Doll Bed

Here is what I came up with. I "dressed" up the bed with rope trim molding, the pony, and horseshoes from the craft store. I bought the little pre-made box at that same craft store and added a tiny pony and cut some rope trim to tie it in with the bed.

A close-up of the head board and posts. I used a router with a roman ogee bit on the front of the headboard. I clamped a piece of scrap to each side first to help with stopping the cut at the end of the top curve. I experimented with some scrap first to get the profile I wanted and to get the placement of the "stops" correct. You can see how I set the bit high enough that it shaped each surface of the board in the picture below.

A detail shot of the foot board, post and ball assembly. The balls had holes in them already and a flattened bottom, so I just needed to mark the center of the posts and drill a hole about 3/4" deep through top. I measured the depth of the hole in the ball and added that to the measurement of 3/4" and cut 5/8" diameter dowels to that length. I scored them lenghtwise with my Dremel so the glue would hold better and not squeeze out.

Shows the wheels I added for "feet", and you can see the cleats for the mattress board from the underneath. I sanded the part of the wheel that stood a bit "proud" and attached the wheel with one screw through a pre-drilled hole with the sanded area next to the post.

This shows you the "cleats" to rest the mattress board on.

Here it is after assembly and prior to staining. I used MinWax stain. A light colored stain (oak) for the trim and darker colored stain (maple) for the rest.

Materials I used pine as it's what I had on hand. Use the wood of your choice.		Head board...............1 piece 7" X 14" Foot board................1 piece 4" X 14" Rails.........................2 pieces 1 7/8" X 22" Foot board Posts.......2 pieces 1 1/4" X 7 1/2" Head board Posts......2 pieces 1 1/4" X 11 1/2" Cleats........................2 pieces 13", 2 pieces 22" Bed board..................1 piece thin luan 13 7/8" X 21 7/8" Balls & Wheels.........4 pieces each 1 1/4" diameter