Simple, Affordable Green Bed

What makes a great platform bed? Based upon our research, the following list details what makes a great platform bed:

  1. Inexpensive - under $300

  2. Quality - solid build

  3. No off-gassing or VOC's (volatile organic compounds)

  4. Made in the US of North American Hardwood

  5. 100% real wood - no plywood or plastics

  6. Environmentally friendly - sustainable wood

The Pecos Lite matched all 6 of our goals:

  1. Cost: $250 for a full - including delivery

  2. Quality - bed is solid, does not wobble or squeak

  3. No off-gassing - finished or unfinished bed does not off gas

  4. Made in the US of North American Hardwood

  5. 100% wood - Oak or Maple frame, Poplar or Pine Slats

  6. Environmentally Friendly/Sustainable - details below
The Bed
  • Simple Bed just 3 parts: legs, frame and slats - all of US wood
  • Beautiful Wood the light linseed stain brings out the lovely grains and highlights in the maple
  • Easy to put together just 20 minutes to build the bed
  • Affordable a twin is about $230, Full about $250, Queen about $260 and a king around $340 - price includes delivery
  • No Box spring you just need a mattress, the money saved from not buying a box spring mattress easily pays for the bed
  • Slats sensitive to Pine smell? Get the stronger Poplar slats
  • Double Slats makes your bed really firm and very strong

    • Sustainable Wood
    All the wood used in the Pecos Light is harvested sustainably using responsible forestry practices in well managed forests. Ramblin Wood, a small furniture maker, does all of it's work in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The wood is harvested and handled in a manner that complies with the Forest Stewardship Council (FCS) rules, at this time Ramblin Wood has not yet filed for the costly FCS application process - part of the reason why the price on the bed is so affordable. It is like growing veggies in your backyard - if you follow organic practices the food you grow is organic but since it has not gone through the Organic certification process it does not carry the Organic label; nonetheless, the food is still organic and grown responsibly. The same is true for the Pecos Light - the wood is harvested in the same manner, from the same forests, and goes through the same exact process as FSC lumber.

    Environmentally Friendly
    The Pecos Lite platform bed is manufactured in a very environmentally friendly way. The wood is harvested sustainably (see above.) In Albuquerque, the manufacturer employs sound and strategic environmental polices:

    Linseed Oil finish - the wood finish is 100% pure polymerized linseed oil. Linseed oil is the oil that is pressed from the seeds of the flax plant (flax seed oil). It is non-toxic and is completely free of heavy metal driers, VOCs and petroleum distillates.

    Pecos Lite