Wooden Bed Design in Carved Teak - Natural Wood Panels with Gold Trim

Leaving wood bare is a decision that has to be made before anything is built, because a panel that will be seen has to be chosen. Timber destined for paint or upholstery can come from anywhere in a log; timber that will be polished and looked at every day for thirty years has to be selected for figure, matched across its width and laid up in the right order. That work happens weeks before a chisel touches it.

Setting gold around bare teak is an old pairing, and it works because the two materials disagree completely. Gilding is flat, reflective and uniform. Figured wood is deep, warm and irregular. Put them next to each other and each looks more like itself.

The restraint here is in how little is gilded. Only the border, the rosette and the cresting carry gold; every square inch inside them is left as wood. Our master Indian artisans work to that boundary precisely, because gilding that strays even slightly onto the panel turns a clean division into a smudge, and the whole effect depends on the line staying sharp.

Material: Solid teak throughout, including headboard, footboard, rails and the bedside chests. No upholstery.

Headboard: Figured natural teak panel with symmetrical grain, gilded carved border following a serpentine outline, gilded carved rosette at the centre, pierced carved cresting above.

Footboard: Figured teak panel in a gilded carved border with a matching centre rosette and gilded carved corner volutes on carved feet.

Finish: Natural honey teak with gilded carving as shown, and available in mid brown, walnut or espresso panels, or in a single wood tone with no gilding.

Bedside chests: Figured drawer fronts, gilded carved corners, cabriole legs. Included as shown, available in any quantity.

Upholstery option: Panels can be upholstered instead of left in wood if you prefer.

Storage: Available with hydraulic lift-up storage or base drawers designed in.

Sizes: Custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

Exposed polished wood shows every scuff, so the natural panels are packed first in a soft, completely non-abrasive layer laid on without tension, and nothing is allowed to slide across them at any point.

Gilded carving is covered separately in its own non-abrasive layer, because gold leaf marks under friction rather than under weight.

The pierced cresting above the headboard is supported from both faces, and the carved rosettes, which stand proud of their panels, are given individual foam shells so no packing bears down on them.

The carved corner volutes and feet are collared in shaped foam. Rails are bundled and edge-guarded, fittings sealed in a labelled pouch, and the chests packed with drawers secured and legs protected.

Everything is crated together with handling instructions marked outside. Every photograph on this page shows the actual bed, taken before packing - real furniture, not a render.

Delivery is free anywhere in India and included in the price you are quoted, with nothing for freight, packing or handling added later.

Production begins once your size and finish are confirmed in writing. We give you a realistic timeline then, and send photographs of your own bed as the panels are selected and laid up, the carving cut and the gilding applied - the panel selection in particular is worth seeing.

On arrival the bed is carried in and assembled in your bedroom: headboard and footboard joined to the rails, everything levelled to your floor, the polish checked over, and the bedside chests placed where you want them. We guarantee dent-free arrival, and if anything is not right when you see it, tell us and we will put it right.

The solid teak frame and joinery of this bed are covered for 20 years - headboard, footboard, side rails, feet and every joint between them. On a bed with exposed wood panels, the panel construction matters as much as the frame, and both are built to hold flat and stay flat.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs with it for as long as the bed is yours, backed by teak's own resistance and set down in writing.

An exposed wood bed is the easiest kind to renew years from now: the panels can be sanded back and re-polished to look new, in the same tone or a different one, and the gilding cleaned back and re-laid. Because we keep the specification of your exact bed on file, replacement fittings and additional matching pieces are made to fit it precisely. Our own master Indian artisans do the work and tell you what it involves before starting.