HELP! I need to know if this is possible!

[lunagypsy]

As many of you already know, we have a black canopy bed. But its not the really pretty kind, its the cheap one everyone in the world already has.
As you may also know, I want one akin to this:

Comments

[synj_munki]

i think it's possible (if you can solder?), but will get hefty buying all the scrolly bits...

you might consider getting sheets of thick, quality plywood, draw/trace the design on and jigsaw it out, then sand or mitre saw the edges rounded.

[mellawyrden]

I was also going to suggest possibly cutting it from good plywood on a jig-saw. Do each panel seperately for a total of six, and then attach them together like the original.

I wonder, if you used a good armature and finished it with a lot of hard shellac, would you be able to make one with papier-mache (using wallpaper paste or epoxy for adhesive), or plaster? like the Victorians did with the ceiling medallions. It wouldn't be as good as the wood because of strength issues, obviously, but you'd have the ability to achieve fine detail with it, unlike the plywood (which has grain-direction going every whichway & is fairly impossible to do fine carving with..)

[weeefairy]

lol i dont think you can solder a bed like that, youd need to weld it if it was thickish iron otherwise it wouldnt hold at all.

soldering would make it break off before you can say "solder" xD

but welding is possible i think, i dont know how your bed looks, and i dont know if it would fall apart if you removed the foot and head part.

i really do hope you have some experience working with metal then though otherwise it would be quite dangerous, and probably wouldnt work out either then.

you can always resort to wood though.

[weeefairy]

oh if you have some kind of, metal shop of sorts and youd get like the frame of the bed plus some stuff like in the pictures they could probably weld it for you for a low price.

[miles_to_home]

Kmart has a gold canopy that looks kind of similiar for $350.00. Of course if you but it, you'll have to assemble it so you can change it if you figure out a way how.

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