Harbor Upholstered Bed

The Harbor Bed Frame takes its name from the quality that a harbor embodies not the drama of open water, but the stillness of it contained. A harbor is where the light sits differently, where surfaces are bleached and worn smooth by salt air and weather, where everything has settled into a palette of greys, blues, faded whites, and the particular sandy warmth of stone that has absorbed decades of coastal light. The Harbor bed frame is built around that atmosphere: calm, considered, and quietly beautiful in a way that does not announce itself.

The headboard is clean and well-proportioned a panel profile that is slightly wider and more generous than a minimal frame, giving the bed enough presence to anchor the room without competing with the coastal palette it is designed to carry. The Harbor's character comes entirely from its fabric and tone choices: the cool silvers and slates of overcast coastal light, the bleached whites and soft creams of driftwood and linen, the muted blues of shallow harbour water, the warm oatmeal and sandy beige of coastal stone. These are the tones that make a Harbor a Harbor rather than simply another well-made upholstered frame.

The Harbor sits alongside the Lisbon and Middleton as a character-led bed defined by its palette rather than its shape but the character it occupies is distinctly its own. Where the Lisbon is sun-warmed and Mediterranean, the Harbor is cool and coastal. Where the Middleton is settled English countryside warmth, the Harbor is bleached northern light and open sky. In the cool-neutral and water-blue tones where the Harbor is most itself, it brings a quality to the bedroom that warmer-palette beds cannot replicate: a sense of spaciousness, stillness, and air.

The frame is solid timber and engineered hardwood throughout, with a full-width solid wood slat base included as standard. Under-bed drawer storage is available at checkout. Every Harbor comes with a 100-day free trial and a 5-year warranty.

 

PRODUCT OPTIONS

Size & Pricing

 

Size	Width	Upcharge
Single	3ft (90cm)	Base price
Small Double	4ft (120cm)	Base price
Double	4ft 6in (135cm)	+ £80.00
King Size	5ft (150cm)	+ £120.00
Super King	6ft (180cm)	+ £150.00

All sizes compatible with standard UK mattresses. The Harbor's coastal-calm character works at every size the cool-neutral palette keeps the bed feeling open and uncluttered whether the room is compact or generous. Mattress sold separately.

 

Fabric & Colour Options  Full Range & Harbor Palette

 

Fabric Range	Available Colours	Harbor Character
Plush Velvet	Blue, Silver, Pink, Beige, Mink, Mocca, Steel, Grey, Black, Cream	Silver, Steel, Grey, Blue, Cream  the cool coastal spectrum from sky to shore
Naples	Blue, Purple, Charcoal, Silver, Beige, Slate, Sand	Blue, Silver, Slate, Sand  harbour water, bleached sky, coastal stone
Boucle	Granite, White, Cream	White, Cream  driftwood-bleached, soft and coastal; Granite for overcast depth
Linoso	Cream, Mink, Beige, Silver, Grey	Silver, Grey, Cream  the linen-like coolness of a coastal interior
Marble	Oatmeal, Silver	Silver  the most directly coastal tone in the range; washed stone at low tide
Same As Main Display Picture	—	Receive the bed exactly as shown in the product images

All 25+ colours are available on the Harbor. The Harbor character tones are the cool-neutral, coastal, and muted-blue options that most directly express the still-water quality the bed is designed around. Warmer tones work on the frame but produce a different character. Fabric samples available on request.

 

Storage / Drawer Options

 

Option	Price
No Drawers	Included
2 Drawers (both sides)	+ £35.00
2 Drawers (left side only)	+ £35.00
2 Drawers (right side only)	+ £35.00
4 Drawers (both sides)	+ £70.00

Drawers sit flush within the base with no visible fixings  the Harbor's calm, uncluttered finish is consistent from base to headboard.

 

Headboard Height Options

 

Height	Measurement	Price
40 Inch	Floor to top of headboard	Included
48 Inch	Floor to top of headboard	Included
54 Inch	Floor to top of headboard	Included
60 Inch	Floor to top of headboard	+ £40.00

The 48 and 54 inch settings suit the Harbor's calm, open character best present without heaviness. The 60 inch option adds more headboard surface for the coastal palette to establish itself in larger rooms.

