How to Make a Canopy Bed for Your Pet

Give Your Pet a Safe Space with Minimal Time, Money, and Effort

This is a quick and easy DIY project so you can make your pet a canopy bed that will provide them a dark, enclosed space perfect for naps and relaxation at any time of day. This can be used for any animal that likes to curl up in an enclosed safe space. You can easily modify it to match the décor in any room it will go in. Put as much time, energy, and money into this fun project as you choose. Choose the base table according to the size of the space it will go in and the size of your pet or pets that will be using it.

1. Select the canopy frame

Find an end table or a kitchen table depending on the size of canopy bed you want to make. You can find them on Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, or garage sales if you don’t have one on hand.

2. Flip table upside down

Hopefully, the bottom of the top of the table is flat. If there is a crossbar, you should be able to remove it without compromising the safety of the table since it will be upside down from here on out.

3. Add top and sides if necessary

It is up to you if you want to install a roof or sides on the canopy bed. If you are using something bigger such as a dining table, you may want to install a “roof” to help support the canopy (we secured the roof by screwing it into the legs of the table). The sides are completely a personal preference. No matter what, make sure whatever additions you make are stable and secure, so your pup doesn’t get hurt by falling pieces!

4. Find a dog bed that fits the bottom…decorate with cover

You can either use a dog bed you already have on hand, purchase one, or make one that is the proper size. Once you find a proper size bed, it’s up to you to decorate it if you choose to. Depending on where you plan on putting the canopy bed, you can buy or make a cover to match the room. You can use an extra pillowcase or sham if it’s a small bed (like I did) or make a cover out of material that matches the color scheme of the room if the bed itself doesn’t match.

5. Find or make the canopy

This can be as easy or as hard as you would like to make it. If it’s a small canopy bed, you could buy an extra curtain that matches the room (this is what I used for our small canopy bed), a comforter (this is what we are using until we pick the colors for the living room on the large canopy bed), or you can make one yourself in whatever pattern you would like.

6. Put finishing touches on it

You could add pillows, or if you made walls you could hang up pictures, whatever extra personal touches you would like.

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