Ashford Reading Chair
A high back that actually supports your head, and a firm 19-inch seat you can stand up from without a fight.
- 19" seat height
- Lift version made
- 6 fabrics
$1,249 $1,540
Solid hardwood built to be sat in every day, and raised beds built so you never have to kneel. We bring it inside and put it together — no charge, no boxes left in your driveway.
Start wherever you're standing. Everything here is built to the same rule: comfortable to use, and easy to keep using.
Recliners, dining sets, bookcases and beds in solid cherry, walnut and oak. Seat heights you can rise from without a push.
Waist-high cedar beds, patio seating that stays out all year, and tools chosen for hands that ache in the morning.
Prices are the price. Delivery, carry-in and assembly are already in them.
A high back that actually supports your head, and a firm 19-inch seat you can stand up from without a fight.
$1,249 $1,540
Waist-high western red cedar, joined at the corners and lined so the timber stays dry. Arrives fully built and placed.
Solid cherry, hand-rubbed rather than lacquered, so a scratch rubs out instead of staying. Six chairs, and it opens for eight.
An aluminium frame that will not rust, a slatted top that dries in minutes, and six armchairs one person can move alone.
We would rather you gardened standing up. For the jobs that still need ground level, this is two inches of closed-cell foam.
Solid walnut, open cubbies in graduating sizes, and an anti-tip strap fitted to your wall before the crew leaves.
Anyone can ship a box. We finish the job.
We call the day before with a two-hour window, so you're not waiting from eight till six.
It comes into the room you want it in — upstairs included — and we take our shoes off.
We build it and level it then flatten every carton and take the whole lot with us.
The old one can go too if you'd like it gone. Tell us when you order — there's no charge.
Every bed, tool and bench in the garden range is chosen for one reason: it lets you keep doing this for another twenty years.
Beds at 24, 30 and 36 inches so you can work standing up, or seated, whichever suits the day.
Grips sized for stiff hands — fat cushioned handles, ratchet pruners, and nothing that needs a hard squeeze.
Nothing over 12 pounds in the whole range, filled beds excepted. You should be able to move it alone.
4.8 out of 5 across 2,140 verified reviews.
“The two young men carried it up to the second floor, built it, and had the boxes out to the truck in forty minutes. I didn't lift a thing.”
Marlene H.Asheville, NC · Ashford Reading Chair
“I gave up on tomatoes three years ago because of my back. Two of the 30-inch beds and I'm growing again — standing up, like a normal person.”
Ray D.Boise, ID · Cedar Ridge Beds
“I called with a question about seat height and spoke to a woman who measured one for me while I waited. That's why I bought from them.”
Patricia K.Sarasota, FL · Harvest Cherry Set
So would most of our customers. Call and you'll get a person in our Raleigh office who can measure a chair, check a color, or hold an item while you think about it.
1-800-555-0142Monday to Saturday, 8am–8pm ET. Sunday, 10am–6pm ET.
Calls are free from anywhere in the US.
Someone from the Raleigh office will call you within one business day. If you'd rather not wait, we're on 1-800-555-0142 right now.
No. Nothing on this site checks out by itself. You can order entirely over the phone on 1-800-555-0142, and plenty of our customers do. If you'd rather see it on paper first, we'll post you the catalog free.
Yes, to any address in the fifty states, with no minimum order. That includes carrying the item into the room you want, assembling it, and taking the packaging away. There is no surcharge for stairs, and no separate “white glove” upgrade — it's simply how we deliver.
You have 100 nights to decide. If you'd like to send something back within that time we collect it from the room it's in, at no cost, and refund you in full. You don't need the original box.
Gladly, and it's worth doing. Measure from the floor to the back of your knee while sitting, in shoes. Call us with that number and we'll tell you which chairs will let you rise unaided. We keep a sample of every seat in the office for exactly this.
No. Every cedar bed arrives fully built and our crew places it wherever you'd like it in the yard. We can also fill it with soil for you if you order the soil at the same time.