 

KEY FEATURES & BENEFITS

🔹 Coastal-Calm Character  Stillness, Not Drama

The Harbor is not a dramatic bed. The harbor that names it is not the open sea it is the sheltered water, the bleached stone, the particular quality of light in a coastal room that makes you feel more at ease than you expected. The Harbor bed frame brings that quality into the bedroom: calm tones, clean proportions, and a settled sense of spaciousness that warmer or bolder beds do not produce. It is a bed for rooms that want to feel like open sky and still water.

 

🔹 The Harbor Palette Cool, Coastal, Uncluttered

The tones that most directly express the Harbor's character are cool-neutrals and muted coastal hues: Plush Velvet Silver, Steel, Grey, and Blue; Naples Slate, Blue, Silver, and Sand; Boucle White and Cream; Linoso Silver and Grey; Marble Silver. These are the colours of bleached linen, overcast coastal sky, shallow harbour water, salt-worn stone, and driftwood surfaces that have been softened by weather and light into something genuinely beautiful without effort. In these tones the Harbor is exactly what its name suggests.

 

🔹 Cool-Neutral Palette  Spaciousness and Air

The practical benefit of the Harbor's cool-neutral palette extends beyond atmosphere. Cool tones silver, slate, grey, muted blue, bleached white make a room feel larger and more open than warm tones of equivalent depth. In a bedroom where spaciousness and light are priorities, the Harbor palette actively contributes to the room's sense of air and openness rather than adding visual weight to it. It is the right palette choice for rooms that face north or west, rooms with lower ceilings, and any room where the priority is to feel calm and uncluttered.

 

🔹 The Harbor Among the Character-Led Beds in the Range

Several beds in the Macba Beds range are defined by a character rather than a feature. The Lisbon brings Mediterranean warmth sun-touched, settled, ochre and sand. The Middleton brings English country house ease generous proportion, natural wool and linen tones. The Yorkshire brings honest dependability. The Harbor brings coastal calm cool, bleached, and still. It occupies the one atmospheric direction in the range that none of the others touches: the particular quality of light and tone that belongs near water. For rooms built around grey, blue, silver, and coastal white, the Harbor is the answer the range has been waiting for.

 

🔹 Clean Panel Headboard Opens the Room, Does Not Fill It

The Harbor's headboard is clean, straight, and generously proportioned wide enough to anchor the bed in the room without adding visual weight that would undermine the coastal palette's sense of spaciousness. A more decorative or more voluminous headboard shape would compete with the calm, open quality the Harbor's palette creates. The clean panel is the right choice because it lets the fabric tone do what it is designed to do: open the room rather than fill it.

 

🔹 Harbor in Blue The Most Directly Coastal Choice

Of all the Harbor palette options, Plush Velvet Blue or Naples Blue gives the most directly coastal, most immediately evocative result. Blue against white walls and natural linen bedding creates a bedroom that feels genuinely like it is near water not because it is decorated with coastal motifs, but because the tone itself carries that association with the quiet confidence of something that does not need to try. Blue is the Harbor at its most specific and most beautiful.

 

🔹 Harbor in Silver or Grey the Overcast Coast

Plush Velvet Silver or Grey, Naples Silver or Slate, Linoso Silver or Grey, Marble Silver these are the Harbor in overcast light. Cooler, more architectural, and more versatile across different wall colours and room palettes than the blue options, the silver-grey Harbor works in rooms that are not overtly coastal in their other furnishings. It brings the stillness of a coastal interior without the colour commitment of blue, making it one of the most practically useful choices in the cool-neutral range.

 

🔹 25+ Fabric & Colour Options With a Clear Coastal Direction

All 25+ options in the Macba Beds fabric range are available on the Harbor. The Harbor carries all of them competently. But the bed is designed around its coastal palette the cool-neutral and muted-coastal tones identified in the three-column fabric table in Section 4. Choosing one of those tones is the difference between a well-made upholstered frame and a Harbor. Fabric samples are available on request and are particularly recommended given how differently cool-neutral tones read under different lighting conditions.

