Assembling your Revival Four Poster Bed

Revival Beds are easy to build and only takes about 45 minutes to an hour assemble.

Tools and fixings

You will need:

Sufficient space and all of the tools required and both of the fixing kits described below.

FIXING KIT 1. 8 x dowels, 4 x threaded bar, 4 x half-moon washer, 4 x nuts and 1 x spanner 4 x screw. Use this pack to assemble the base of your bed.

Bed Assembly Fixing Kit: 4 x threaded bars: 4 x nut: 4 x half moon washer: 8 x dowel: 1 x spanner: 4 x screw

FIXING KIT 2. 16 x dowels, 8 x threaded bar, 8 x half-moon washer, 8 x nuts, 8 caps and 1 x spanner. Use this pack to assemble the canopy of your four poster bed.

Fixing Kit 2 - 16 x dowels, 8 x threaded bar, 8 x half-moon washer, 8 x nuts, 8 caps and 1 x spanner

1. Begin by taking the larger wooden dowels and insert them into the top and bottom holes of the two bed side rails.

NB: The dowels and threaded bars inFixing kit 1 and Fixing kit 2 are different sizes. DO NOT MIX THEM UP!.

Insert the dowels from pack 1 in to the bed rails

2. Repeat this procedure for each of the four canopy rails using the smaller dowels from pack 2.

Inserting the dowels into the canopy rails

Insert the dowels from pack 2 into the canopy rails

3. Screw the larger threaded bar from pack 1 into the centre hole of each bed post.

Insert the larger threaded bar from pack 1 into the bed post

4. Screw the two smaller threaded bars from pack 2 into the top posts.

Inserting the threaded bars into the top posts

Insert the smaller threaded bars from pack 2 into the canopy posts

5. Gently align the Bed Post and threaded bar and the wooden dowels and push together.
6. Place the Half-Moon washer and nut into the large hole towards the end of the siderail and tighten.

Joining the side rail to the corner post

Joining the side rail to the bed post

7. Check the bed is set square and then fully tighten the nut
8. Repeat for the other side rail. Check the bed is square and fully tighten all the bolts

Tightening the fixing nut

THE BED IS NOW READY TO HAVE THE FOUR POSTER CANOPY BUILT ON TO IT

9. Place the four posts with the threaded bars already in place into the hole on top of the bed posts.

10. Assemble the canopy rails in the same way as you assembled the bed rails.

11. THE CANOPY RAIL ABOVE THE HEADEND SHOULD HAVE THE HOLES FACING OUTWARDS. The footboard and two side canopy rails should have the fixing holes facing inwards.

The canopy rail above the headboard should have the fixing holes facing outside. The footboard and two side canopy rails should have the fixing holes facing inwards

12. Once the nuts are tight and the bed is positioned, place the covers over the fixing holes.

Insert the covers

13. Lay out the slats on the bearer bars
14. Screw down each corner and one in the middle with the screws from pack 1.

Fixing the slats with the screws from pack 1

15. If your bed has a centre support bar run this along the centre of the bed length-ways under the slats. Fix with the screws provided.

Fixing the centre bar

You Revival Four Poster Bed is now assembled!

Assembled Four Poster Bed

Occasionally after a few months in a warm house the nuts on the bed and the canopy need to tightened up a little, use the spanner provided to do this: this is due to post shrinkage.

steve | July 6, 2010 4:56 pm

1 Comment

By Darius, December 4, 2010 @ 5:59 pm

Hi,

I made a bed and I used rail joinery similar to the kit you are showing. Works great but I had to manufacture some of the parts since I could not find what I needed in any store.

Would you be as kind as to post the source of the hardware kit shown in this article?

Thanks.

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