| Almost everyone I met assumed that learning how | | | | frame so you can buy the appropriate measurement |
| to build a canopy bed is hard and costly. I don't know | | | | of the wood. |
| what it is about canopy beds that gives it a "costly" | | | | For the materials you use for the frame, I strongly |
| look when in fact, making a canopy bed is rather | | | | suggest something that is not very heavy but is |
| very simple. | | | | sturdy enough to support the drapes. |
| | | | After having all the materials ready, you can build the |
| Getting Started to Build a Canopy Bed | | | | canopy bed frame separately. Make sure you have |
| If you want the simplest way of building a canopy | | | | the correct dimensions. To build a canopy bed |
| bed, you might want to consider just making a | | | | frame,you can use simple angle brackets to join the |
| canopy frame for an existing bed. | | | | wood at the corners to make sturdier. |
| It's also very cheap if you are going to use PVC | | | | After finishing the building the canopy bed frame, you |
| pipes for the frame from which you can hang the | | | | can then attach the the uprights at the leg part of |
| fabric. The only thing you have to consider here is if | | | | the bed. It is best to have the upright touching the |
| your ceiling is sturdy enough to be able to hold the | | | | floor. |
| additional weight. | | | | You can then hang the drapes or netting in a very |
| On the other hand, I personally chose to build a four | | | | fashionable way. |
| poster bed with canopy myself using wood. It just | | | | Learning how to build a canopy bed is very easy. But |
| conveys elegance to have it built that way. | | | | the process of building would be even simpler if you |
| To have it built this way, you can start to build the | | | | have step-by-step instruction as well as pictures to |
| makings of a basic bed. You can opt for a double | | | | guide you in implementing the steps. |
| bed, queen or king size bed. Make sure you use | | | | This is definitely one advantage I have that's why I |
| wood for the leg part of the bed as this is where | | | | was able to finish a building a canopy bed in no time |
| the upright of the canopy bed frame will be attached. | | | | at all. I was using a very nifty catalog of plans which |
| Then, you have to decide on the height of the | | | | I am also using in my other woodworking project. |