That's not a link, Terri so I don't know what the bed looks like. If you're really sick of your four poster I guess you can chang it out but honestly, if it's in a spare bedroom, do you need to? The other furnishings are also traditional so the bed certainly works with them. If I were you, unless I had money absolutely burning a hole in my pocket, I'd sit on my hands, not buy another bed and just wait it out. The current movement towards cleaner lines is part of the big ebb and flow in design. It will take a while but the tide will turn again and all the magazines will be showing more traditional furnishings again. But really, that look is classic. Maybe update it with new textiles instead?

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Except for the black, that looks kind of cottagey.

As someone who has lived with and loved cherry Queen Anne furniture for going on 40 years - the QA four poster will trump a cast iron and metal piece every time. (For me, anyway.)

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I think it could be "modernized" very easily because of the squared tubing instead of round, just by changing the bedding to something like, well, most of C&B's stock. ;-) One nice thing about it is that it could be taken several different directions - cottagey, country, modern - depending on the textiles and other furniture in the room. However, I am extremely doubtful about how well it would go with other furniture with Queen Anne legs (the cherry part is fine) if you do go more modern with it. The posts are removable on a lot of four-poster beds, check to see if yours is like that; that might reduce the fussy factor you seem to be objecting to.

FWIW, if you're looking to revamp the entire room, depending on your local market and what the bed is made of (real cherry trumps cherry finish) you can probably sell the four-poster for around the same price as the iron one so you'd pretty much break even. Just for laughs I checked your local CL and found someone looking for a queen size four-poster - don't know if cherry is dark enough for them but you might ask. Here's the ad: "Wanting to buy 4 Post Queen Sized bed--dark wood - $250"

For me, a spare room would be an extremely low priority unless I had finished the rest of the house first, but I don't know where you are in your decorating process.

pbbbbfph, $250. Put it in the 'attic' or laid flat under the new bed for that matter ;) for when it comes around again, you change your mind, or the kids need something. :)