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A bed is the largest object in most bedrooms and the one people most often buy to a standard size in a room that is not a standard size. The result is familiar: a frame that leaves 30 cm of dead space on one side, or a headboard that stops short of the wall panelling it was meant to sit against.

Beds are also where mattress sizing quietly causes trouble in Thailand. Thai-market mattresses are commonly sold at 3.5, 5 and 6 feet wide, while imported frames are cut for UK, US or European standards — and none of those three agree with each other either. A US King is 193 cm wide; a UK King is 150 cm. A frame bought for one and a mattress bought for the other will not meet.

We build the frame around the mattress you actually own or intend to buy, and the headboard around the wall it sits on. Tell us both and the rest is straightforward.

฿240,000–280,000
Reference price range
8–14 weeks
Build time
1–2 weeks
Drawings & fixed quote
2
Silhouettes shown

The silhouettes.

Each is a reference point we build from, at your dimensions and in your material. Prices shown are for reference proportions.

Velvet Channel Headboard Bed — custom beds by Space K Bangkok

Art Deco bedroom

Velvet Channel Headboard Bed

Velvet channel tufting brings Art Deco's geometric discipline to the bedroom — vertical channels, deep velvet, glamorous repose. Channels are individually padded and stitched, so a tall headboard keeps its surface even instead of bagging between the fixings the way a plain padded panel does.

From ฿280,000

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Tan Leather King Bed — custom beds by Space K Bangkok

Heritage classic

Tan Leather King Bed

Tan leather beds with full-grain headboards are the heritage classic — built to last decades, designed to age beautifully. Full-grain is the one upholstery material in a bedroom that genuinely looks better after ten years than it did on the first night.

From ฿240,000

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What to settle before a bed is built

Beds go wrong at the measuring stage far more often than at the workshop. Four things to settle first. The exact specification for your piece is written on your quote.

Mattress size — settle this before anything else

Thai-market mattresses are commonly sold as 3.5 ft (about 107 cm), 5 ft (about 152 cm) and 6 ft (about 183 cm) wide. International standards do not line up with these or with each other: a UK King is 150 × 200 cm, a US King 193 × 203 cm, a US Queen 152 × 203 cm, and a European King 180 × 200 cm. Length varies as much as width. We build the frame to the mattress you have or have chosen — bring the actual measurements, not the name of the size, because the same word means different things in different markets.

Headboard height — measure the wall, not the bed

Headboard height is set by what is behind it: a picture rail, a wall panel, a window sill, an air-conditioning unit. A tall headboard reads as luxury right up until it collides with a cornice. Decide whether it is floor-mounted as part of the frame or wall-mounted as a separate panel — wall mounting lets the headboard run wider than the bed, which is what makes a standard mattress look deliberately proportioned in an oversized room.

Slat base or platform — and the humidity question

A slatted base lets air move under the mattress; a solid platform does not. In Bangkok humidity that difference is not academic — a mattress on a sealed platform in a room that is air-conditioned intermittently is the standard recipe for damp underneath and, eventually, mould. Slats also need spacing appropriate to the mattress: most foam and pocket-spring mattresses specify a maximum gap, and exceeding it will void the mattress warranty and let the mattress sag between slats.

Getting it into the room

A king frame is the piece most likely not to fit up a condominium stairwell or around a corridor turn. We measure lift, doors and turns at the site visit and build the frame to come apart where it has to. It is far cheaper to design a bed in sections than to discover the problem with a delivery team standing in your lobby.

Leather and cloth.

The material decides how the piece ages more than the silhouette does. We hold samples of everything below — a physical board comes with your quote, because leather cannot be chosen from a screen.

Leather

Aniline

Dyed all the way through and left unsealed. The grain, the healed scars, the shading — all still visible. It marks easily and it patinas beautifully. Choose it if you want the hide to record your use of it.

Semi-aniline

Aniline dyeing with a thin pigment layer on top. Keeps most of the depth and grain while surviving a household with children or a dog. The default recommendation for a main living-room sofa.

Pigmented / protected

A heavier surface coat. The most uniform in colour and the most resistant to spills, sunlight and cleaning. The least alive to the hand.

