Be sure to check out the wikipedia article on our founder Charles Platt Rogers. It has a lot of interesting information about the company and it’s very historical beginnings.
You can find it here:
Some of our customers may have questions about the environmental practices of our company. As a company whose livelihood is dependent on managing and utilizing renewable natural resources, we share your concerns regarding any practices that are detrimental to this goal. Our position has always been and continues to be that:
1. All personal possessions require one’s stewardship of the common resources of the earth. Whether it is a car or a bed, responsible consumers create responsible practices by their choices.
2. Choosing a Roger’s bed and making that investment in resources both natural and personal is a long term investment that should be carefully considered.
3. We believe a product that will remain useful for generations and is manufactured with careful and thoughtful use of resources is far more sound than one with feel good credentials that will need to be replaced in the near future because it does not last.
Because of our concerns, on a consistent basis we attempt to use pre-consumer and recyclable materials in all of our products and packaging. We have recently redesigned our packaging to better protect our products while at the same time using less packing materials. We always pay fair market pricing for all of our raw materials such as steel, wood, brass and leather rather than simply looking for the lowest price, which can often indicate a companies questionable environmental practices. As a priority, we work to develop long term relationships with companies who harvest or manufacture raw materials in an ecological sound manner. By doing so, we can insure our buying power will have a positive influence on how these raw materials are harvested or manufactured.
As a result, a caring person might comfortably choose one of our plantation mahogany beds as the wood is grown on tree farms not harvested from the rain forest. Our American cherry is also a good environmentally friendly choice as it is grown in the North East US on second growth, highly managed woodlots. Our use of highly skilled craftsmen who hand sort, cut and handwork our beds also creates a far better yield with our wood than high production manufacturers. Each piece of our wood is carefully selected for it’s purpose rather than being just a part in a large scale production run where machinery dictates the process.
All of our iron and brass beds are fully recyclable if need be, but luckily will have a lifetime far too long to make this necessary. Wherever possible, we always use raw materials and manufacture our products to create the lowest environmental impact as possible.
We believe that a concerned consumer must weigh the options and responsibility when purchasing any product. We at Charles P. Rogers hope the quality, design, durability and lifespan of our products will not only bring you comfort, enjoyment and beauty, but will also contribute to reducing the “throw-away” tendency of our society and its negative consequences on our environment.
I wrote a while back about our solid Mahogany Solide platform bed and Poole headboard. Today we are very excited about offering another super clean and adaptable platform bed. Our new Mies platform bed is a unique adaptation of a classic design, updated to be a more functional, sturdy and flexible bed for today’s mattress sizes and configurations. Rather than using a metal bed frame, our beautifully rounded and thick perimeter of solid Cherry or Mahogany creates a modern, refined and strong platform for your mattress. A padded and upholstered deck eliminates the cost and “aesthetics” of a traditional box spring for a very clean, minimalist effect (actually, the Mies or Solide costs about the same as a decent box spring and it is a lot easier to move!!) Stainless steel feet are a contrasting and sturdy finishing touch.
For a fuller modernist look, all of our Poole headboards can be used with both our Mies or Solide platform beds. The Poole headboard easily attaches to any wall and can be adjusted to just the right height for any mattress thickness, giving you the perfect fit every time. The Poole can also be ordered by itself if you would like to use it with your own metal bed frame or other platform bed. The Poole comes in White or Cocoa full grain leather and also in Cream or Cocoa soft ultra suede micro and is very reasonably priced.
The Miesand Solide are also available as daybed packages that come with a king size Poole headboard in your choice of fabric or leather for a unique option for a guest room, office or anywhere else you fancy.
Check them out. For $, simplicity and style, they can’t be beat.
Well, after being in business for 153 years, we joined the 100 Year Association of New York. The Association is involved in many good works and its mission statement includes:
Hundred Year Association Overview
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We are only 53 years behind….but we were really busy making beds…click to make huge..
