Simply Cedar FAQ

Q. What is your most popular item?

A. Our most popular indoor item is our cedar log beds and the outdoor item is our cedar log swings.

Q. Is the hardware included with the cedar furniture?

A. Yes, all the hardware needed for assembly of the log furniture is included with the package.

Q. Should I put a stain or varnish on the furniture?

A. A stain is a great choice for cedar furniture that is going to be outdoors in the elements. And an oil based varnish or water based varnish is a great choice for the indoor furniture. The water based varnish will not turn dark over time.

Q. How long will the cedar last for outside?

A.  Well, it has been said that cedar will last for up to 50 years left unfinished, but that is far from the truth. Cedar will last for about 15 to 20 years outside if left unfinished. If it has a stain applied to it we have seen it last a lot longer than that.

Q. How long after I make a purchase does it take for delivery?

A. Example: If you order a log chair today, we will ship it in about 2 to 3 days, with delivery depending on the trucking company used.

Q. Can I send a check for the order?

A. Absolutely, we will send out the cedar furniture as soon as we receive the check.

Q. What do I do if a part breaks on a piece of your cedar log furniture?

A.  If the piece breaks, due to a manufacturing error, send it back and we will send a replacement piece immediately after determining it was indeed a manufacturing error.

Q. How are the tables built underneath and is the lumber dry kilned?

A. Yes, all indoor log furniture from Simply Cedar that has lumber in it is dry kilned. And the log tables are screwed together and glue from the under side of the table, nothing shows from the top.

Q. Can I get a sample piece of cedar wood from you?

A. Yes, we will be happy to send a sample piece of cedar for you to look at and feel.

Q. How long have you been building cedar log furniture?

A. We have been building cedar log furniture for over 30 yrs. The company was started in 1975.

Q. Do you build custom cedar furniture

A. If someone wants some minor changes made to a certain piece of log furniture I am happy to do so for them at a quoted cost.

Q. Is all the cedar furniture free shipping?

A. Yes, at this time there are no shipping costs for the customer.

Q. Can I get the cedar log furniture coated with a finish from Simply Cedar?

A. Sorry, but we don't offer any finishing or varnishing services.

Q. Is all the cedar log furniture on your site built by Simply Cedar?

A. Yes, we build every piece of log furniture on our site.

Q. How will the cedar furniture come delivered?

A. The cedar furniture will come delivered broken down in a kit form and then boxed with complete instructions and hardware.

Q. How difficult and how long does is take to assemble the rustic furniture?

A. Assembly of our furniture does not take long at all, and the easy-to-understand instructions included in the packages make the assembly time short. For instance, a large piece of furniture like the 5' cedar log swing might only take about 15 minutes to assemble, where a log tea set only takes about 10.

Q. Where does white cedar grow?

A. White cedar grows in the northern midwest and Canada.

Q. Is white cedar considered a soft or hardwood?

A. White cedar is a soft wood, but a extremely durable wood for indoors and outdoors.

Q. Is cedar a sappy wood?

A. No, cedar is not sappy at all, making a perfect species of wood for log furniture.

Q. Is cedar an expensive species of wood?

A. Yes, cedar is extremely expensive because it is very hard to get out of the swamps. It generally only comes out when the swamps freeze in the middle of winter so the machinery can get in there to cut.

Q. What size lumber do you use on your tables?

A. We use 2x6 dry kilned lumber on our log kitchen tables, log coffee tables, log end tables, log bar tables, and log bar stools.

Q. What is dry kilned lumber and why is it important in building log furniture?

A. Dry kilned cedar lumber is lumber that has been put in a heater and dried to a certain percentage of moisture. The importance of using dry kilned cedar lumber is to reduce the chances of the lumber warping.

Q. What size dowels do you use in your cedar furniture?

A. We use 1 1/2" dowels on all of our cedar furniture, one of the largest in the industry.

Q. What kind of hardware do you use?

A. We use zinc-coated hardware on all of the cedar furniture to help prevent it from bleeding into the wood.

Q. Do you give discounts on larger volume orders?

A. Yes, we will give a huge discount on larger orders, call us and give us your location and order and we will come up with a competitive price. 1-877-84-23327

Q. What is the difference between your "all cedar log beds" and the metal framed beds that I see on other sites?

A. Our log beds have a trust rail system down each side of our beds, giving the bed 2 rails on each side that work against each other for added support. The rails are doweled to fit into each headboard and footboard. The difference between this style and the metal style, is that the metal frames are bolted and will strip out the wood over time and use.

Q. Are your cedar log beds made to support a box spring and mattress?

A. Yes, our log beds require a box spring and mattress system.

Q. What supports the box spring on your cedar log beds?

A. There are 3 log cross braces that support the box spring.

Q. Is there a middle support on your king log bed or king canopy log beds?

A. Yes, on both of our king log beds there is center support.