Oil and wax pull-up

Saturated with oil or wax so the colour lightens where the hide is pulled and stretched. Scratches burnish out under a thumb. Not a hide for someone who wants it to stay identical.

Nubuck

Sanded on the grain side to a fine nap. Warm, matte, tactile — and the least forgiving of anything wet.

Fabric

Linen

Belgian and Thai-woven. Breathes in humidity, creases honestly, softens with every wash. The right answer for a room that gets real sunlight.

Velvet

Cotton, viscose or performance-backed. Reads as depth of colour rather than surface colour. Shows a pile direction — deliberate, not a fault.

Bouclé

Looped wool-blend. Hides everyday marking better than almost anything else and gives a sculpted form its texture.

Performance weave

Solution-dyed acrylics and polyesters. Bleach-cleanable and UV-stable. What we specify for balconies, pool rooms and houses with very young children.

How a commission works.

Six steps from your first message to installation. Space K is the Bangkok bespoke line of Lasunya — the Samut Prakarn upholstery factory that has been building furniture since 1982, and whose Embroidery Collection won the Red Dot Design Award in 2022.

  1. Send your briefA perspective, a mock-up, a photo from a magazine, a mood board, or a measurement scribbled on your phone. Anything that shows the shape in your head.
  2. We analyse the drawingWe check structure, materials and whether the thing can actually be built at the proportions drawn. Where it cannot, we propose the change that keeps the design intact. A perspective that looks beautiful and cannot be built is the most common problem we solve.
  3. Quote and material boardA fixed written quote with a physical material board — leather, fabric, timber and metal samples in your hand — within 1–2 weeks of the first brief. No deposit is taken before you approve it.
  4. Site check and shop drawingWe measure your room ourselves: door widths, lift dimensions, stair turns, ceiling height. Then we issue the production drawing you sign off against.
  5. Build, QC, mock-upFrame, upholstery and finishing happen on one floor in Samut Prakarn. On larger commissions we build a mock-up of the seat before committing the full piece.
  6. Delivery and installationWhite-glove delivery and installation by our own team across Bangkok and Greater Thailand. International shipping is fully crated and available on request.

Frequently asked.

How much does a custom bed cost in Bangkok?

Ours start at ฿240,000 for a tan leather king and ฿280,000 for a velvet channel headboard bed, at reference dimensions. Size, headboard height and material grade move the figure. You get a fixed written quote before any deposit is taken.

Can you build a bed for a Thai-size mattress?

Yes — and this is worth getting right at the brief. Thai mattresses are commonly 3.5, 5 and 6 feet wide, which do not match UK, US or European frame standards. Send us the actual centimetre dimensions of your mattress, including its depth, and we build the frame around it.

Can I have just the headboard?

Yes, and it is a common commission. A wall-mounted headboard panel works with a divan or an existing frame, and it can run wider than the bed to give a standard mattress a more generous proportion in a large room. It is also the easiest bedroom piece to install without disturbing the rest of the room.

How long does a custom bed take to build?

Drawings, material samples and a fixed quote within 1–2 weeks of your first brief. Production is 8–14 weeks from your approval.

Do you supply the mattress as well?

No — we build the frame and the headboard, and you supply the mattress. That is deliberate. It means the frame is built around whatever mattress you have already chosen or already own, rather than around one we happen to stock, which matters more in Thailand than most places because Thai mattress sizes do not match imported frame standards. Send us the exact dimensions of yours, including its depth, and we build to them.

Why commission a bed instead of buying one?

Because bedrooms are rarely standard and mattress sizing in Thailand rarely matches imported frames. Space K is the Bangkok bespoke line of Lasunya — the Samut Prakarn upholstery factory that has been building furniture since 1982, and whose Embroidery Collection won the Red Dot Design Award in 2022. Commissioning removes import duty, distributor margin and showroom rent — you pay for material, labour and the studio's design fee, and the frame fits both the mattress and the wall.

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Ready to commission?

Send your dimensions and your reference notes. We respond with drawings, material options and a fixed quote within 1–2 weeks. No deposit until you approve.

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