So here is the finished product, next we will send a photo of it in the art gallery home itself.

Parallam Art Studio Bench

That’s the curious thing that happens here at Misty Mountain. We are a small wood shop in Sandpoint Idaho, thats in the northern panhandle of Idaho, we have several styles of furniture we build from Craftsman furniture to fine furniture to rustic furniture. And then we do the truly one of a kind type furniture like this parallam bench. The parallam has a pretty cool grain pattern and end grain pattern – verrrrry arttsy!

This is going to be a show stopper for sure!

That can ONLY mean one thing…….. Honey, where’s my deck chair!  You know the one that folds for easy storage?

Misty Mountain Furniture has your adirondack folding deck chairs and they are all ready preserved with a cedar oil preservative. Discounts when you buy more than one too!

outdoor adirondack cedar deck chair

We were given the opportunity to re-sale a set of 8 hickory dining chairs with upholstered seats. There are 6 arm chairs and 2 side chairs. Thats a lot of arm chairs!

Brand new, these chairs average $700 each!

We have the arm chairs priced to sell at $300 each and the 2 side chairs at $200 each. Or buy the entire matching set of 8 chairs for $1600!

Here are pictures of them or come by the store, Misty Mountain Furniture at 502 Cedar Street in Sandpoint Idaho. We just did a “summer makeover” of our parking lot so theres plenty of convenient parking!

For some 15 years now, the shop has been somewhat quietly hidden away behind the storefront of Misty Mountain Furniture. Although we have two large windows upstairs giving full viewing access, people are still to this day unaware that we really do build 90% of the furniture right here in our shop. We can’t have all the fun, we love to represent other quality furniture builders too!

So keep an eye on the site, we will be adding a new section on the site with photos of the shop and who knows maybe I can even sneak in a webcam.  You will find all sorts of different activity going on, sometimes tuning a machine

misty mountain furniture

Or peeling the millionth log! (oops- no log!)

lodgepole peeling

Anyway, we hope to have some fun showing this side of Misty Mountain Furniture! So stay tuned!

Of all the pieces and parts that make up a dresser bed (and there’s a lot!) we have pre assembled the majority of it in our new design. Each dresser bed comes in 5 main pieces. Thats it! The drawer boxes are completely pre assembled. The headboard is pre attached to the bed as well. The footboard is pre attached to the dresser box. All this leaves you only to put the headboard section where it will live and then mate the boxes together with special connectors included with the bed. The final touch is the left and right side trim, place the mattress support panels down and your done!

These beds make it so easy to assemble and enjoy!

The first option to consider, is to purchase a custom handmade bed or a bed from the normal retailer. The difference is enormous!

Budget always play a roll in this process, so lets look at what your really getting for your money regardless of the cost.

Of course, in this comparison we will use our own custom handmade beds for the example.

In our custom handmade beds, your part of the design process opposed to the process of just picking something out that appeals to you based mostly on the selection at hand.

When you shop our beds, mostly online at www.mistymountainfurniture.com you will see our line of beds we have custom made for our customers. You will see a line up of beds in log that has been lathe turned, log that has been skip peeled. You will see beds that are constructed from authentic barnwood, this material is really unique in that it has all the character and aging that comes along with wood that has been mostly outside for on average 100 years. WHen you drive along the highway in the northwest, you will probably see a building or two that look very old and could even be leaning sometimes to the point that you think they should be falling over. But, they dont, they seem to defy gravity and withstand the forces of nature for years. These building were at one time in use for one reason or another (usually storing farm equipment, farm animals or feed) and now stand vacant and left out to pasture. These are the gems that we use to construct our barnwood beds from.  You will also see the “finer side” of woodworking in our beds made from red oak, cherry and other hardwoods. These beds follow the traditional time honored design and construction of the styles know as Mission, Craftsman, and  Shaker.   All wonderful designs and “looks” to fit your needs.

mission style craftsman handmade bed

You can, look at our custom handmade beds, and simply choose one of the many listed on our site.  You can also choose one of our beds as a starting point and talk to us about the design of the bed, and your preferences to the design. Perhaps you think a headboard like the one you see but a few inches shorter or taller would work better for you. Perhaps you want your mattress at a specific height from the bed side and the floor. You might even have a different idea for the design of the bed altogether but love the materials. This is what we do. This is the custom bed building process.  This is very different as you can see from the traditional process of shopping for a bed.

Now look at the construction process. We have been so inundated with mass production that we don’t even consider how things are constructed any more.  Not to mention the world of imported furniture!

Our craftsman are our production machines. We build from a previous design you choose from our line up or we redesign a bed for you. We do this with your approvals along the way. We then hand select the materials that best fit the designs of the bed with you in mind. We look at the material and feel it to make sure its going to be something we are proud to build and put our name on.  Beds use “joinery” to hold everything together  (the post on the head board needs to be connected to the headboard panel, these connections are called joinery, and the type of joinery defines the strength of the bed).  In the production manufacturing process, normally “mass” production, the joinery chosen has more to do with cost per bed than it does strength or looks. In this case the strength is measured in how long it will stay together as opposed to will it do the job for a long long time.

All of the joinery we use in constructing our beds is selected on strength and beauty. In our case, strength is defined to us as “never coming apart”. This is why we have a lifetime warranty instead of 30 or 90 days or whatever is being offered by mass produced beds.

Barnwood dresser bed

The beauty of joinery is that it does one of two things.

One: It’s invisible. All you see are two pieces of your bed coming together gracefully and not distracting you to any particular part. You see your bed as one beautiful piece that you may have even helped design!

Two: It’s pretty. If it’s not invisible, it should be that way on purpose. Some joinery is very pretty and a compliment to the craftsman. A bolt sticking out isn’t pretty!

That pretty much does it. So you have your choice, mass produced or custom handmade. Makes you consider custom handmade just to see what were talking about doesn’t it.  And when you consider the lifetime warranty,  you know we build it like we say we do.

Thanks for your time, and we do look forward to your inquiry!

At Misty Mountain furniture , you will always find our quality log furniture built to the same high standards we use on everything regardless of a sale or not. When we have a sale on something it’s usually to promote a product and the quality we build into it.

Today we are starting an ongoing promotion on our Snow Creek log furniture. The Snow Creek line is handmade from lodgepole pine that has been lathe turned making it round, smooth and consistent in diameter along the entire length. This log furniture is easy to blend in with many different home decors which may or may not have a rustic touch.

We will take 15% off the Snow Creek items of your choice when you purchase a set.  So choose your bedroom set, dining set or living room set from our Snow Creek log furniture line up and take the 15% off!

Misty Mountain has been designing and building custom cabinets for over 20 years.  We build quality cabinets the right way.  Solid wood drawer boxes, 1/2″ inch backs, separate toe kicks, solid wood doors, full extension drawers with the nice soft close feature.  We build your cabinets to fit your space, not the other way around. If you need a 23″ cabinet instead of a 24″ cabinet then you should get the 23″ inch.

But we are here to help you with all of these details. It can be exhausting and we are here to lighten that load. So if these terms are foreign to you then you have to come the right place to get it all straightened out, without the big box hard sell routine.

We have a simplified quote and design process, all you need to do is bring in your wall & appliance measurements and give us your ideas. We’ll help from there!

Dont forget the den and garage cabinets too!