"The County Kerry 4 Poster Bed is a hand made wooden bed in the traditional style"

Does a 4 poster bed look good in a contemporary bedroom?

The decorative barley twist posts which support the rails of this canopy bed are just one of the features that distinguish this 4 poster or canopy bed from other four posters.

Although a handmade wooden bed like this is more at home in a traditional bedroom it is quite a versatile 4 poster bed in that your choice of colour ways can make it look great in a contemporary bedroom. Soft furnishing like throws, cushions, and lamps will enable you to introduce a traditional bed like the County Kerry 4 poster into an up-to-date bedroom.

So the answer is that antique beds, 4 posters bed and canopy beds will blend well in modern bedrooms, and the best way to do this is with the use of décor accessories.

Is the County Kerry made in the traditional way?

Unlike many other handmade wooden beds all the small panels are individually made and mounted in a framework of rails and stiles in the old fashioned time honored way. Once this is clamped together and set, it's joined onto the posts with mortice and tenon joints - but there's more, the barley twist theme is continued through the bed posts that support the 4 poster rails of this canopy bed.

What sort of timber is used to make the County Kerry?

We use two different types of timber to make this handmade wooden bed. The small panels are made from Quebec yellow pine which is ideal because of its stability and its ability to take a stain.

The rails and stiles which are the longer load bearing components in this canopy bed are made from Scandinavian redwood. In a typical king size County Kerry four poster bed there are 245 handmade wooden components.

Libby's Tips: TV’s Colin and Justin bought the County Kerry 4 poster bed and a four door wardrobe from the bedroom collection.

The largest part of a handmade wooden bed is the headboard. This can be made 'kit-form' to get it up a narrow staircase. Handmade wooden beds like the County Kerry 4 poster bed and all the other canopy beds in the Revival Collection can be made to measure in length, made to measure in width, and made to measure in height.

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