Put your worries to bed by supporting your sleep cycle with non-toxic bed frames. Why? Because a nightmarish 9.8 million tons of furniture ends up in landfills every.single.year.
If that doesn’t make you toss and turn, then maybe the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and formaldehyde in your old bed frame might—literally, considering studies have found that exposure to VOCs negatively affects sleep health and even sleep disorders.
While VOCs are likely not the only reason 25% of Americans suffer from insomnia (cough, cough blue light before bed and dysregulated circadian rhythms), switching to a non-off-gassing bed frame is one of the easiest steps we can take toward better sleep.
So to that end, we’ve curated a list of bed frames made by brands who not only use safe materials for your health but also ethical labor and transparent supply chains.
Additionally, our new Brand Rating System assesses brands (who choose to opt in) across a range of safety and sustainability-related criteria, like chemical use and climate impact. Look out for the rated brands on the list below and find all our other ratings here.
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Eco-Friendly Bed Frames We Love
MasayaCo offers handwoven and solid teak bed frames, made predominantly from FSC®-certified teak grown in their own regenerated forests. Bed frames are treated with a low-VOC, GREENGUARD Gold-certified, water-based acrylic finish. MasayaCo has been comprehensively rated by us on their sustainability credentials – find the full rating here.
Avocado makes bed frames in every size from twin to Cali King. They’re made in the USA from either reclaimed or responsibly sourced local lumber. Their frames are finished with VOC and formaldehyde-free sealants. They also make mattresses and have several safety related certifications. Avocado is a Certified B Corp and Climate Neutral Certified.
Medley’s beds include solid wood options made with FSC-certified white maple, American walnut, or American alder finished with water-based, zero VOC glues and all-natural eco Daddy Van’s wax. Upholstered bed frames are padded with GOLS-certified latex foam wrapped in OEKO-TEX certified wool.
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MasayaCo
Ethical Sourcing
Raw materials have been sourced ethically with people and planet in mind.
Handcrafted
Products have been made by hand, typically by an artisan or group of artisans.
Locally Made
Products are made local to the brand's headquarters.
Made To Order
Products can be made to order, thus limiting unnecessary production
Non-toxic
All products are made with ingredients or materials that are currently considered non-toxic
Sustainable Materials
Either all or most products are made with sustainable materials
Traceable Supply Chain
Brand is able to fully trace their entire supply chain from end to end.
Woman Owned
This brand is owned by a woman or a group of women.
FSC®-certified
MasayaCo’s statement making, minimalist bed frames are made from solid reforested teak, finished with Sher-Wood® EA Hydroplus™, a low-VOC, GREENGUARD Gold-certified, water-based acrylic finish. Their beds are available in both Queen and King sizes.
Some of the frames feature handwoven details using a Polyester cord so if you’d like to avoid plastic altogether, stick with their all wood designs. Their solid teak avoids synthetic inputs, given their regenerative agroforestry approach
The frames are handmade to order in Nicaragua, produced under fair trade conditions, with a fully transparent supply chain, given MasayaCo’s vertically integrated “Seed to Seat” model. Their FSC®-certified teak is grown in Nicaragua predominantly on their own regenerative tree farms.
They process their teak in solar-powered kilns and limit shipping to the United States and Central America to avoid emissions.
MasayaCo has been rated by Sustainable Jungle. Find the full rating here.
Savvy Rest
Savvy Rest has not been rated.
Price Range: $779 – $4,799
Savvy Rest offers solid wood, zero-VOC platform bed frames with or without a headboard (either slatted or solid) in the full range of sizes. They also make a tech-enhanced adjustable bed frame, and a floating bedside table for extra customization. Each frame is made to order.
The beds are handcrafted in Virginia, USA by Savvy Rest’s own skilled woodworkers with traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery. They’re made from sustainably sourced maple, red oak, and poplar. They are then finished with either natural linseed oil or zero-VOC walnut, cedar, or mahogany stain – or you can order them unstained. No toxic varnishes, lacquers, glues, stains, or particleboard are used in production.
Reinforced by solid steel, their beds are easy to assemble and come highly reviewed by their customers. Savvy Rest is an employee-owned Certified B Corp and member of the Sustainable Furnishings Council. Their wood is Appalachian Hardwood Verified Sustainable.
Thuma
Thuma has not been rated.
Price Range: $1,395–$2,185
Thuma is the self-proclaimed maker of “the perfect platform bed frame”. And we might just have to agree, considering the minimalist, modern foundation is an easy-to-reach height, doesn’t require a box spring, and sports “lifestyle-enhancing details” sure to upgrade any space (along with the planet).
The Bed Frame keeps it simple down to its name and tool-free interlocking Japanese joinery. You can get it in twin all the way up to California King, as well as a separate daybed option.
