Description
Nature, Tranquillity, and Craftsmanship in Every Detail
The Auping Noa Milled High Bed is one of the most distinctive and warmly received bed designs in recent European furniture history — a Scandinavian natural wood bed designed by Danish architect and designer Eva Harlou, winner of the Archiproducts Design Award 2021 in the furniture category. Its name means tranquillity, comfort and security — and the design communicates all three immediately. This is not a bed that announces itself. It is a bed that fills a room with calm.
Beech Plywood with Oak Veneer — Natural Materials, Elegant Curves
The Noa is made from very sturdy beech plywood with oak veneer — a material combination chosen specifically for its ability to deliver both structural strength and the elegant organic curves that define the Noa’s character.
Beech plywood consists of multiple thin beech layers, and this layered structure gives it a unique ability to bend — allowing Auping’s craftspeople to create the gentle wave in the frame and the softly curved headboard without compromising structural integrity. The natural oak veneer on the surface brings the warmth and grain character of solid wood to the finished bed while maintaining the dimensional stability of the engineered core.
The result is a bed with only soft shapes — rounded frame, curved headboard, tapered legs — that exudes the calm of natural materials. The clean natural oak finish fits seamlessly into any bedroom aesthetic.
The Milled Headboard — Open Lamellas That Float
The Noa Milled version’s defining visual feature is its open lamellas headboard — a detailed openwork construction with laser-cut lamella details that give the headboard an airy, light-filtering quality. The headboard is attached to the bed with a hidden support — making it appear as if it were floating behind the bed, independent of the frame.
The slightly curved profile of the headboard follows the arc of the bed frame — it curves gently around the sleeping area, providing a feeling of being surrounded and sheltered. The rounded corners reinforce this sense of safety and enclosure. It is a headboard designed to be leaned against as much as looked at — the curved form makes reading in bed and resting against it genuinely comfortable.
The Milled detail refers to the subtly milled edges on the legs — a refined craft detail that gives the tapered legs a distinctive quality, catching light differently from a straight-edged leg.
The Wave and the Floating Legs
The Noa’s frame has a wave in the design — a subtle undulation that gives the bed its unique identity and makes the frame appear as if it is gently cradling the mattress from below. This is not a decorative afterthought — it is the element that makes the Noa immediately recognisable and gives it its character.
The tapered legs stand slightly inwards — a detail that creates the visual impression that the bed is floating above the floor rather than planted on it. This contributes significantly to the bed’s feeling of lightness and calm despite being a solidly constructed wooden frame.
Available in 6 Oak Stain Colours — Fully Configurable
The Noa is available in 6 stain colours: Balanced Oak, Soft White Oak, Chocolate Brown Oak, Midnight Black Oak, Chalk Grey Oak, and Dark Blue Oak — all soft, nature-inspired tones that reflect the Scandinavian design palette.
Sleep Gallery holds Auping’s full Noa catalogue — the bed can be configured in your preferred colour, with or without the open lamellas headboard (solid headboard also available), and with optional Noa bed side table and the choice of tapered legs or wooden wheels. The wooden wheels are not only beautiful design details — they actually function, allowing the bed to be moved with ease.
Visit our showroom in central Tbilisi or speak to our sleep experts at 596 14 99 77 to configure your Noa.
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Free Delivery and Professional Assembly in Tbilisi
The Auping Noa Milled High Bed is delivered and assembled in your home free of charge in Tbilisi by Sleep Gallery’s professional team.
Product Details
- Frame material: beech plywood with oak veneer
- Headboard: open lamellas (Milled version) — hidden support, floating appearance
- Frame design: wave profile — gently tapered legs standing slightly inwards
- Height: High (two height options — this is the taller version)
- Leg finish: subtly milled edges
- Available colours: 6 oak stain colours — Balanced Oak, Soft White Oak, Chocolate Brown Oak, Midnight Black Oak, Chalk Grey Oak, Dark Blue Oak
- Optional: solid headboard, Noa bed table, legs or wooden wheels
- Designer: Eva Harlou (Danish architect and designer)
- Award: Archiproducts Design Award 2021 — furniture category winner
- Compatible with: all Auping mesh bases
- Made in Netherlands (B Corp certified factory, Deventer)
- Brand: Auping (Netherlands, founded 1888)
- Delivery and assembly: free in Tbilisi
FAQ:
Q: Who designed the Auping Noa and what makes it different from other Scandinavian wooden beds?
The Auping Noa was designed by Eva Harlou — a Danish architect and designer whose work is characterised by an eye for shapes, functionality, and the specific beauty of natural materials. Her design philosophy is evident throughout the Noa at every level of detail.
