The Madison Bed Swing
The Madison Bed Swing design was influenced by the century-old "Perry House" at 1802 Madison Avenue, in Montgomery Alabama. The home, which was built in 1904, was originally set to be destroyed by the city, but members of the neighborhood had something else in mind for the 3,890 square foot residence. Rather than demolishing the once-striking structure, the group elected to renovate it into a liveable space. It was shortly after the start of renovation that we became aware of this, so we quickly made our way to the house to see if there was anything left worth salvaging. Luckily, we salvaged some tongue and groove boards and the spindles that you see on this swing. Since we only had a small amount of the reclaimed spindles, all new orders of the Madison Bed Swing will have different spindles on it. All of our Bed Swings come with 40 ft of your choice of rope or chain. When we construct a swing bed, you can be sure that it will be built to last. Not only do we use the high strength grade 8 hardware on all our joints, we back that up with a liberal amount of the strongest rated wood glue you can buy. Strong enough to be used alone, this wood glue holds so well that the wood itself will break before the glue does. So whether your swing bed is outside on the porch, in the weather or inside the house, you can be sure your swing bed will stand up to what you can put it through.
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Four Oak Designs is devoted to making beautiful, yet functional, works of art. Just as an artist foresees their next brush stroke, we must foresee a special placement for each piece of wood. Simply putting pieces of wood together because they may fit is not what we do. The majority of wood we work with is heart pine. This “heart” wood came from the non-living center of the first generation of pine trees in America. These first generation trees (natural growing trees that were here when the first settlers came to America) were predominantly Longleaf pine trees which are now a threatened species.
I have been working with my hands for all my life, and I rarely come across something I cannot build or fix, and if that is the case, I try everything in my power to learn how. Sure, there are tons of people out there that are more skilled and have more experience than I do, but I promise no one will try harder and go more out of their way for you than I will.
If you need any advice on care, maintenance, setup, etc. I will gladly pass on any and all of my knowledge in that particular area as well as exhaust all my available resources in order to better serve you. I have always been one of those people that love to work, and I am truly blessed to have found something I really love to do. Although I say “this is not a hobby, it’s my job” I love it like a hobby, but treat it like a job.
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