 

🔹 Solid Timber & Hardwood Frame

Built from solid timber and engineered hardwood throughout a frame that stays flat, firm, and silent through years of daily use. The solid construction holds the headboard panel correctly and the fabric tension consistently over time.

 

🔹 Solid Wood Slat Base Included

A full-width solid wood slat system is included as standard. Compatible with all standard UK mattress types pocket sprung, memory foam, and hybrid.

 

🔹 Optional Under-Bed Drawer Storage

Two or four drawers at checkout, flush-fitted with no visible fixings. The Harbor's clean, uncluttered finish is maintained from base to headboard with or without the storage option.

 

🔹 Four Headboard Heights Available

Choose from 40, 48, 54, or 60 inches. The 48 and 54 inch settings suit the Harbor's open, calm character best for most rooms. The 60 inch setting adds more headboard surface for the coastal palette to read across in larger rooms.

 

🔹 All Standard UK Sizes Available

Single through to super king, all too standard UK mattress dimensions. The Harbor's calm, cool-neutral character works at every size the palette keeps the bed feeling open whether the room is compact or generous.

 

🔹 100-Day Free Trial

Sleep on the Harbor for up to 100 nights before making your final decision. If it is not right within that period, contact the Macba Beds team and they will take you through the next steps no pressure.

 

🔹 5-Year Warranty

Every Harbor Bed Frame is backed by a 5-year warranty covering the frame, base, and headboard against manufacturing defects. If something is not right due to a fault in materials or workmanship, Macba Beds will repair or replace it.

 

🔹 Free Tracked UK Delivery & Easy Assembly

Free tracked delivery to mainland UK addresses no minimum spend, no hidden charges. All fixings and an Allen key in the box. The headboard arrives pre-finished and attaches to the base in a single step. Most customers complete the full build in under an hour.

 

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

 

Product Name	Harbor Bed Frame
Design Character	Coastal calm  bleached, cool-neutral, still water and open sky
Headboard Style	Clean Panel  Well-Proportioned, Opens the Room Rather Than Fills It
Harbor Palette	Velvet Silver/Steel/Grey/Blue, Naples Slate/Blue/Silver/Sand, Boucle White/Cream, Linoso Silver/Grey, Marble Silver
Full Fabric Range	Plush Velvet, Naples, Boucle, Linoso, Marble  25+ colours available
Best Room Context	Cool rooms, north/west-facing, coastal or Scandi-influenced, grey-blue palettes
Palette Effect	Cool-neutral tones add spaciousness and air  the Harbor opens rather than anchors
Frame Material	Solid Timber & Engineered Hardwood
Base Type	Solid Wood Slat System
Available Sizes	Single (3ft), Small Double (4ft), Double (4ft 6in), King (5ft), Super King (6ft)
Headboard Heights	40in, 48in, 54in (free) | 60in (+£40.00)  48in or 54in recommended
Drawer Options	None, 2 Left, 2 Right, 2 Both Sides, 4 Drawers
Mattress Included	No  Sold Separately
Assembly Required	Yes  All Fixings & Allen Key Included
Delivery	Free Tracked Mainland UK
Trial Period	100-Day Free Trial
Warranty	5-Year Warranty  Macba Beds Quality Guarantee

 

SIZE GUIDE

 

Size Name	Mattress Width	Mattress Length	Harbor Character at This Size	Best For
Single (3ft)	90cm	190cm	Calm and precise  the cool palette keeps a compact room feeling open	Single adults, smaller rooms  coastal calm without visual weight
Small Double (4ft)	120cm	190cm	Open and considered  the Harbor palette reads cleanly at this width	Single adults, rooms where lightness and air are the priority
Double (4ft 6in)	135cm	190cm	Balanced  the Harbor at its most versatile, calm at a comfortable scale	Couples, guest rooms  the coastal character at a natural width
King Size (5ft)	150cm	200cm	Still and spacious  the full Harbor effect at the most recommended size	Couples, master bedrooms  cool-neutral spaciousness at its most effective
Super King (6ft)	180cm	200cm	Expansive calm  the widest Harbor has the stillness of open water	Larger master bedrooms  the Harbor at its most quietly impressive

All sizes accept standard UK mattresses. The Harbor's cool-neutral palette keeps the bed feeling open at every size. Mattress sold separately.