You can check out more on the Association at:http://www.100yearassociation.com/index.html
Do you have a Hollywood bed frame? The folding metal thingy under your box spring and mattress. They work. It keeps you off the floor, it’s easy to move and great to clean under with it’s little plastic office wheels. But stylish it’s not, unless that is your style. (sorry) We have introduced a quick, great priced addition that will bring a sense of well thought out style to that serviceable, boring bed frame.Our new Poole headboard attaches to any wall. It uses a cleat system allowing you to hang the clean and modern headboard at any height above your bed (provided you have a wall!) bringing instant…. style and comfort! This allows you the flexibility of hanging it at just the right height no matter the thickness of your bedding. This is a product made with the same fine materials and care as our regular beds so you know it will bring the same sense of quality to your room as all of our products.The pricing ($299-$399 in super soft micro suede, $499-$599 in rich, full grain leather) makes this a great alternative to a
complete bed (though it can also be purchased in a package with our Solide solid Mahogany platform bed starting at just $698)This is a great way to make your master bedroom shine without sacrificing an ease of mobility or space limitations. It also makes a guest room look like you WANT people to stay. (whoops, be careful with that).
We wish all of you the greatest success and joy in the coming New Year. It can be a trying time with a winter chill and the holidays, so we would like to suggest you do something you never do enough. Get into bed and take a nap, read, listen to music or just enjoy your loved one. I promise the one thing you’ll never regret this year or ever is time well spent. No TV either 
We are featuring our Ballistic Nylon and leather Club Bed on our clearance page at serious savings for a limited time only. Nearly indestructible, our ballistic nylon Club bed has a very industrial, modern look, a smooth texture and top-grain leather welting and side panels. Available as a headboard alone or with a matching wood base, queen prices start at $599!
Just for fun we are going to start posting a few random looks at our company from yesteryear. So many things have changed since our founding in 1855 that looking back is sometimes funny (horsehair anyone? I know the $49,000 Hastens mattress still swears by it!) sometimes strange (Yacht cushions?) but it always reminds us of our pride in staying creative and productive through so many changes in American style, history and economic conditions. We are glad to still be providing the finest in American bedding around and hope our products will bring some of that history to your life.
I found this amusing musing at:
http://beddingfacts.com/Iron+Beds.6703.htm.
It is oddly worded, contains some unique and questionable observations and has an even stranger title (which I love). But as always, I like anything that confirms that we are indeed America’s oldest in business bed makers, even if it came from a SPAM machine whirlygig with other oddball claims (no bad backs? good pet beds?). It’s no wonder buying a real bed can appear so troublesome. Any grammatical/spelling errors are (sic)……..
Iron Beds For Men Of Steel
An iron bed is a bed with iron frames. The iron metal is heavy, sturdy and rustic, which makes it more durable than wooden beds.
Traditional iron beds have iron headboards and foot boards while the frame rails are made of steel.
Iron beds originated from America from the 1850’s. Until the first world war, iron beds were hand made since the war era prided itself of craftsmanship. Pittsburgh, Wheelings and Chicago pioneered iron bed making. But it took many days to make one iron bed because the small factories in these states employed only a few people. The process of production was tedious, from hand pouring and elaborately polishing to applying the finishes by hand.
The pioneer iron bed factories in the United States became extinct after mass production was introduced. Only the Charles P. Rogers Company of New York, which has produced iron beds since 1855, has survived until now.
Iron bed production rose to its peak just before the first world war started. But iron beds were temporarily stopped when America entered the Great War because iron was badly needed to serve other purposes. There was a great demand for military weapons and armament so they saw that using iron for making beds are unnecessary.
But the end of the first world war greatly affected the iron industry when mass production during wartime was applied. Iron beds were no longer hand-made so it lacks the trademark of the original iron beds. The intrinsic designs were no longer seen with mass-produced iron beds. This brought about the fall of small iron bed factories and the extinction of carefully made and precisely detailed iron beds.
Modern iron beds are now made mostly of cold constructed of cold and heavy steel tubes steel and solid steel bars.
Iron beds are cheaper than wooden beds, even if it is popular for strength. It can withstand time and last longer than most beds. And do not think iron beds are only suitable for garrisons or prisons because they can also be styled into modern, romantic or antique styles, depending on its finishes. Various finishes can be made on iron beds. It could also be engraved upon.
Like the sleigh bed, the more antique an iron bed is, the more it is fashionable. Iron beds also make good sleeping beds for pets. People with back pains should not sleep in iron beds.
