Pine Beds

Pine Beds

Pine furniture in general and pine beds in particular, have been sold in the UK for centuries. Traditionally oak was the timber of choice in Britian and it was harvested from native British woods and the much cheaper pine was imported from Scandinavia. British oak woodlands were decimated by the demands of two World Wars and faster-growing pine trees were planted in the 50s and 60s to make up the shortfall in timber stocks as quickly as possible.

Today, thanks to easier world trade conditions, timber or finished timber products can be moved more easily around the globe. This has allowed fast growing pine. To be used in the manufacture of pine beds, bunk beds and the like.

pine is an abundant species found in many parts of the globe. This means that furniture made from this material is more likely to have come from sustainable sources than furniture made from some tropical hardwoods such as mahogany.