What distinguishes the Noa from other Scandinavian wooden beds is the confluence of specific design decisions that no other bed in its category combines. The wave in the frame profile is unique — it gives the bed its signature look and the visual impression that the frame is cradling the mattress. The tapered legs standing slightly inwards create a floating effect that is specifically different from the four-square planted look of most wooden beds. The hidden headboard attachment that makes the headboard appear to float independently — independent of the frame — is a specific engineering and design choice that adds visual lightness.
The materials choice — beech plywood for its bendability into the wave form, with oak veneer for surface warmth — reflects a specific structural requirement for the design’s organic curves that solid wood could not provide. These are not aesthetic approximations. They are precisely engineered solutions to specific design objectives.
Q: What is the difference between the Noa Milled headboard and the solid headboard — which should I choose?
The Noa is available with two headboard options — the Milled open lamellas headboard and a solid headboard — and the right choice depends on the atmosphere you want to create in the bedroom.
The Milled open lamellas headboard has a detailed openwork construction — vertical lamellas with milled edges and laser-cut details that create an airy, light-filtering visual effect. It gives the bed a lighter, more open feeling and suits bedrooms where you want the headboard to be present without dominating. It is the version that most prominently expresses the Noa’s Scandinavian design character.
The solid headboard has a clean, curved face — it provides a more defined backdrop behind the sleeping area and a slightly cosier, more enclosed feeling. The curved profile of both headboards gently wraps around the bed, providing the sheltered feeling the Noa’s design intends. The solid version suits those who prefer a more restful, monolithic headboard statement.
Both versions are attached with the same hidden support — appearing to float behind the bed regardless of style. Our sleep experts are happy to show both options in our showroom.
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Q: Can I add the Noa bed table and wooden wheels — what are these accessories?
Yes — the Noa is designed with two specific accessories that are genuine extensions of the bed’s design philosophy rather than generic add-ons.
The Noa bed table is a side table designed specifically to complement the Noa’s aesthetic — it incorporates a magazine and book rack and can be positioned at bed level, keeping reading materials accessible without requiring a separate bedside table. It is designed in the same natural wood and rounded aesthetic as the bed itself.
The wooden wheels are one of the Noa’s most distinctive details — and they actually function as wheels. Made from the same natural wood as the frame, they allow the bed to be moved with ease — useful for cleaning, rearranging, or any situation where repositioning the bed is needed. Unlike standard castors that are purely functional, the Noa’s wheels are a designed detail that contributes to the bed’s visual character while providing genuine practical utility.
Both accessories are available to configure with your Noa order through Sleep Gallery. Speak to our team at 596 14 9977 for details.
Q: Is beech plywood with oak veneer as durable as solid oak?
Yes — and for this specific application, it is structurally superior to solid oak in one specific and important way.
Solid oak is a fine furniture material, but it has limitations in forming organic curves — it can be shaped, but the grain direction of solid wood limits how tightly and cleanly it can be bent without risk of cracking. The Noa’s wave frame profile and softly curved headboard are specific design features that require bending the material into curves.
Beech plywood — built from multiple thin beech layers with alternating grain directions — has a unique ability to bend that solid wood cannot match. This is precisely why it was chosen for the Noa: it allows the elegant curves of Eva Harlou’s design to be realised without compromise. The layered construction also gives beech plywood excellent dimensional stability — it does not warp, twist, or develop splits with seasonal humidity changes the way solid wood can.
The oak veneer on the surface provides the warmth, grain character, and natural appearance of solid oak — and with the care of a quality furniture piece, it will maintain its appearance for decades. Auping specifies very sturdy beech plywood for the Noa — the structural integrity is built into the material selection, not just the design.
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Q: The Auping Noa costs more than standard wooden beds — what justifies the price?
The price reflects four specific distinctions from a standard wooden bed frame.
First, the design: Eva Harlou’s Noa is an award-winning design that won the Archiproducts Design Award 2021 — the wave frame, the floating headboard attachment, the milled leg edges, the precisely inward-angled tapered legs. These are specific, carefully engineered design solutions that require precision manufacturing to execute correctly, not approximated by mass-market alternatives.
Second, the materials: very sturdy beech plywood with real oak veneer — selected specifically for the Noa’s structural requirements — is a more considered and more expensive material specification than the engineered wood or MDF with wood-effect coating used in standard wooden beds.
Third, manufacturing: the Noa is made in Auping’s own B Corp certified factory in Deventer, Netherlands, by craftspeople who work with the material’s specific bending properties to realise the design’s organic curves. This level of craft is not available from volume manufacturers.
Fourth, configuration: the full range of 6 oak stain colours, two headboard options, bed table, legs or wooden wheels — a level of personalisation that standard wooden beds do not offer.
Free delivery and professional assembly in Tbilisi by Sleep Gallery’s team. Full Auping Noa catalogue available at Sleep Gallery — your preferred colour and configuration to order.