Sleep soundly on handcrafted repurposed rubberwood—upcycled from rubber tree plantations close to Thuma’s factories. They take sustainable sourcing to a new level, using only trees that have reached the end of their latex-producing years and would otherwise be discarded. The double-strength slats are made with Eco-fi recycled plastic felt, which eliminates those creaky bed noises.
Many of their bed frames are GREENGUARD Gold certified (see their FAQ section to confirm which), and they’re built to last a lifetime.
Instead of styrofoam, recycled cardboard is used for protective packaging and their inbound shipping is carbon neutral.
Birch
Birch has not been rated.
Price Range: $249-$1,248
Birch Living turns nature into non-toxic nap-worthy products, and they’ve been recognized around the globe (and by us, since we own one) for their premium mattresses and toppers. You’ll also find a complete range of bed frames to match, from twin to an XL-California king.
Their range includes the Madison Bed Frame which is made with FSC Certified hardwood spruce rails, pine slats, and maple legs. Each wooden piece is treated with a water-based finish with zero VOCs or formaldehyde. It is handcrafted and assembled in the USA and is backed by a 25-year warranty to ensure quality and functionality.
Birch also offsets a portion of its carbon footprint and its manufacturing facilities are Greenguard Gold certified (though this applies to the mattresses and not the frames).
Avocado
Avocado has not been rated.
Price Range: $399–$6,999
Avocado is famous for their mattresses but avo-got-o surprise for you: that’s not all they make. In addition to mattresses and bedding, they make a variety of home furniture goods, including several styles of eco-friendly twin bed frames. Their frames also go all the way up to Cali King sizes—including a dog bed frame in 2 sizes.
Whether you want a minimalist platform with just legs, or a full headboard-frame combo, they have an option for you. A perfect middle ground is the Mid-Century Modern Bed Frame, which features a slatted platform to allow your mattress to breathe without a box spring, but still has a little flair with a simple headboard.
Avocado uses either reclaimed Douglas fir wood rescued from local sources in California, or FSC-certified solid walnut, pine, maple, and alder woods, finished with VOC and formaldehyde-free sealants. There’s also an adjustable bed frame made with metal, 100% GOTS organic certified cotton canvas, and rubberwood legs.
Many bed frames are handcrafted in an FSC-certified Los Angeles woodshop, located within the brand’s GOTS-certified mattress factory. As a Certified B-Corp, production teams are paid living wages and enjoy progressive benefits, like family healthcare and three weeks of paid vacation.
The Sustainable Furnishings Council member and Climate Neutral Certified company offsets more emissions through the Bonneville Environmental Foundation than they generate. Their mattresses are certified or verified by several safety related certifying organizations including Greenguard, GOTS, OEKO-TEX®, MADE SAFE, eco-INSTITUT, and EWG.
Medley
Medley has not been rated.
Price Range: $2,795–$4,695
Medley’s beds and other home furnishings are handmade with natural, non-toxic materials. You can choose between solid wood and upholstered designs, but since we always value a little extra storage to keep our bedroom free of clutter, we especially like the looks of the Buden Bed, which features not only drawers and footboard shelves, but a headboard that doubles as a bedside (er, bed top?) table.
Solid wood options include FSC-certified white maple, American walnut, or American alder finished with water-based, zero VOC glues and all-natural eco Daddy Van’s wax—meaning they’re totally free of fire retardants, heavy metals, ozone depleters, known carcinogens, and phthalates.
Upholstered bed frames are padded with GOLS-certified latex foam wrapped in OEKO-TEX certified wool.
Medley is a non-toxic furniture brand and is handcrafted in an LA-based California factory.
Saatva
Saatva has not been rated.
Price Range: $795–$2,795
From organic comforters to mattresses, Saatva brings sophisticated Scandinavian furniture design to your bedroom, like platform and legged upholstered bed frames in various designs depending on how much underbed clearance you need. Since the platform is integrated, no additional foundations or box springs are required.
Those like the classic-meets-contemporary Valencia come with a fully upholstered headboard and all are compatible with their adjustable bases.
Each bed features sustainably sourced hardwood, kiln dried to ensure it won’t warp, steel legs, and premium plywood slats. The upholstered exterior is either made of a cotton/poly “vintage velvet”, naturally dyed linen, or leather. But since they don’t provide specifics of how their leather is sourced and processed, we suggest avoiding these models.
We know Saatva manufactures their bedding in a Fair Trade Certified factory in India and their mattresses and organic comforters in the USA, but we haven’t heard a response as to where their furniture is crafted.
Saatva prioritizes durability, as seen in the premium woods and fortified joints of their bed frames and lifetime warranty on all mattresses—and a mattress recycling service when it does wear out.
