Thuma sells a bed that goes together with no tools and no hardware, using Japanese joinery and a weight-bearing slat system instead. The Classic Bed is $1,995 in walnut for a queen with a headboard, and the pitch is as much about the twenty minutes of assembly as the finished object.
That combination of quiet design, natural wood and painless setup has a lot of competition now. Some brands beat Thuma on price, some on materials, some just make a bed that arrives in one piece. The 22 below are grouped by what each one does better.
What Makes a Brand "Like Thuma"?
A brand is like Thuma if it sells minimalist bedroom furniture direct to consumers, favours solid or engineered wood over upholstery, and treats assembly as part of the design rather than an afterthought.
Thuma's specific position is a platform bed with no exposed hardware, a felt-lined slat system that stops squeaking, and packaging designed to fit through a stairwell. Brands that compete directly copy that structure. Others on this list borrow the aesthetic without the joinery, or beat Thuma on price by accepting conventional bolts.
Best Direct Alternatives to Thuma
Floyd
The Floyd Bed in Oak
From $1,550. A tool-free platform bed built to be taken apart and moved, with replaceable components.
Shop NowFloyd is the closest structural rival on this list. The Floyd Bed in Oak starts at $1,550, undercutting Thuma's queen, and shares the core idea: no tools, no loose hardware, and a frame designed to survive being disassembled and moved repeatedly.
Where Thuma leans warm and Japanese-influenced, Floyd is plainer and more industrial, with visible birch ply edges. Floyd also sells components separately, so a damaged part is a replacement rather than a new bed.
Best for: Renters who move often and want the bed to survive it.
Akron Street
Akron Street is the most direct aesthetic competitor, building minimal bedroom furniture in solid wood with the same restrained, hardware-free look Thuma is known for. The catalogue is deliberately narrow, covering beds, nightstands and storage rather than trying to furnish a whole house.
If you liked Thuma's bed but wanted the nightstand and dresser to match properly, this is the brand that designs them as a set.
Best for: A matching bedroom suite in one consistent design language.
Blu Dot
Nook Bed
$2,195. American modern design from Minneapolis, with a firmer, more architectural profile than Thuma's.
Shop NowBlu Dot has been designing American modern furniture from Minneapolis since 1997, which makes it considerably older than most of this list. The Nook Bed is $2,195, slightly above Thuma, with a more geometric and architectural profile.
Blu Dot's advantage is range. The bedroom pieces sit inside a full catalogue, so matching a dresser and lighting is straightforward.
Best for: Design-forward modern with a long track record behind it.
Article
Article applies the same direct-to-consumer model to bedrooms that it does to sofas, with mid-century and Scandinavian bed frames in walnut and oak. Prices generally sit at or below Thuma's, and the catalogue is far deeper across nightstands, dressers and bedroom seating.
The trade-off is assembly. Article beds use conventional hardware rather than Thuma's joinery, so expect an allen key.
Best for: Furnishing a whole bedroom rather than buying one hero piece.
Quince
Twin over Twin Convertible Bunk Bed
$1,250 in natural wood, a factory-direct price that undercuts most solid-wood beds on this list.
Shop NowQuince cuts brand markup by going factory-direct, which shows up plainly in the bedroom range. The Twin over Twin Convertible Bunk Bed is $1,250 in natural wood, a price that would be hard to match elsewhere for solid timber.
Quince's bedding is the stronger half of the catalogue, so treat it as the way to dress the bed as much as to buy it.
Best for: Solid wood and bedding at factory-direct prices.
Burrow
Burrow applies its flat-pack, tool-free philosophy to bedrooms as well as sofas. Beds ship in manageable boxes and assemble by hand, which puts it in the same practical category as Thuma and Floyd.
The styling is more contemporary than minimal, with upholstered headboards featuring more heavily than bare wood.
Best for: Upholstered headboards with Thuma-style assembly.
Castlery
Castlery covers bedrooms with the same warm-modern styling it applies to living rooms, at prices close to Thuma's. Founded in Singapore in 2013 and now shipping across the US, it runs a warehouse model with faster delivery than most made-to-order brands.
Best for: Warm modern bedroom sets at Thuma-adjacent pricing.
Inmod
Inmod is a long-running modern furniture retailer with a broad bedroom selection spanning platform beds, storage beds and nightstands from multiple designers. It's less a single design voice than an edited shop, which makes it useful when you want options rather than one house style.
Best for: Comparing several modern bed designs in one place.
Best for Solid Wood and Craft
Maiden Home
Maiden Home makes its furniture in North Carolina and sells direct, skipping the retail markup that normally doubles domestically-made pieces. The bedroom range is quieter and more classic than Thuma's, with materials a clear tier above.
Best for: US-made construction when Thuma's price ceiling isn't the constraint.
Medley
Medley builds to order in California using solid hardwood, natural latex and non-toxic finishes, with no flame retardants or formaldehyde. For anyone whose interest in Thuma is partly about what the bed is made of, Medley goes considerably further on materials disclosure.
Best for: Non-toxic materials and US made-to-order construction.
Sixpenny
Sixpenny is the slouchy, slipcovered end of this list. Its upholstered beds use natural linen and cotton covers that come off and go in the wash, which no fixed-upholstery bed here can match.
Best for: Upholstered beds with washable covers.
Eternity Modern
Eternity Modern reproduces mid-century designs and produces its own, in leather, walnut and marble. The bedroom pieces skew more decorative than Thuma's restraint, which suits a room that needs a focal point.
