Make bed borders out of wood yourself

Which wood is suitable for edging a bed?

If you want to enjoy your wooden bed frame for many years to come, then you should use durable wood for it. For example, Douglas fir, oak, larch and robinia are relatively weather-resistant, but they are not as inexpensive as soft wood. Soft and less weather-resistant woods should be treated before setting in damp soil so that they do not rot too quickly.

Suitable woods for weatherproof bed borders:

• Oak
• Black locust
• Douglas fir
• larch

How did I make a wooden bed frame

A wooden border is not to be equated with a picket fence. You have numerous design options for a bed border. Low palisades are very popular. They can be created at a uniform height but also deliberately irregularly. Weather-resistant wood is simply hammered into the ground to the desired height with a mallet.

The braided border

If you are reasonably skilled in your craft, then you can do yours too

Braid bedding yourself. The young shoots of willow and hazel bushes are suitable for this. But don't leave the cut shoots too long, otherwise they will dry out and become hard. Then braiding will quickly become a real show of strength for you.

If the wood you need grows in your garden, then this edging is also very inexpensive. Both hazel bushes and willows can be cut back quite generously without the bush suffering permanent damage. So you can renew your edging at any time.

The quick tour

Would you like a Bed border made of wood then buy prefabricated palisade elements at the hardware store. These are round or semicircular pieces of wood that are attached to each other with strips or wire. Elements with wire can be bent into different shapes or adapted to existing curves and easily hammered into the (loose) earth with a wooden hammer.