mattress?

Usually, yes. Many older beds were made for a three-quarter or full mattress, and family members want to keep sleeping in them with a queen. The usual approach is to make new, longer side rails in matching wood and widen the headboard and footboard with carefully matched sections, so the original carved or turned parts stay intact.

• We record the original bed's joinery and hardware before changing anything.
• New rails get modern bed bolts or hook-and-slot hangers sized for the added weight.
• Added wood is matched in species, grain and color, then blended into the existing finish.
• Original parts are kept, not cut, wherever the design allows.

If the bed also has loose joints, missing finials or worn finish, our antique furniture restoration work can be done at the same time.

Custom dressers and nightstands built like fine cabinetry

Dressers and nightstands get the joinery people expect from heirloom casework: dovetailed drawer boxes, solid drawer bottoms set in grooves so they can move, and dust panels between drawers. You choose wooden runners for a traditional feel or full-extension soft-close slides for easy reach to the back of each drawer.

Nightstands can include a hidden charging drawer with a cord grommet, a pull-out tray for books or a lockable drawer. Tall chests and lingerie chests are proportioned to your ceiling height and wall space.

Signs bedroom furniture is losing to the climate

Bedrooms in Sarasota houses take a quieter beating than kitchens, but it adds up. Drawers in a closed-up seasonal home swell and stick, and a musty smell inside a chest means damp air has been sitting in it. Cherry and walnut by a west-facing window fade unevenly around a lamp base. Bed rails loosen after a dry, heavily air-conditioned winter, and particleboard dressers sag under full drawers.

Headboards: slatted, paneled, upholstered or live edge

A headboard sets the tone of the room. Options include vertical slats in walnut or oak, raised panels for a traditional room, a wood frame prepared for an upholstered panel covered by your upholsterer, or a single slab. A live edge table slab turned on its side makes a striking headboard, and it gets the same drying and stabilizing as our slab tables.

Headboards can attach to a bed frame or mount to the wall as a floating panel with integrated reading lights and outlets. Hardwired lighting is installed by a licensed electrician; we build the chase and access for their work.

How do we build a bedroom set around one piece you own?

Matching starts with the existing piece. We study its species, edge profiles, leg style and hardware, then make finish samples on new wood and compare them to the original in your room's light. Aged finishes have depth that a new stain alone will not match, so we may layer dye, glaze and topcoat to get close.

The same approach works throughout the house. Clients who match a bedroom set often ask for a coordinating piece elsewhere, such as one of our custom dining tables in the same walnut or oak, so wood tones carry from room to room.

From first measurement to the first night's sleep

1. 1

   Measure

   We record the room, the mattress and any furniture you want the new pieces to match.

2. 2

   Design

   You receive drawings and a 3D model of the bed or full set and can adjust heights, drawers and details.

3. 3

   Sample

   We prepare wood and finish samples and compare them to your existing pieces.

4. 4

   Build

   Frames are joined and drawers dovetailed in our Sarasota shop, then finished to the approved sample.

5. 5

   Deliver and assemble

   Beds arrive in parts and are bolted together in the bedroom; dressers are placed and leveled.

Safety rules for dressers, bunks and wired headboards

Federal rules reach the bedroom. Under the STURDY Act, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission adopted ASTM F2057-23 as the mandatory tip-over standard for clothing storage units made after September 1, 2023 (16 CFR Part 1261), to protect children up to 72 months old, and bunk beds have their own guardrail and opening requirements in 16 CFR Part 1513. We keep weight low in tall chests and recommend anchoring them to the wall. A hardwired headboard circuit is electrical work under Florida DBPR’s Chapter 489 licensing, done by a licensed electrician on a county or city permit.

Cost factors for a custom bedroom set

• Number of pieces and whether they are built together
• Species and any slab or figured lumber
• Drawer count and slide type
• Carving, turning or resizing work on antique parts
• Color matching to existing finishes
• Delivery access, including stairs and condo elevators

Casework drives a bedroom budget more than beds do. A platform bed is mostly rails, slats and a headboard, while a nine-drawer dresser needs nine dovetailed boxes, nine fitted fronts and runners or slides for each. Resizing an antique adds careful matching of wood and finish but saves building a headboard from scratch. Building the set in one run shares setups and finish sessions, so it usually costs less than ordering pieces years apart.

Care is simple: dust with a soft cloth, keep pieces out of direct afternoon sun where possible, and keep the AC running in summer.