Four-poster beds: the room height you need

Our solid timber Jepara four poster bed stands 230 cm high. The standard Australian ceiling is 2.4 m. That leaves 10 cm between the top of the posts and the plaster.

So before you choose one, do one sum: your ceiling height minus the bed's height. The answer tells you whether the bed will frame the room or crowd it.

The sum: ceiling minus bed

Your headroom is the ceiling height less the bed's overall height, which is the top of its posts. Our beds come in two heights: 230 cm for the Jepara and 206 cm for the velvet beds.

Measure before you order, from the floor to the ceiling, in the spot where the bed will stand. Take the reading at the corners, where the posts will be, and note any cornice or downlight that hangs lower than the plaster.

How high are Australian ceilings?

The National Construction Code sets 2.4 m as the minimum ceiling height in a habitable room, and a bedroom is a habitable room. Builders call 2.4 m the standard, and many offer 2.55 m or 2.7 m as an upgrade.

Here is the headroom each of our two heights leaves.

The Jepara does fit under a 2.4 m ceiling. But 10 cm is tight: the posts sit a hand's width under the plaster, and the room feels lower than it is. In a 2.4 m room, we suggest one of the velvet beds. They are 24 cm lower and leave 34 cm.

In a 2.55 m or 2.7 m room, both heights work. Then choose by the finish and the width of your room.

Watch the ceiling fan

Fan makers in Australia set the blades at least 2.1 m above the floor. The Jepara's posts rise 20 cm above that line. The velvet beds stop just 4 cm below it. So with either bed, a fan over the bed must turn well clear of the posts: check the fan's span against the bed's width. A pendant light over the bed needs the same check.

Our four poster bed frames, side by side

Our four poster bed collection holds four beds. Each comes as the bed frame with bare posts; none of our listings mentions a canopy or drapes. All four were in stock when we checked, and prices are as listed on 31 October 2026. Sizes are the maker's overall sizes: width, then length, then height.

The Jepara queen in mahogany or chocolate is $2,797, but it is on preorder. The white queen is in stock now.

Every bed here needs assembly, and every one carries a 12-month warranty.

Timber or velvet

The Jepara is solid kiln-dried mahogany, hand crafted in Indonesia. The maker holds an Indonesian timber legality certificate (SVLK), so the timber is legally sourced. It comes in mahogany, chocolate and white. It is the taller and longer bed: 230 cm high and 230 cm long. Dust it with a dry cloth, keep it out of direct sun, and tighten the bolts after the first month and once a year after that.

The Jordana and the Alexandria are upholstered in black Velluto Luxe velvet, with chrome posters. Both queens are the same size. The Alexandria's velvet is tufted; the Jordana's is plain. They stand 206 cm high, which leaves 34 cm under a 2.4 m ceiling.

The price gap is large. The cheapest Jepara in stock, the mahogany or chocolate king at $3,053, costs $1,899 more than a velvet bed. That money buys solid mahogany and a taller frame. Under a 2.4 m ceiling, it also buys a bed that leaves 10 cm under the plaster.

For a small or dim room, the colour matters as much as the height. The white Jepara gives the timber look and keeps a room light. The mahogany and chocolate are warm and dark, so give them a big room and pale walls. On the velvet beds, the chrome posts catch the light, so the frame reads lighter than its black.

Queen or king size: the floor you need

Headroom is half the fit. The other half is the floor beside the bed. Leave at least 60 cm of clear floor along each side you get in and out of. With 60 cm on both sides, the room needs to be this wide:

• Jordana or Alexandria queen: 2.82 m
• Jordana king: 3.12 m
• Jepara queen: 2.9 m
• Jepara king: 3.21 m

Want a bedside table on each side too? Add its width to both sides of the sum.

The length matters too. The Jepara is 230 cm long, 12 cm longer than the velvet beds. Add the walk past the foot of the bed before you settle on it.

If you want a king size four poster bed, the Jordana king costs no more than the queen: $1,154 for 30 cm more width. If your room is 3.12 m wide or more, take the king.

Getting it home

We deliver Australia-wide. A bed this size usually comes with our removalists, who text you the day before they arrive. To a regional address it can travel by pallet, which keeps the freight down. Four posts and a frame take time to put together, so ask for assembly when you order. Our delivery page has the details.

To see the frames in person, visit our showroom at 590 Hume Hwy, Yagoona NSW 2199.

Which four poster bed fits your room

• A 2.4 m ceiling, a room 2.82 m wide or more: the Jordana queen or the tufted Alexandria, $1,154 each. They leave 34 cm of headroom.
• A 2.4 m ceiling, a room 3.12 m wide or more: the Jordana king, $1,154.
• A 2.55 m ceiling or higher: the solid mahogany Jepara joins the list, from $3,053 for a king in stock. The Jepara queen needs a room 2.9 m wide, the king 3.21 m.

Do the sum, then browse our four poster beds with your headroom in hand.