Bedroom furniture for Island homes
A bedroom set usually stays for years, so the tape measure matters more than the photo. The mattress top sets a nightstand's height, and the window sill sets a dresser's. The guides here take in dressers, nightstands, bed frame sizes and cabinet beds for small rooms. One is about Mako, a Surrey, BC company whose bedroom pieces are solid pine, maple and alder, with no veneer, MDF or particle board.
Where to start
Each one carries its own numbers and says where they come from.
Ideal humidity for wood furniture on Vancouver Island, and what woodstoves and empty cabins do to it
The humidity wood furniture wants, what Vancouver Island's wet winters and woodstoves do to a dresser, how to keep an empty cabin dry, and w
Nightstand height: measure the bed first, then match the mattress top within two inches
How tall a nightstand should be, worked out from the frame, foundation and mattress you actually have, with the heights, widths and prices o
Bed frame sizes in Canada: what each frame measures outside, and what fits a queen
Every bed frame size, the mattress it holds and the outside size it really takes up, measured on the complete beds we list, plus what goes u
Cabinet beds: how a bed in a chest opens, the room it needs, and how it compares with a Murphy bed or sofa bed
What a cabinet bed is, how a Sleepchest opens, the mattress inside and the floor it needs open, and how it compares with a Murphy bed, a sof
Where is Mako furniture made? What Mako says, what the wood is, and what it costs on the Island
What Mako's own pages, the Province of BC and the public records say about where Mako furniture comes from, which collections are pine or ma
What we carry
Bedroom
Ashley, Mako and Island Living bedroom pieces
The rangeBeds
Frames and headboards
The rangeDressers
Low dressers and tall chests
The rangeNightstands
From 16 to 30 inches tall
BrandMako
Solid pine, maple and alder from a Surrey, BC company
Also seeCabinet Beds
A bed that folds into a chest
Also seeMattresses
What goes on the bed
Short answers, and the guide behind each
How tall should a nightstand be?
The rule of thumb our nightstand guide uses is level with the top of the mattress, within about two inches either way. The mattress top is measured with the bed made up and any topper on. The nightstands on our site run from 16 to 30 inches tall, so the mattress top picks the number. Heights by maker, and the beds each suits, are in matching a nightstand to the bed.
Is coastal humidity bad for solid wood furniture?
Not in our experience. In more than four years of selling a lot of solid wood, we haven't seen or heard of a humidity problem with it. Wood still swells in damp air and shrinks beside a woodstove, and it's steadiest at Health Canada's 30 to 50 percent for homes. What to do at each level is in humidity and solid wood.
Every bedroom furniture guide
20 guides, alphabetical. Every guide in this hub is one click away.
Four showrooms on the Island
Nanaimo
3230 Norwell Dr, Nanaimo, BC V9T 1X5
Mon to Sat 10am to 5pm, closed Sunday
Call (250) 756-1153Campbell River
1300 A Homewood Rd, Campbell River, BC V9W 3N7
Mon to Sat 10am to 5pm, closed Sunday
Call (250) 286-0868Port Alberni
2935 Third Ave, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 2A6
Mon to Sat 9:30am to 5:30pm, closed Sunday
Call (250) 724-6644Take your time. Nobody is going to follow you around the showroom. Sit in a few, measure at home, and come back when you are ready. From our Duncan store, delivery across the Island is $150 with assembly included. A mattress going across the Island may need a different shipping method.