Best for: Mid-century statement beds rather than quiet minimalism.
EQ3
EQ3 is a Canadian brand with clean Scandinavian-influenced design that overlaps Thuma's aesthetic closely. It manufactures much of its upholstery in Winnipeg and offers custom fabric across a good part of the range.
Best for: Scandinavian design with customization options.
Best Big-Name Retailers
West Elm
West Elm is the retailer Thuma is most often cross-shopped against, with a deep bedroom range and stores in most major cities. It discounts far more aggressively than Thuma does, so the price gap narrows during its regular sale events.
Best for: Seeing the bed in person before committing.
Room & Board
Room & Board makes most of its furniture in America, largely in small workshops in Minnesota and North Carolina, and the bedroom range is one of the strongest here for solid wood construction. Prices sit above Thuma, and the quality argument justifies it.
Best for: American-made solid wood with a showroom network.
Crate & Barrel
Crate & Barrel covers bedrooms broadly, with consistent quality and a large store network. Styling is safe in the useful sense, and returning something in person is easier than with any DTC brand on this list.
Best for: One-stop bedroom furnishing with in-person returns.
AllModern
AllModern is Wayfair's edited modern brand, which makes it a filtered slice of a very large catalogue. Prices generally undercut Thuma and shipping is fast, though pieces come from many suppliers rather than one design team.
Best for: Minimalist styling below Thuma's prices.
Design Within Reach
Design Within Reach sells licensed design classics alongside contemporary European work, and it's also where US buyers now find HAY. The bedroom range is smaller than its seating, but the pieces are authentic originals rather than reproductions.
Best for: Licensed design classics for the bedroom.
HAY
HAY is the Danish brand behind much of what minimal modern looks like in 2026, strongest on bedroom accessories, storage and lighting rather than beds themselves. US buyers should shop it through Design Within Reach, since that's where the American storefront now lives.
Best for: Danish accessories and storage around the bed.
Best for the Mattress and Bedding
Thuma sells a mattress alongside its bed. These brands specialise in the part you sleep on.
Avocado
Avocado makes certified organic mattresses using GOLS-certified latex and GOTS-certified wool and cotton, and also sells solid wood bed frames. For buyers drawn to Thuma partly on materials grounds, Avocado's certifications are more rigorous and more publicly documented.
Best for: Certified organic mattresses and matching wood frames.
Saatva
Saatva sells luxury innerspring and hybrid mattresses direct, with white-glove delivery and in-home setup included rather than sold as an extra. It also carries bed frames and bedding to complete the room.
Best for: Mattresses with white-glove delivery included.
Nest Bedding
Nest Bedding makes its mattresses in America and runs physical showrooms, which is unusual in a category that sells almost entirely online. The range covers several firmness options with a lifetime warranty on its core mattresses.
Best for: Trying a mattress in person before buying.
How the Brands Compare
Bottom line: Floyd is the closest like-for-like swap and undercuts Thuma by $445 on a comparable frame. Quince is the budget route to solid wood. Room & Board and Maiden Home are the step up when Thuma's construction isn't enough.
How to Choose a Thuma Alternative
Start with whether tool-free assembly is the reason you're here. If it is, the list is short: Floyd and Burrow are the two brands that treat setup as a design problem the way Thuma does, and Floyd does it at a lower price.
If the appeal is the look rather than the mechanism, the field opens up considerably. Akron Street matches the aesthetic most closely, Article and Castlery get close for less, and AllModern goes cheaper still.
If it's about materials, go to Medley or Avocado. Both publish considerably more about what their furniture is made of than Thuma does, and both build to a stricter standard.
Frequently Asked Questions
What brands are similar to Thuma?
Floyd is the closest, sharing Thuma's tool-free assembly and movable frame at a lower price, with The Floyd Bed in Oak starting at $1,550 against Thuma's $1,995. Akron Street matches the minimalist aesthetic most closely, and Article, Castlery and Blu Dot compete on modern styling.
Is there a cheaper alternative to the Thuma bed?
Yes. The Floyd Bed in Oak starts at $1,550 against $1,995 for Thuma's Classic Bed in walnut, and both assemble without tools. Quince goes lower still on solid wood, and AllModern undercuts both, though with conventional hardware assembly rather than joinery.
Which brands make beds that assemble without tools?
Thuma, Floyd and Burrow all build beds designed to go together by hand. Thuma uses Japanese joinery with no exposed hardware, Floyd uses a component system built to be disassembled and moved repeatedly, and Burrow ships flat-packed modules that clip together. Most other brands on this list use conventional bolts.
What is the best minimalist bedroom furniture brand?
It depends which part of minimalism matters. Akron Street is strongest on a consistent design language across a whole bedroom set. Blu Dot and HAY bring more design pedigree. Medley and Avocado go furthest on materials, with US made-to-order construction and organic certification respectively.
Does Thuma make mattresses too?
Thuma sells a mattress alongside its bed frames, but the specialists go deeper. Avocado makes certified organic mattresses with GOLS-certified latex and GOTS-certified wool and cotton. Saatva includes white-glove delivery and in-home setup. Nest Bedding manufactures in America and runs showrooms where you can try one first.
Where can I buy HAY bedroom furniture in the US?
Through Design Within Reach. HAY's US storefront routes through DWR rather than the global HAY site, so that's where American buyers will find current pricing, stock and shipping. HAY's bedroom strength is accessories, storage and lighting rather than bed frames.
