In the foothills of the Sandia Mountains outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, a collection of platform beds was created and designed over 30 years ago by a professional cabinetmaker named Dave Cady. Dave designed these solid oak and maple bed designs and made them available in a variety of sizes and styles. What sets these beds apart from others, however, has been the ability to modify and make customer-requested options that turned these simple wooden bed designs into affordable custom-built beds. In this article we’ll talk about Nomad Furniture and examine why they’re a great example of a manufacturer listening and acting on customer requests.
It may be surprising to learn that companies like Nomad Furniture make bedroom furniture right here in the United States. A large part of the platform bed industry is made up of what are known as import beds. Imported bedroom furniture is made abroad, usually in Asia, and has the distinction of being made over and over again in the same way and in only a few or a select finish and shipped over 1000 at a time in containers to the US market. The problem with this is that these beds are made only one way and they don’t take into account that a person buying a bed might need the platform to be raised higher, maybe a thicker mattress is used which needs to be higher than the height of the bed. header to move up or special. Batten requirements may be needed. It is not possible in imported beds.
Dave of Nomad Furniture identified this issue early on when clients often asked if the slats could be increased in height or if there could be more headboard above the slats. Many of the options found in their beds today come directly from customer feedback and who better to create options for a bed collection than the very people who use the bed. This is how we get the 3″ taller bed option that provides more space under the bed and the 3″, 7″ and 10″ gap options that raise the height of the headboard when using a thicker mattress.
In addition, many custom options have been created to firm up the platform bed foundation to meet the specific warranty requirements that certain mattress manufacturers place on consumers. One example of this was providing additional slat options. These include the standard 3″ gap and options that offer either a 1.58″ gap or a 1/2″ gap. Slat spacing seems to be a way for some mattress manufacturers to remove beds from their warranty and many imported beds make this list, however Dave’s slat options allow Nomad Furniture platform beds to meet the warranty requirements of any mattress manufacturer.
Dave Cady’s Nomad Furniture Platform Beds present a unique solution in the way of affordable solid wood furniture. These American-made beds can be selected with several customizable options that can change the space under the bed, make the headboard higher, or modify the slat support system to make it more firm and meet warranty requirements. from the mattress manufacturer. These American-made platform beds offer simple, functional styling that’s customizable and affordable.