 

DELIVERY & ASSEMBLY

Delivery

Free tracked delivery is included on every order to mainland UK addresses no minimum spend, no hidden charges. You will receive a tracking reference by email as soon as your order is dispatched. Deliveries to Scottish Highlands, Northern Ireland, and some remote postcodes may take a little longer. Get in touch with the Macba Beds team before ordering if you need to confirm timescales for your area.

Assembly

The Harbor arrives flat-packed with every component clearly numbered. All fixings and an Allen key are included. The headboard arrives pre-finished and attaches to the base in a single step. If you have added drawers, those slot in without extra fixings. Most customers complete the full build in under an hour. The Macba Beds team is available by phone or email if you need assistance.

 

CARE & MAINTENANCE

Upholstery (All Fabric Ranges)

Use a soft upholstery brush or vacuum on a low setting for everyday cleaning, moving in the direction of the fabric. For spills, blot immediately with a clean dry cloth do not rub. For marks, use a lightly damp cloth with a small amount of mild fabric cleaner and leave to air dry away from direct heat. Do not steam clean. For Plush Velvet, restore the nap direction with a soft brush after cleaning. Keep the headboard out of prolonged direct sunlight to preserve the cool-neutral tones over time.

Cool-Neutral Palette Preserving the Harbor Tones

The silver, grey, slate, and cool-blue tones of the Harbor palette can shift toward a warmer reading under sustained direct sunlight UV exposure gradually yellows or warms even cool-toned fabrics over extended periods. Positioning the bed away from a strong south-facing window is the most effective precaution. The Boucle White and Cream options benefit from regular light brushing to prevent dust from accumulating in the loops and dulling the clean, bleached quality that makes these tones most Harbor-like. Cool-toned Velvet options should be brushed consistently in the pile direction to maintain the even, directional light catch that keeps silver and grey velvet looking crisp rather than flat.

Frame & Drawers

Check and tighten all fixings every few weeks, particularly during the first month. If drawer runners stiffen, candle wax or dry lubricant along the track restores smooth operation.

Slat Base

Check slats periodically to ensure they are correctly seated. Press any shifted slat back into place. Even distribution gives the mattress consistent support across the full frame width.

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: What does 'coastal calm' mean for a bed frame how is it different from a plain cool-toned bed?

A: A plain cool-toned bed has a colour. The Harbor has a character. Coastal calm is a specific atmospheric quality the stillness of a room near water, where the light is softer and more diffuse, where surfaces have been worn to a particular smoothness, where everything is quieter and more considered without anyone having tried to make it so. The Harbor is designed to carry that quality into the bedroom through its palette rather than through any decorative reference to the coast. There are no shell motifs or rope textures here. There is just a set of fabric tones  cool silver, slate, muted blue, bleached white  that, in the right room, produce the feeling of being near still water. For rooms and buyers for whom that quality is the goal, the Harbor delivers it with a specificity that a plain grey or silver bed frame does not.

Q: How does the Harbor compare to the Lisbon and Middleton in the range?

A: All three are character-led upholstered beds defined by a palette rather than a design feature. The Lisbon is warm sun-touched Mediterranean tones of ochre, sand, and warm beige. The Middleton is settled English countryside warmth in wool, linen, and natural stone tones. The Harbor is cool coastal bleach, still water, overcast sky, salt-worn grey. The three together cover the full atmospheric spectrum of palette-led bedroom design: warm south-European, warm English, and cool coastal. Each is the right answer for a different room and a different buyer. If the Lisbon is where you go in summer and the Middleton is where you live, the Harbor is where you go to feel still.

Q: Which Harbor palette tone is the most versatile if I only want one option?

