My First Dressed Bed

This is the first dressed bed I have made.  I have made beds for children's rooms but this is the first canopy bed I have done.

I belong to a miniature group on line that does group projects and this project was to make a dressed bed. It started with cut pieces. Since I have no stores near me and no car to go to one, I have to rely on what I have on hand.  I cut the pieces from bits I had on hand so they are all different types of wood. Therefore I have to paint them as staining would result in different shades.

I wanted the headboard to have a carved look so I cut a piece out of lace and glued it to the headboard before painting it.

The mattress was made out of a piece of Styrofoam covered with cotton from a jewelry box. 

I also made a set of sheets, blanket and pillow for the bed but forgot to take a picture of them.  I made a stuffed quilt and matching canopy and I even lined the under part of the canopy with a silky material so that you would not be looking up at bare wood.

The colours are slightly different than they show in the pictures.  I did not want white trim so I gave all the trim a bath in tea.  This gave a nice light beige colour which will blend better with the colours of the room.  I was debating on putting curtains on the posts but I think that it would make the bed look too cluttered.