Wooden Swing Bed in Carved Teak - Wide Jhula with Portal Frame

A Swing Built at Daybed Depth

Most jhulas are benches that move. You sit on them facing forward, feet down, and after a while you get up. Building the seat at daybed depth changes what the piece is for entirely. With the seat as deep front to back as it is long between the chains, you can turn sideways and draw your legs up, settle into a bolster at either end, or lie back completely, and the gentle movement becomes something you stay with for an afternoon rather than a few minutes.

The frame is drawn to match that scale. Two posts and a beam would leave a seat this size looking adrift; a portal frame with a deep carved entablature across the top gives it a defined space to sit within, framed on three sides like a doorway. The header carries banded mouldings, a run of carved rosettes and a shaped crest along its upper edge, so the piece reads as architecture in the room. The spindle railing at the back of the seat keeps the whole thing from becoming solid, letting light and view pass through at seat height. Everything is carved and polished by hand by master Indian artisans.

Specifications: Carved Teak Swing Bed

The jhula as photographed is described below. Because it is made to your order, every line can be changed before production.

• Material and carving: solid teak wood, hand-carved and hand-polished by master Indian artisans
• Seat: daybed proportions, deep enough to sit sideways or stretch out
• Backrest: spindle railing beneath a shaped carved crest
• Bolsters: one at each end, upholstered to match
• Upholstery: full mattress cushion and bolsters in your choice of fabric
• Frame: carved portal with heavy uprights on stepped plinths
• Header: deep carved entablature with banded mouldings, carved rosettes and a shaped crest
• Configuration: freestanding; no ceiling fixing required
• Suspension: beaded chains, length set at installation
• Options: ceiling-hung version without the frame, brass or plain chains, rope suspension, higher back, custom seat size
• Finish options: mid teak as shown, or natural teak, honey teak, walnut, dark teak, or gold-highlighted carving
• Size: custom sizes made to order; final measurements confirmed in writing before production
• Warranty: 20 years on solid teak and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage
• Delivery: free across India, assembled and balanced in your home, with guaranteed dent-free arrival

Crating a Portal Frame and a Wide Seat

The jhula ships as separate protected elements: the two carved uprights with their plinths, the entablature header, the seat, the chains, and the mattress and bolsters. Nothing carries the weight of anything else, and shipping the frame in parts is what lets a portal this size come through ordinary doorways.

The entablature is the heaviest single component and the most carved, so it travels bedded along its full length with the rosette run, the banded mouldings and the shaped crest all relieved in the foam so nothing bears on the relief. The uprights are wrapped along their length with their carved faces contour-padded. The wide seat is crated flat with the spindle railing shielded by a rigid guard spanning the whole back, so no packing presses on individual turnings, and the carved apron edge-guarded. Beaded chains are boxed separately so they cannot mark the polish, and the mattress and bolsters travel uncompressed so they arrive with their shape. Your swing arrives dent-free with the carving crisp.

Free Delivery, Assembly and Balancing Across India

Delivery is free anywhere in India with no distance surcharge and nothing added to your invoice for freight. Production begins once your specification is confirmed and we give you a realistic completion window at that point. If you are working towards a housewarming, a festival or a particular date, tell us at enquiry and we will plan the build around it.

Send us your ceiling height and floor area at enquiry, along with the doorway and stair measurements on the way in. A portal frame is the tallest and widest of our swing designs when assembled, and knowing your dimensions lets us proportion it to the room and build it to come in comfortably. On delivery our team assembles the frame, hangs the seat, sets the chain length and balances the swing so it hangs level and moves sweetly, adjusting it while you try it out.

Warranty on This Swing Bed

The solid teak and its joinery are guaranteed for 20 years from delivery, and termite damage is covered for the entire life of the piece with no expiry. A deep seat carries more weight further from its hanging points than a bench seat does, so the seat frame is sized accordingly and its four hanging points are cut and pinned into solid teak. The portal uprights, their joints into the entablature header, and the plinth connections are all covered for the full term as well. Termite cover has no end date because teak resists termites through the oils within the timber.

Chains and fittings are supplied to suit the seat size and covered against manufacturing fault, and we service or replace them at any point in the life of the piece. The mattress cushion and bolsters are reupholstered whenever you would like something new, and the foam replaced if you want the seat firmer or softer later on. Because the jhula is polished rather than painted, the finish can be cut back and rebuilt in place without stripping it, so it can be brought back to new at any time. We do all of it at an honest price.