A: Plush Velvet Steel or Naples Slate are the most versatile single Harbor choices. Both are cool mid-tones not so light that they read as pale or clinical, not so deep that they dominate the room and both work across the widest range of room palettes: white walls, light grey walls, warm wood tones, natural linen, and cool-coloured accents alike. They give the Harbor's coastal calm quality without committing to the more specific blue or silver options. If the room is already cool in its palette, any of the silver-grey options work. If you want the most coastal, most specific Harbor result Plush Velvet Blue or Naples Blue.

Q: Is the Harbor suitable for a room that faces north or has limited natural light?

A: Yes and in fact the Harbor is particularly well-suited to north-facing rooms. North-facing rooms already have the cool, diffuse quality of light that the Harbor palette is designed to complement rather than fight against. A warm-toned bed in a north-facing room can read as heavy or tired because the cool ambient light does not warm up the fabric tones the way south-facing light does. The Harbor's cool-neutral palette reads consistently and correctly under north-facing light the silver and slate tones look at home rather than washed out. For rooms with limited natural light, a lighter Harbor tone Velvet Silver or Cream Boucle is recommended over darker options.

Q: How does the Harbor differ from a Scandi-influenced bed is it the same aesthetic?

A: Overlapping but distinct. Scandinavian interior design and coastal design share a palette cool whites, greys, natural textures but they have different emotional registers. Scandi design tends toward precision, warmth through natural wood, and considered simplicity. Coastal design tends toward something more weathered, more bleached, and more open less precise, more spacious. The Harbor sits closer to the coastal register: the tones feel worn rather than chosen, and the character is about air and stillness rather than deliberate simplicity. In practice, the Harbor works beautifully in Scandi-influenced rooms and in coastal-inspired rooms equally the palette overlap means the bed is at home in both.

Q: How long does delivery take and is it actually free?

A: Yes free tracked delivery is included on every order to mainland UK addresses. No minimum spend, no extra charges at checkout. You will receive a tracking link by email once your order has been dispatched. If you are in a remote area, contact the Macba Beds team before ordering to confirm lead times for your postcode.

Q: Will this bed fit a standard UK mattress?

A: Yes. Every size of the Harbor is made to standard UK mattress dimensions. Your mattress will fit properly with no gaps or overhang. If you are buying a mattress from outside the UK, check the measurements against the frame dimensions before ordering.

Q: How hard is it to put together and how long does it take?

A: Straightforward. Most customers complete the full build in under an hour. Every part is numbered, all fixings and an Allen key are included, and the headboard arrives pre-finished and attaches to the base in a single step. The Macba Beds team is on hand if you need help.

Q: Does the bed make noise or creak?

A: Not when assembled correctly. Make sure all fixings are fully tightened during the build and check again after the first couple of weeks.

Q: Can I get a fabric sample before I order?

A: Yes fabric samples are available on request and are particularly recommended for the Harbor. Cool-neutral tones read very differently under different lighting conditions a silver velvet that looks crisp and coastal in a north-facing room may read differently in a south-facing one. Seeing the sample in your room before ordering is the most reliable way to confirm the tone delivers the Harbor's coastal-calm quality in your specific space. Contact the Macba Beds team and they will send out samples for your shortlisted choices.

Q: What is the 100-day free trial?

A: Every Harbor Bed Frame comes with a 100-day free trial. That is over three months to live with the coastal-calm palette in your bedroom through different seasons and lighting conditions and be completely certain it is right. If you are not satisfied within that period, contact the Macba Beds team and they will guide you through the next steps no rush, no pressure.

Q: What does the 5-year warranty cover?

A: The Harbor comes with a 5-year warranty covering the frame, base, and headboard against manufacturing defects. If anything is not right due to a fault in materials or workmanship, Macba Beds will repair or replace it. Contact the team with your order number if you need to make a claim.

Q: What is the returns policy?

A: You can return an unused, unassembled item in its original packaging within 14 days of delivery. Because the Harbor is built to your chosen fabric and colour specification, made-to-order configurations may have different return conditions the full policy is on the Macba Beds website. To start a return, contact the customer support team with your order number.

Q: Does it come with a mattress?

A: No the Harbor is sold as a bed frame only. The solid wood slat base is compatible with all standard UK mattress types including pocket sprung, memory foam, and hybrid. The Macba Beds team can help if you are unsure which to choose.