Tommy Bahama Beds

Traditional Canopy and Poster Beds

Making a statement in your traditional master bedroom is easy with a poster bed or canopy bed. The large frame styles of canopy beds and poster beds capture your attention and draw the eye regardless of your other décor accents. Smaller bedrooms can still incorporate both poster bed and canopy bed designs, simply by selecting queen size bed frames.Poster beds, also referred to as four poster beds, employ the use of simple or elaborate posts at each corner of the headboard and footboard. A poster bed frame may or may not include a wood roof at the top. Most poster designs are wood beds with carving accents.Canopy beds, on the other hand, are designed to include a fabric roof, often with curtains hanging around all or part of the bed frame. The traditional fabric-enclosed canopy bed truly maximizes the volume and three dimensional space of your bedroom. Originally, the thick fabric curtains around a canopy bed were intended to insulate sleepers from drafty bedrooms in colder climates. Today, canopy beds are strictly decorative and employ more sheer fabrics, sometimes simply as a decorative layer on top.
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